In a chart, what do data points represent?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Specific Values in Datasets
A chart is a picture of numbers. Each number from the worksheet that is plotted on the chart is a data point: it shows one specific value of the data series, drawn as a bar, a column, a point on a line or a slice of a pie. The shape that shows it is called a data marker, and markers of the same colour together make a data series.
Option (1) File Name — Incorrect. The file name is the name under which the workbook is saved; it is not plotted on the chart at all.
Option (3) Format Styles — Incorrect. Styles decide how the chart looks (colours, fonts, borders); they change the appearance, not the values shown.
Option (4) Chart Types — Incorrect. Column, line, pie or bar are types of chart; the type decides the form of the markers, but a data point is the value itself.
NCERT (2026-27 edition):
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