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CBSE · Class 12 · Informatics Practices

What Plotting Data using Matplotlib covers in CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session.

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4 Topics · CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices · 2026-27

Topics in Plotting Data using Matplotlib

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1. Matplotlib Basics and Figure Components

  • Matplotlib can be installed using pip install matplotlib from the command prompt.
  • matplotlib.pyplot is imported using import matplotlib.pyplot as plt.
  • pyplot contains functions used to work on a plot.
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2. Plot Customisation and Line Plots

  • plt.xlabel() sets the x-axis label.
  • plt.ylabel() sets the y-axis label.
  • plt.title() sets the chart title.
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3. Pandas Plot Function

  • Pandas Series and DataFrame objects have their own .plot() methods starting from Pandas version 0.17.0.
  • The Pandas plot() method is a simple wrapper around the plot() function of pyplot.
  • The general syntax for kind-based plotting is df.plot(kind = ' ').
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4. Histogram and Frequency Polygon

  • Histograms are column-charts, where each column represents a range of values, and the height of a column corresponds to how many values are in that range.
  • Bins are the number of intervals into which data is divided for a histogram.
  • df.plot(kind='hist') automatically chooses bin size unless bins are set manually.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Data visualisation with Matplotlib and Pandas plotting for line, bar, histogram, scatter, box, and pie charts

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Key topics in Plotting Data using Matplotlib include Matplotlib Basics and Figure Components, Plot Customisation and Line Plots, Pandas Plot Function, Histogram and Frequency Polygon. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the CBSE Class 12 board exam.
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