PYTHON PROGRAMMING - Unitwise MCQs with Answers
UNIT 1 – Basics of Python Programming & Arrays
1. Which of the following is not a data type? c. Array
2. Which character is used for commenting in Python? a. #
3. Which is not a reserved keyword in Python? a. Insert
4. What is the output of >>> 4+? d. Invalid syntax
5. Which of the following is the floor-division operator? c. //
6. What will be the output of str[0:4] if str="Hello"? d. 'Hell'
7. Which of the following is used to find the first index of search string? a. find("string")
8. Which of the following is used to access single character of string? d. []
9. Which of the following will be printed? x =4.5 y =2 print(x//y) a. 2.0
10. ________ an integer value that represents an element in a sequence a. index
11. from _____ import * statement used for creating a array array
12. The type code used to create floating point number in a array is f
13. The array index starts from 0
14. To search an element in an array use index()
15. To remove an element in an array remove()
UNIT 2 – Control & Jump Statements
6. To specify an empty body of a for loop, use ____ statement. d. pass
7. Whenever the _______ statement is encountered, execution jumps to the first instruction
after the loop. b. break
8. To pass control to the next iteration without exiting the loop, use _____ statement. c.
continue
9. Which statement terminates the nearest enclosing loop? b. break
10. Which statement indicates a NOP? d. pass
UNIT 3 – Functions, Strings & Modules
1. What are the advantages of using functions? d. All
2. Which keyword defines a function block? b. def
3. Which file contains predefined Python codes? c. module
4. A function is called using the name followed by b. ()
5. Use of return statement? a. exit a function
11. Modules are files saved with ____ extension. b. .py
12. To import sqrt and cos from math module write from math import sqrt, cos
13. All import statements must be at top (True/False) True
14. A module imported twice loads once (True/False) True
15. A function can be called anywhere within a program (True/False) True
UNIT 4 – Lists, Tuples & Dictionaries
1. Which of the following will separate all items in list? b. ,
2. Repetition operator in lists? a. *
3. Function that sorts a list? b. [Link]([func])
4. Output of print(list[4:]) if list = [‘john’, ‘book’, 123, 3.45, 105, ‘good’]? c. [105, ‘good’]
5. Function that gives total length of a list? b. len(list)
6. Which of the following sequence data type is similar to tuple? b. List
7. Tuples are enclosed in ____ operator. d. ()
8. Which of the following is a Python tuple? c. (7,8,9)
9. Output of print(tuple[0]) if tuple=('john',100,345,1.67,'book') a. john
10. Which will NOT be correct if tuple = (10,12,14,16,18)? c. tuple[4]=20
11. A dictionary is represented as b. Dictionary
12. Dictionaries are enclosed within a. { }
13. The key of a dictionary can be d. Numbers or Strings
14. The value of a dictionary is enclosed in c. [ ]
15. Each item in a dictionary consists of a. Keys and Values
UNIT 5 – File Handling
1. Function used to open a file b. open()
2. A file is identified by its d. Handle
3. Which of the following is not a valid file type? c. Text
4. Syntax for opening a file in read mode a. f = open("[Link]",'r')
5. The file pointer is located at the _____ by default b. Beginning
6. To read entire contents of a file use c. read()
7. The tell() method returns the current position of the file pointer from b. Beginning
8. When a file is opened for reading and does not exist a. Empty file opened
9. Mode “a+” means c. Opens for append and read
10. Which method closes a file? d. [Link]()
