Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
Python MCQs
1 - Question
1. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('cd'.partition('cd'))
a) (‘cd’)
b) (”)
c) (‘cd’, ”, ”)
d) (”, ‘cd’, ”)
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Answer: d
Explanation: The entire string has been passed as the separator hence the first and the last item of the tuple returned are null strings.
2 - Question
2. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('abef'.partition('cd'))
a) (‘abef’)
b) (‘abef’, ‘cd’, ”)
c) (‘abef’, ”, ”)
d) error
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Answer: c
Explanation: The separator is not present in the string hence the second and the third elements of the tuple are null strings.
3 - Question
3. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('abcdef12'.replace('cd', '12'))
a) ab12ef12
b) abcdef12
c) ab12efcd
d) none of the mentione
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Answer: a
Explanation: All occurrences of the first substring are replaced by the second substring.
4 - Question
4. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('abef'.replace('cd', '12'))
a) abef
b) 12
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: The first substring is not present in the given string and hence nothing is replaced.
5 - Question
5. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('abcefd'.replace('cd', '12'))
a) ab1ef2
b) abcefd
c) ab1efd
d) ab12ed2
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Answer: b
Explanation: The first substring is not present in the given string and hence nothing is replaced.
6 - Question
Answer: b
Explanation: The first substring is not present in the given string and hence nothing is replaced.
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Answer: a
Explanation: The first 0 occurrences of the given substring are replaced.
7 - Question
7. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('xyyxyyxyxyxxy'.replace('xy', '12', 100))
a) xyyxyyxyxyxxy
b) 12y12y1212x12
c) none of the mentioned
d) error
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Answer: b
Explanation: The first 100 occurrences of the given substring are replaced.
8 - Question
8. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('abcdefcdghcd'.split('cd'))
a) [‘ab’, ‘ef’, ‘gh’]
b) [‘ab’, ‘ef’, ‘gh’, ”]
c) (‘ab’, ‘ef’, ‘gh’)
d) (‘ab’, ‘ef’, ‘gh’, ”)
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Answer: b
Explanation: The given string is split and a list of substrings is returned.
9 - Question
9. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('abcdefcdghcd'.split('cd', 0))
a) [‘abcdefcdghcd’]
b) ‘abcdefcdghcd’
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: The given string is split at 0 occurances of the specified substring.
10 - Question
10. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('abcdefcdghcd'.split('cd', -1))
a) [‘ab’, ‘ef’, ‘gh’]
b) [‘ab’, ‘ef’, ‘gh’, ”]
c) (‘ab’, ‘ef’, ‘gh’)
d) (‘ab’, ‘ef’, ‘gh’, ”)
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Answer: b
Explanation: Calling the function with a negative value for maxsplit is the same as calling it without any maxsplit specified. The string will be split into as many substring s as possible.