Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
Python MCQs
1 - Question
1. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('abcdefcdghcd'.split('cd', 2))
a) [‘ab’, ‘ef’, ‘ghcd’]
b) [‘ab’, ‘efcdghcd’]
c) [‘abcdef’, ‘ghcd’]
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: The string is split into a maximum of maxsplit+1 substrings.
2 - Question
2. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('ab\ncd\nef'.splitlines())
a) [‘ab’, ‘cd’, ‘ef’]
b) [‘ab\n’, ‘cd\n’, ‘ef\n’]
c) [‘ab\n’, ‘cd\n’, ‘ef’]
d) [‘ab’, ‘cd’, ‘ef\n’]
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: It is similar to calling split(‘\n’).
3 - Question
3. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('Ab!2'.swapcase())
a) AB!@
b) ab12
c) aB!2
d) aB1@
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Answer: c
Explanation: Lowercase letters are converted to uppercase and vice-versa.
4 - Question
4. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('ab cd ef'.title())
a) Ab cd ef
b) Ab cd eF
c) Ab Cd Ef
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: The first letter of every word is capitalized.
5 - Question
5. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('ab cd-ef'.title())
a) Ab cd-ef
b) Ab Cd-ef
c) Ab Cd-Ef
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: The first letter of every word is capitalized. Special symbols terminate a word.
6 - Question
6. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('abcd'.translate('a'.maketrans('abc', 'bcd')))
a) bcde
b) abcd
c) error
d) bcdd
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Answer: d
Explanation: The output is bcdd since no translation is provided for d.
7 - Question
7. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('abcd'.translate({97: 98, 98: 99, 99: 100}))
a) bcde
b) abcd
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: The output is bcdd since no translation is provided for d.
8 - Question
8. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('abcd'.translate({'a': '1', 'b': '2', 'c': '3', 'd': '4'}))
a) abcd
b) 1234
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: The function translate expects a dictionary of integers. Use maketrans() instead of doing the above.
9 - Question
9. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('ab'.zfill(5))
a) 000ab
b) 00ab0
c) 0ab00
d) ab000
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: The string is padded with zeros on the left hand side. It is useful for formatting numbers.
10 - Question
10. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?
print('+99'.zfill(5))
a) 00+99
b) 00099
c) +0099
d) +++99
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: zeros are filled in between the first sign and the rest of the string.