1. Is Python case sensitive when dealing with identifiers?

a) yes
b) no
c) machine dependent
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Case is always significant.

2. What is the maximum possible length of an identifier?

a) 31 characters
b) 63 characters
c) 79 characters
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Identifiers can be of any length.

3. Which of the following is invalid?

a) _a = 1
b) __a = 1
c) __str__ = 1
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: All the statements will execute successfully but at the cost of reduced
readability.
4. Which of the following is an invalid variable?
a) my_string_1
b) 1st_string
c) foo
d) _
Explanation: Variable names should not start with a number.
5. Why are local variable names beginning with an underscore discouraged?
a) they are used to indicate a private variables of a class
b) they confuse the interpreter
c) they are used to indicate global variables
d) they slow down execution
Explanation: As Python has no concept of private variables, leading underscores are
used to indicate variables that must not be accessed from outside the class.
6. Which of the following is not a keyword?
a) eval
b) assert
c) nonlocal
d) pass
Explanation: eval can be used as a variable.
7. All keywords in Python are in
a) lower case
b) UPPER CASE
c) Capitalized
d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: True, False and None are capitalized while the others are in lower case.
8. Which of the following is true for variable names in Python?
a) unlimited length
b) all private members must have leading and trailing underscores
c) underscore and ampersand are the only two special characters allowed
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Variable names can be of any length.

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9. Which of the following is an invalid statement?
a) abc = 1,000,000
b) a b c = 1000 2000 3000
c) a,b,c = 1000, 2000, 3000
d) a_b_c = 1,000,000
Explanation: Spaces are not allowed in variable names.
10. Which of the following cannot be a variable?
a) __init__
b) in
c) it
d) on
Explanation: in is a keyword
11. Which of these in not a core datatype?
a) Lists
b) Dictionary
c) Tuples
d) Class
Explanation: Class is a user defined datatype.
12. Given a function that does not return any value, What value is thrown by default
when executed in shell.
a) int
b) bool
c) void
d) None
Explanation: Python shell throws a NoneType object back.
13. Following set of commands are executed in shell, what will be the output?
>>>str="hello"
>>>str[:2]
>>>
a) he
b) lo
c) olleh
d) hello
Explanation: We are printing only the 1st two bytes of string and hence the answer is
“he”.
14. Which of the following will run without errors ?
a) round(45.8)
b) round(6352.898,2,5)
c) round()
d) round(7463.123,2,1)
Explanation: Execute help(round) in the shell to get details of the parameters that are
passed into the round function.
15. What is the return type of function id ?
a) int
b) float
c) bool
d) dict
Explanation: Execute help(id) to find out details in python shell.id returns a integer
value that is unique.

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16. In python we do not specify types, it is directly interpreted by the compiler, so
consider the following operation to be performed.
>>>x = 13 ? 2
objective is to make sure x has a integer value, select all that apply (python 3.xx)
a) x = 13 // 2
b) x = int(13 / 2)
c) x = 13 % 2
d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: // is integer operation in python 3.0 and int(..) is a type cast operator.

17. What error occurs when you execute?

apple = mango
a) SyntaxError
b) NameError
c) ValueError
d) TypeError
Explanation: Mango is not defined hence name error.

18. Carefully observe the code and give the answer.

def example(a):
a = a + '2'
a = a*2
return a
>>>example("hello")
a) indentation Error
b) cannot perform mathematical operation on strings
c) hello2
d) hello2hello2
Explanation: Python codes have to be indented properly.

19. What dataype is the object below ?

L = [1, 23, „hello‟, 1].
a) list
b) dictionary
c) array
d) tuple
Explanation: List datatype can store any values within it.

20. In order to store values in terms of key and value we use what core datatype.
a) list
b) tuple
c) class
d) dictionary
Explanation: Dictionary stores values in terms of keys and values.

21. Which of the following results in a SyntaxError ?

a) „”Once upon a time…”, she said.‟
b) “He said, „Yes!'”
c) ‘3\’
d) ”‟That‟s okay”‟
Explanation: Carefully look at the colons.

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22. The following is displayed by a print function call:
1. tom
2. dick
3. harry
Select all of the function calls that result in this output
a) print(”‟tom
\ndick
\nharry”‟)
b) print(”‟tomdickharry”‟)
c) print(‘tom\ndick\nharry’)
d) print(„tom
dick
harry‟)
Explanation: The \n adds a new line.
23. What is the average value of the code that is executed below ?
>>>grade1 = 80
>>>grade2 = 90
>>>average = (grade1 + grade2) / 2
a) 85
b) 85.1
c) 95
d) 95.1
Explanation: Cause a decimal value to appear as output.
24. Select all options that print
hello-how-are-you
a) print(„hello‟, „how‟, „are‟, „you‟)
b) print(„hello‟, „how‟, „are‟, „you‟ + „-„ * 4)
c) print(‘hello-‘ + ‘how-are-you’)
d) print(„hello‟ + „-„ + „how‟ + „-„ + „are‟ + „you‟)
Explanation: Execute in the shell.
25. What is the return value of trunc() ?
a) int
b) bool
c) float
d) None
Explanation: Executle help(math.trunc) to get details.
26. Which is the correct operator for power(x^y)?
a) X^y
b) X**y
c) X^^y
d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: In python, power operator is x**y i.e. 2**3=8.
27. Which one of these is floor division?
a) /
b) //
c) %
d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: When both of the operands are integer then python chops out the
fraction part and gives you the round off value, to get the accurate answer use floor
division. This is floor division. For ex, 5/2 = 2.5 but both of the operands are integer
so answer of this expression in python is 2.To get the 2.5 answer, use floor division.

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28. What is the order of precedence in python?
i) Parentheses
ii) Exponential
iii) Division
iv) Multiplication
v) Addition
vi) Subtraction
a) i,ii,iii,iv,v,vi
b) ii,i,iii,iv,v,vi
c) ii,i,iv,iii,v,vi
d) i,ii,iii,iv,vi,v
Explanation: For order of precedence, just remember this PEDMAS (similar to
BODMAS)
29. What is answer of this expression, 22 % 3 is?
a) 7
b) 1
c) 0
d) 5
Explanation: Modulus operator gives remainder. So, 22%3 gives the remainder, that
is, 1.
30. Mathematical operations can be performed on a string. State whether true or false.
a) True
b) False
Explanation: You can‟t perform mathematical operation on string even if the string is
in the form: „1234…‟.
31. Operators with the same precedence are evaluated in which manner?
a) Left to Right
b) Right to Left
c) Cant say
d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: None.
32. What is the output of this expression, 3*1**3?
a) 27
b) 9
c) 3
d) 1
Explanation: First this expression will solve 1**3 because exponential have higher
precedence than multiplication, so 1**3 = 1 and 3*1 = 3. Final answer is 3.
33. Which one of the following have the same precedence?
a) Addition and Subtraction
b) Multiplication and Division
c) Both a and b
d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: None.
34. The expression Int(x) implies that the variable x is converted to integer. State
whether true or false.
a) True
b) False
Explanation: None.

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35. Which one of the following have the highest precedence in the expression?
a) Exponential
b) Addition
c) Multiplication
d) Parentheses
Explanation: Just remember: PEDMAS, that is, Parenthesis, Exponentiation,
Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction. Note that the precedence order of
Division and Multiplication is the same. Likewise, the order of Addition and
Subtraction is also the same.
36. What is the output of print 0.1 + 0.2 == 0.3?
a) True
b) False
c) Machine dependent
d) Error
Explanation: Neither of 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 can be represented accurately in binary. The
round off errors from 0.1 and 0.2 accumulate and hence there is a difference of
5.5511e-17 between (0.1 + 0.2) and 0.3.
37. Which of the following is not a complex number?
a) k = 2 + 3j
b) k = complex(2, 3)
c) k = 2 + 3l
d) k = 2 + 3J
Explanation: l (or L) stands for long.
38. What does ~4 evaluate to?
a) -5
b) -4
c) -3
d) +3
Explanation: ~x is equivalent to -(x+1).
39. What does ~~~~~~5 evaluate to?
a) +5
b) -11
c) +11
d) -5
Explanation: ~x is equivalent to -(x+1).
40. Which of the following is incorrect?
a) x = 0b101
b) x = 0x4f5
c) x = 19023
d) x = 03964
Explanation: Numbers starting with a 0 are octal numbers but 9 isn‟t allowed in octal
numbers.
41. What is the result of cmp(3, 1)?
a) 1
b) 0
c) True
d) False
Explanation: cmp(x, y) returns 1 if x > y, 0 if x == y and -1 if x < y.
42. Which of the following is incorrect?
a) float(„inf‟)
b) float(„nan‟)
c) float(‟56‟+‟78‟)

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 d) float(’12+34′)
Explanation: „+‟ cannot be converted to a float.
43. What is the result of round(0.5) – round(-0.5)?
a) 1.0
b) 2.0
c) 0.0
d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: Python rounds off numbers away from 0 when the number to be
rounded off is exactly halfway through. round(0.5) is 1 and round(-0.5) is -1.
44. What does 3 ^ 4 evaluate to?
a) 81
b) 12
c) 0.75
d) 7
Explanation: ^ is the Binary XOR operator
45. Which module in Python supports regular expressions?
a) re
b) regex
c) pyregex
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: re is a part of the standard library and can be imported using: import re.
46. What does the function re.match do?
a) matches a pattern at the start of the string
b) matches a pattern at any position in the string
c) such a function does not exist
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: It will look for the pattern at the beginning and return None if it isn‟t
found.
47. What does the function re.search do?
a) matches a pattern at the start of the string
b) matches a pattern at any position in the string
c) such a function does not exist
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: It will look for the pattern at any position in the string.
48. What is the output of the following?
sentence = 'we are humans'
matched = re.match(r'(.*) (.*?) (.*)', sentence)
print(matched.groups())
a) (‘we’, ‘are’, ‘humans’)
b) (we, are, humans)
c) („we‟, „humans‟)
d) „we are humans‟
Explanation: This function returns all the subgroups that have been matched.
49. What is the output of the following?
sentence = 'we are humans'
matched = re.match(r'(.*) (.*?) (.*)', sentence)
print(matched.group())
a) („we‟, „are‟, „humans‟)
b) (we, are, humans)
c) („we‟, „humans‟)
d) ‘we are humans’
Explanation: This function returns the entire match.

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50. What is the output of the following?
sentence = 'we are humans'
matched = re.match(r'(.*) (.*?) (.*)', sentence)
print(matched.group(2))
a) „are‟
b) „we‟
c) ‘humans’
d) „we are humans‟
Explanation: This function returns the particular subgroup.

51. What is the output of the following?

sentence = 'horses are fast'
regex = re.compile('(?P<animal>\w+) (?P<verb>\w+) (?P<adjective>\w+)')
matched = re.search(regex, sentence)
print(matched.groupdict())
a) {‘animal’: ‘horses’, ‘verb’: ‘are’, ‘adjective’: ‘fast’}
b) („horses‟, „are‟, „fast‟)
c) „horses are fast‟
d) „are‟
Explanation: This function returns a dictionary that contains all the matches.

52. What is the output of the following?

sentence = 'horses are fast'
regex = re.compile('(?P<animal>\w+) (?P<verb>\w+) (?P<adjective>\w+)')
matched = re.search(regex, sentence)
print(matched.groups())
a) {„animal‟: „horses‟, „verb‟: „are‟, „adjective‟: „fast‟}
b) (‘horses’, ‘are’, ‘fast’)
c) „horses are fast‟
d) „are‟
Explanation: This function returns all the subgroups that have been matched.
53. What is the output of the following?
sentence = 'horses are fast'
regex = re.compile('(?P<animal>\w+) (?P<verb>\w+) (?P<adjective>\w+)')
matched = re.search(regex, sentence)
print(matched.group(2))
a) {„animal‟: „horses‟, „verb‟: „are‟, „adjective‟: „fast‟}
b) („horses‟, „are‟, „fast‟)
c) „horses are fast‟
d) ‘are’
Explanation: This function returns the particular subgroup
54. What is the output of the following?
x = ['ab', 'cd']
for i in x:
i.upper()
print(x)
a) [‘ab’, ‘cd’].
b) [„AB‟, „CD‟].
c) [None, None].
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: The function upper() does not modify a string in place, it returns a new
string which isn‟t being stored anywhere.

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55. What is the output of the following?
x = ['ab', 'cd']
for i in x:
x.append(i.upper())
print(x)
a) [„AB‟, „CD‟].
b) [„ab‟, „cd‟, „AB‟, „CD‟].
c) [„ab‟, „cd‟].
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: The loop does not terminate as new elements are being added to the list
in each iteration.

56. What is the output of the following?

i=1
while True:
if i%3 == 0:
break
print(i)
i+ =1
a) 1 2
b) 1 2 3
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: SyntaxError, there shouldn‟t be a space between + and = in +=.

57. What is the output of the following?

i=1
while True:
if i%0O7 == 0:
break
print(i)
i += 1
a) 1 2 3 4 5 6
b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Control exits the loop when i becomes 7.

58. What is the output of the following?

i=5
while True:
if i%0O11 == 0:
break
print(i)
i += 1
a) 5 6 7 8 9 10
b) 5 6 7 8
c) 5 6
d) error
Explanation: 0O11 is an octal number.

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59. What is the output of the following?
i=5
while True:
if i%0O9 == 0:
break
print(i)
i += 1
a) 5 6 7 8
b) 5 6 7 8 9
c) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ….
d) error
Explanation: 9 isn‟t allowed in an octal number.
60. What is the output of the following?
i=1
while True:
if i%2 == 0:
break
print(i)
i += 2
a) 1
b) 1 2
c) 1 2 3 4 5 6 …
d) 1 3 5 7 9 11 …
Explanation: The loop does not terminate since i is never an even number.

61. What is the output of the following?

i=2
while True:
if i%3 == 0:
break
print(i)
i += 2
a) 2 4 6 8 10 …
b) 2 4
c) 2 3
d) error
Explanation: The numbers 2 and 4 are printed. The next value of i is 6 which is
divisible by 3 and hence control exits the loop.

62. What is the output of the following?

i=1
while False:
if i%2 == 0:
break
print(i)
i += 2
a) 1
b) 1 3 5 7 …
c) 1 2 3 4 …
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Control does not enter the loop because of False.

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63. What is the output of the following?
True = False
while True:
print(True)
break
a) True
b) False
c) None
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: SyntaxError, True is a keyword and it‟s value cannot be changed

64. What is the output of the following?

i=0
while i < 5:
print(i)
i += 1
if i == 3:
break
else:
print(0)
a) 0 1 2 0
b) 0 1 2
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: The else part is not executed if control breaks out of the loop.

65. What is the output of the following?

i=0
while i < 3:
print(i)
i += 1
else:
print(0)
a) 0 1 2 3 0
b) 0 1 2 0
c) 0 1 2
c) error
Explanation: The else part is executed when the condition in the while statement is
false.

66. What is the output of the following?

x = "abcdef"
while i in x:
print(i, end=" ")
a) a b c d e f
b) abcdef
c) i i i i i i …
d) error
Explanation: NameError, i is not defined.

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67. What is the output of the following?
x = "abcdef"
i = "i"
while i in x:
print(i, end=" ")
a) no output
b) i i i i i i …
c) a b c d e f
d) abcdef
Explanation: “i” is not in “abcdef”.
68. What is the output of the following?
x = "abcdef"
i = "a"
while i in x:
print(i, end = " ")
a) no output
b) i i i i i i …
c) a a a a a a …
d) a b c d e f
Explanation: As the value of i or x isn‟t changing, the condition will always evaluate
to True.
69. What is the output of the following?
x = "abcdef"
i = "a"
while i in x:
print('i', end = " ")
a) no output
b) i i i i i i …
c) a a a a a a …
d) a b c d e f
Explanation: As the value of i or x isn‟t changing, the condition will always evaluate
to True.
70. What is the output of the following?
x = "abcdef"
i = "a"
while i in x:
x = x[:-1]
print(i, end = " ")
a) i i i i i i
b) a a a a a a
c) a a a a a
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: The string x is being shortened by one charater in each iteration.
71. What is the output of the following?
x = "abcdef"
i = "a"
while i in x[:-1]:
print(i, end = " ")
a) a a a a a
b) a a a a a a
c) a a a a a a …

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 d) a
Explanation: String x is not being altered and i is in x[:-1].
72. What is the output of the following?
x = "abcdef"
i = "a"
while i in x:
x = x[1:]
print(i, end = " ")
a) a a a a a a
b) a
c) no output
d) error
Explanation: The string x is being shortened by one charater in each iteration.
73. What is the output of the following?
x = "abcdef"
i = "a"
while i in x[1:]:
print(i, end = " ")
a) a a a a a a
b) a
c) no output
d) error
Explanation: i is not in x[1:].
74. What is the output of the following?
x = 'abcd'
for i in x:
print(i)
x.upper()
a) a B C D
b) a b c d
c) A B C D
d) error
Explanation: Changes do not happen in-place, rather a new instance of the string is
returned.
75. What is the output of the following?
x = 'abcd'
for i in x:
print(i.upper())
a) a b c d
b) A B C D
c) a B C D
d) error
Explanation: The instance of the string returned by upper() is being printed.
76. What is the output of the following?
x = 'abcd'
for i in range(x):
print(i)
a) a b c d
b) 0 1 2 3
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: range(str) is not allowed.

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77. What is the output of the following?
x = 'abcd'
for i in range(len(x)):
print(i)
a) a b c d
b) 0 1 2 3
c) error
d) 1 2 3 4
Explanation: i takes values 0, 1, 2 and 3.
78. What is the output of the following?
x = 'abcd'
for i in range(len(x)):
print(i.upper())
a) a b c d
b) 0 1 2 3
c) error
d) 1 2 3 4
Explanation: Objects of type int have no attribute upper().
79. What is the output of the following?
x = 'abcd'
for i in range(len(x)):
i.upper()
print (x)
a) a b c d
b) 0 1 2 3
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Objects of type int have no attribute upper().
80. What is the output of the following?
x = 'abcd'
for i in range(len(x)):
x[i].upper()
print (x)
a) abcd
b) ABCD
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Changes do not happen in-place, rather a new instance of the string is
returned.
81. What is the output of the following?
x = 'abcd'
for i in range(len(x)):
i[x].upper()
print (x)
a) abcd
b) ABCD
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Objects of type int aren‟t subscriptable. However, if the statement was
x[i], an error would not have been thrown.

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82. What is the output of the following?
x = 'abcd'
for i in range(len(x)):
x = 'a'
print(x)
a) a
b) abcd abcd abcd
c) a a a a
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: range() is computed only at the time of entering the loop.

83. What is the output of the following?

x = 'abcd'
for i in range(len(x)):
print(x)
x = 'a'
a) a
b) abcd abcd abcd abcd
c) a a a a
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: abcd a a a is the output as x is modified only after „abcd‟ has been
printed once

84. What is the output of the following?

x = 123
for i in x:
print(i)
a) 1 2 3
b) 123
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Objects of type int are not iterable.

85. What is the output of the following?

d = {0: 'a', 1: 'b', 2: 'c'}
for i in d:
print(i)
a) 0 1 2
b) a b c
c) 0 a 1 b 2 c
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Loops over the keys of the dictionary.
86. What is the output of the following?
d = {0: 'a', 1: 'b', 2: 'c'}
for x, y in d:
print(x, y)
a) 0 1 2
b) a b c
c) 0 a 1 b 2 c
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Error, objects of type int aren‟t iterable.

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87. What is the output of the following?
d = {0: 'a', 1: 'b', 2: 'c'}
for x, y in d.items():
print(x, y)
a) 0 1 2
b) a b c
c) 0 a 1 b 2 c
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Loops over key, value pairs.

88. What is the output of the following?

d = {0: 'a', 1: 'b', 2: 'c'}
for x in d.keys():
print(d[x])
a) 0 1 2
b) a b c
c) 0 a 1 b 2 c
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Loops over the keys and prints the values.

89. What is the output of the following?

d = {0: 'a', 1: 'b', 2: 'c'}
for x in d.values():
print(x)
a) 0 1 2
b) a b c
c) 0 a 1 b 2 c
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Loops over the values.

90. What is the output of the following?

d = {0: 'a', 1: 'b', 2: 'c'}
for x in d.values():
print(d[x])
a) 0 1 2
b) a b c
c) 0 a 1 b 2 c
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Causes a KeyError.

91. What is the output of the following?

d = {0, 1, 2}
for x in d.values():
print(x)
a) 0 1 2
b) None None None
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Objects of type set have no attribute values.

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92. What is the output of the following?
d = {0, 1, 2}
for x in d:
print(x)
a) 0 1 2
b) {0, 1, 2} {0, 1, 2} {0, 1, 2}
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Loops over the elements of the set and prints them.
93. What is the output of the following?
d = {0, 1, 2}
for x in d:
print(d.add(x))
a) 0 1 2
b) 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 …
c) None None None
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Variable x takes the values 0, 1 and 2. set.add() returns None which is
printed.
94. What is the output of the following?
for i in range(0):
print(i)
a) 0
b) no output
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: range(0) is empty
95. What is the output of the following?
for i in range(2.0):
print(i)
a) 0.0 1.0
b) 0 1
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Object of type float cannot be interpreted as an integer.
96. What is the output of the following?
for i in range(int(2.0)):
print(i)
a) 0.0 1.0
b) 0 1
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: range(int(2.0)) is the same as range(2).
97. What is the output of the following?
for i in range(float('inf')):
print (i)
a) 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 …
b) 0 1 2 3 …
c) 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 …
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Error, objects of type float cannot be interpreted as an integer.

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98. What is the output of the following?
for i in range(int(float('inf'))):
print (i)
a) 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 …
b) 0 1 2 3 …
c) 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 …
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: OverflowError, cannot convert float infinity to integer.
99. What is the output of the following?
for i in [1, 2, 3, 4][::-1]:
print (i)
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 4 3 2 1
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: [::-1] reverses the list.
100. What is the output of the following?
for i in ''.join(reversed(list('abcd'))):
print (i)
a) a b c d
b) d c b a
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: „ „.join(reversed(list(„abcd‟))) reverses a string.
101. What is the output of the following?
for i in 'abcd'[::-1]:
print (i)
a) a b c d
b) d c b a
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: [::-1] reverses the string.
102. What is the output of the following?
for i in '':
print (i)
a) None
b) (nothing is printed)
c) error
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: The string does not have any character to loop over.
103. What is the output of the following?
x=2
for i in range(x):
x += 1
print (x)
a) 0 1 2 3 4 …
b) 0 1
c) 3 4
d) 0 1 2 3
Explanation: Variable x is incremented and printed twice.

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104. What is the output of the following?
x=2
for i in range(x):
x -= 2
print (x)
a) 0 1 2 3 4 …
b) 0 -2
c) 0
d) error
Explanation: The loop is entered twice

105. What is the output of the following?

for i in range(10):
if i == 5:
break
else:
print(i)
else:
print("Here")
a) 0 1 2 3 4 Here
b) 0 1 2 3 4 5 Here
c) 0 1 2 3 4
d) 1 2 3 4 5
Explanation: The else part is executed if control doesn‟t break out of the loop.

106. What is the output of the following?

for i in range(5):
if i == 5:
break
else:
print(i)
else:
print("Here")
a) 0 1 2 3 4 Here
b) 0 1 2 3 4 5 Here
c) 0 1 2 3 4
d) 1 2 3 4 5
Explanation: The else part is executed if control doesn‟t break out of the loop.

107. What is the output of the following?

x = (i for i in range(3))
for i in x:
print(i)
a) 0 1 2
b) error
c) 0 1 2 0 1 2
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: The first statement creates a generator object.

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108. What is the output of the following?
x = (i for i in range(3))
for i in x:
print(i)
for i in x:
print(i)
a) 0 1 2
b) error
c) 0 1 2 0 1 2
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: We can loop over a generator object only once.
109. What is the output of the following?
string = "my name is x"
for i in string:
print (i, end=", ")
a) m, y, , n, a, m, e, , i, s, , x,
b) m, y, , n, a, m, e, , i, s, , x
c) my, name, is, x,
d) error
Explanation: Variable i takes the value of one character at a time.
110. What is the output of the following?
string = "my name is x"
for i in string.split():
print (i, end=", ")
a) m, y, , n, a, m, e, , i, s, , x,
b) m, y, , n, a, m, e, , i, s, , x
c) my, name, is, x,
d) error
Explanation: Variable i takes the value of one word at a time.
111. What is the output of the following?
a = [0, 1, 2, 3]
for a[-1] in a:
print(a[-1])
a) 0 1 2 3
b) 0 1 2 2
c) 3 3 3 3
d) error
Explanation: The value of a[-1] changes in each iteration.
112. What is the output of the following?
a = [0, 1, 2, 3]
for a[0] in a:
print(a[0])
a) 0 1 2 3
b) 0 1 2 2
c) 3 3 3 3
d) error
Explanation: The value of a[0] changes in each iteration. Since the first value that it
takes is itself, there is no visible error in the current example.

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