Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
Python MCQs
1 - Question
1. Which of the following commands will create a list?
a) list1 = list()
b) list1 = []
c) list1 = list([1, 2, 3])
d) all of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: Execute in the shell to verify
2 - Question
2. What is the output when we execute list(“hello”)?
a) [‘h’, ‘e’, ‘l’, ‘l’, ‘o’]
b) [‘hello’]
c) [‘llo’]
d) [‘olleh’]
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Answer: a
Explanation: Execute in the shell to verify.
3 - Question
3. Suppose listExample is [‘h’,’e’,’l’,’l’,’o’], what is len(listExample)?
a) 5
b) 4
c) None
d) Error
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Answer: a
Explanation: Execute in the shell and verify.
4 - Question
4. Suppose list1 is [2445,133,12454,123], what is max(list1)?
a) 2445
b) 133
c) 12454
d) 123
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: Max returns the maximum element in the list.
5 - Question
5. Suppose list1 is [3, 5, 25, 1, 3], what is min(list1)?
a) 3
b) 5
c) 25
d) 1
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: Min returns the minimum element in the list.
6 - Question
6. Suppose list1 is [1, 5, 9], what is sum(list1)?
a) 1
b) 9
c) 15
d) Error
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Answer: c
Explanation: Sum returns the sum of all elements in the list.
7 - Question
7. To shuffle the list(say list1) what function do we use?
a) list1.shuffle()
b) shuffle(list1)
c) random.shuffle(list1)
d) random.shuffleList(list1)
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: Execute in the shell to verify.
8 - Question
8. Suppose list1 is [4, 2, 2, 4, 5, 2, 1, 0], Which of the following is correct syntax for slicing operation?
a) print(list1[0])
b) print(list1[:2])
c) print(list1[:-2])
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Slicing is allowed in lists just as in the case of strings.
9 - Question
9. Suppose list1 is [2, 33, 222, 14, 25], What is list1[-1]?
a) Error
b) None
c) 25
d) 2
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: -1 corresponds to the last index in the list.
10 - Question
10. Suppose list1 is [2, 33, 222, 14, 25], What is list1[:-1]?
a) [2, 33, 222, 14]
b) Error
c) 25
d) [25, 14, 222, 33, 2]
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: Execute in the shell to verify.