Question 4

Which of these is not a core data type?

1. Lists
2. Dictionary
3. Tuples
4. Class ✓

Question 5

How would you write xy in Python as an

expression ?

1. x^y
2. x**y ✓
3. x^^y
4. none of these

Question 6

What will be the value of the expression?

14 + 13 % 15

1. 14
2. 27 ✓
3. 12
4. 0

Question 7

Evaluate the expression given below if A =

16 and B = 15.
A % B // A

1. 0.0
 2. 0 ✓
3. 1.0
4. 1

Question 8

What is the value of x?

x = int (13.25 + 4/2)

1. 17
2. 14
3. 15 ✓
4. 23

Question 9

The expression 8/4/2 will evaluate

equivalent to which of the following
expressions:

1. 8/(4/2)
2. (8/4)/2 ✓

Question 10

Which among the following list of

operators has the highest precedence?

+, -, **, %, /, <<, >>, |

1. <<, >>
2. ** ✓
3. I
4. %

Question 11
Which of the following expressions results
in an error?

1. float('12')
2. int('12')
3. float('12.5')
4. int('12.5') ✓

Question 12

Which of the following statement prints

the shown output below?
hello\example\test.txt

1. print("hello\example\test.txt")
2. print("hello\\example\\test.txt") ✓
3. print("hello\"example\"test.txt")
4. print("hello"\example"\test.txt")

Question 13

Which value type does input() return ?

1. Boolean
2. String ✓
3. Int
4. Float

Question 14

Which two operators can be used on

numeric values in Python?

1. @
2. % ✓
 3. + ✓
4. #

Question 15

Which of the following four code

fragments will yield following output?

Eina
Mina
Dika

Select all of the function calls that result in

this output

1. print('''Eina
\nMina
\nDika''')
2. print('''EinaMinaDika''')
3. print('Eina\nMina\nDika')✓
4. print('Eina
Mina
Dika')

Question 16

Which of the following is valid arithmetic

operator in Python :

1. // ✓
2. ?
3. <
4. and

Fill in the Blanks

Question 1

The smallest individual unit in a program

is known as a token.

Question 2

A token is also called a lexical unit.

Question 3

A keyword is a word having special

meaning and role as specified by
programming language.

Question 4

The data types whose values cannot be

changed in place are called immutable
types.

Question 5

In a Python expression, when conversion

of a value's data type is done
automatically by the compiler without
programmer's intervention, it is called
implicit type conversion.

Question 6

The explicit conversion of an operand to a

specific type is called type casting.

Question 7

The pass statement is an empty

statement in Python.
Question 8

A break statement skips the rest of the

loop and jumps over to the statement
following the loop.

Question 9

The continue statement skips the rest of

the loop statements and causes the next
iteration of the loop to take place.

Question 10

Python's keywords cannot be used as

variable name.

True/False Questions

Question 1

The expression int(x) implies that the

variable x is converted to integer.
True

Question 2

The value of the expressions 4/(3*(2 - 1))

and 4/3*(2 - 1) is the same.
True

Question 3

The value of the expressions 4/(3*(4 - 2))

and 4/3*(4 - 2) is the same.
False

Question 4
The expression 2**2**3 is evaluated as:
(2**2)**3.
False

Question 5

A string can be surrounded by three sets

of single quotation marks or by three sets
of double quotation marks.
True

Question 6

Variables can be assigned only once.

False

Question 7

In Python, a variable is a placeholder for

data.
False

Question 8

In Python, only if statement has else

clause.
False

Question 9

Python loops can also have else clause.

True

Question 10

In a nested loop, a break statement

terminates all the nested loops in one go.
False
Type A: Short Answer
Questions/Conceptual Questions

Question 1

What are tokens in Python? How many

types of tokens are allowed in Python?
Exemplify your answer.

Answer

The smallest individual unit in a program

is known as a Token. Python has following
tokens:

1. Keywords — Examples are import,

for, in, while, etc.
2. Identifiers — Examples are MyFile,
_DS, DATE_9_7_77, etc.
3. Literals — Examples are "abc", 5,
28.5, etc.
4. Operators — Examples are +, -, >, or,
etc.
5. Punctuators — ' " # () etc.

Question 2

How are keywords different from

identifiers?

Answer

Keywords are reserved words carrying

special meaning and purpose to the
language compiler/interpreter. For
example, if, elif, etc. are keywords.
Identifiers are user defined names for
different parts of the program like
variables, objects, classes, functions, etc.
Identifiers are not reserved. They can have
letters, digits and underscore. They must
begin with either a letter or underscore.
For example, _chk, chess, trail, etc.

Question 3

What are literals in Python? How many

types of literals are allowed in Python?

Answer

Literals are data items that have a fixed

value. The different types of literals
allowed in Python are:

1. String literals
2. Numeric literals
3. Boolean literals
4. Special literal None
5. Literal collections

Question 4

Can nongraphic characters be used and

processed in Python? How? Give
examples to support your answer.

Answer

Yes, nongraphic characters can be used

in Python with the help of escape
sequences. For example, backspace is
represented as \b, tab is represented as \t,
carriage return is represented as \r.

Question 5

Out of the following, find those identifiers,

which cannot be used for naming
Variables or Functions in a Python
program:

Price*Qty
class
For
do
4thCol
totally
Row31
_Amount

Answer

Price*Qty ⇒ Contains special

character *
class ⇒ It is a keyword
4thCol ⇒ Begins with a digit

Question 6

How are floating constants represented in

Python? Give examples to support your
answer.

Answer
Floating constants are represented in
Python in two forms — Fractional Form
and Exponent form. Examples:

1. Fractional Form — 2.0, 17.5, -13.0,

-0.00625
2. Exponent form — 152E05, 1.52E07,
0.152E08, -0.172E-3

Question 7

How are string-literals represented and

implemented in Python?

Answer

A string-literal is represented as a
sequence of characters surrounded by
quotes (single, double or triple quotes).
String-literals in Python are implemented
using Unicode.

Question 8

What are operators ? What is their

function? Give examples of some unary
and binary operators.

Answer

Operators are tokens that trigger some

computation/action when applied to
variables and other objects in an
expression. Unary plus (+), Unary minus
(-), Bitwise complement (~), Logical
negation (not) are a few examples of unary
operators. Examples of binary operators
are Addition (+), Subtraction (-),
Multiplication (*), Division (/).

Question 9

What is an expression and a statement?

Answer

An expression is any legal combination of

symbols that represents a value. For
example, 2.9, a + 5, (3 + 5) / 4.
A statement is a programming instruction
that does something i.e. some action
takes place. For example:
print("Hello")
a = 15
b = a - 10

Question 10

What all components can a Python

program contain?

Answer

A Python program can contain various

components like expressions, statements,
comments, functions, blocks and
indentation.

Question 11

What are variables? How are they

important for a program?
Answer

Variables are named labels whose values

can be used and processed during
program run. Variables are important for a
program because they enable a program
to process different sets of data.

Question 12

Describe the concepts of block and body.

What is indentation and how is it related to
block and body?

Answer

A block in Python, represents a group of

statements executed as a single unit.
Python uses indentation to create blocks
of code. Statements at same indentation
level are part of same block/suite and
constitute the body of the block.

Question 13

What are data types? How are they

important?

Answer

Data types are used to identify the type of

data a memory location can hold and the
associated operations of handling it. The
data that we deal with in our programs can
be of many types like character, integer,
real number, string, boolean, etc. hence
programming languages including Python
provide ways and facilities to handle all
these different types of data through data
types. The data types define the
capabilities to handle a specific type of
data such as memory space it allocates to
hold a certain type of data and the range
of values supported for a given data type,
etc.

Question 14

How many integer types are supported by

Python? Name them.

Answer

Two integer types are supported by

Python. They are:

1. Integers (signed)
2. Booleans

Question 15

What are immutable and mutable types?

List immutable and mutable types of
Python.

Answer

Mutable types are those whose values can

be changed in place whereas Immutable
types are those that can never change
their value in place.
Mutable types in Python are:

1. Lists
2. Dictionaries
3. Sets

Immutable types in Python are:

1. Integers
2. Floating-Point numbers
3. Booleans
4. Strings
5. Tuples

Question 16

What is the difference between implicit

type conversion and explicit type
conversion?

Answer

Implicit Type Explicit Type

Conversion Conversion

An implicit type
An explicit type
conversion is
conversion is
automatically
user-defined
performed by the
conversion that
compiler when
forces an
differing data types
expression to be
are intermixed in
of specific type.
an expression.

An implicit type An explicit type

 Implicit Type Explicit Type
Conversion Conversion

conversion is conversion is
performed without specified
programmer's explicitly by the
intervention. programmer.

Example: Example:
a, b = 5, 25.5 a, b = 5, 25.5
c=a+b c = int(a + b)

Question 17

An immutable data type is one that cannot

change after being created. Give three
reasons to use immutable data.

Answer

Three reasons to use immutable data

types are:

1. Immutable data types increase the

efficiency of the program as they are
quicker to access than mutable data
types.
2. Immutable data types helps in
efficient use of memory storage as
different variables containing the
same value can point to the same
memory location. Immutability
guarantees that contents of the
memory location will not change.
3. Immutable data types are thread-safe
 so they make it easier to parallelize
the program through multi-threading.

Question 18

What is entry controlled loop? Which loop

is entry controlled loop in Python?

Answer

An entry-controlled loop checks the

condition at the time of entry. Only if the
condition is true, the program control
enters the body of the loop. In Python, for
and while loops are entry-controlled loops.

Question 19

Explain the use of the pass statement.

Illustrate it with an example.

Answer

The pass statement of Python is a do

nothing statement i.e. empty statement or
null operation statement. It is useful in
scenarios where syntax of the language
requires the presence of a statement but
the logic of the program does not. For
example,

for i in range(10):
if i == 2:
pass
else:
print("i =", i)
Question 20

Below are seven segments of code, each

with a part coloured. Indicate the data type
of each coloured part by choosing the
correct type of data from the following
type.

(a) int
(b) float
(c) bool
(d) str
(e) function
(f) list of int
(g) list of str

(i)

if temp < 32 :
print ("Freezing")

(ii)

L = ['Hiya', 'Zoya', 'Preet']

print(L[1])

(iii)

M = []
for i in range (3) :
M.append(i)
print(M)

(iv)

L = ['Hiya', 'Zoya', 'Preet']

 n = len(L)
if 'Donald' in L[1 : n] :
print(L)

(v)

if n % 2 == 0 :
print("Freezing")

(vi)

L = inputline.split()
while L != ( ) :
print(L)
L = L[1 :]

(vii)

L = ['Hiya', 'Zoya', 'Preet']

print(L[0] + L[1])

Answer

(i) bool
(ii) str
(iii) list of int
(iv) int
(v) bool
(vi) list of str
(vii) str

Type B: Application Based

Questions

Question 1

Fill in the missing lines of code in the

following code. The code reads in a limit
amount and a list of prices and prints the
largest price that is less than the limit. You
can assume that all prices and the limit
are positive numbers. When a price 0 is
entered the program terminates and prints
the largest price that is less than the limit.

#Read the limit

limit = float(input("Enter the limit"))
max_price = 0
# Read the next price
next_price = float(input("Enter a price o
while next_price > 0 :
<write your code here>
#Read the next price
<write your code here>
if max_price > 0:
<write your code here>
else :
<write your code here>

Answer

#Read the limit

limit = float(input("Enter the limit"))
max_price = 0
# Read the next price
next_price = float(input("Enter a price o
while next_price > 0 :
if next_price < limit and next_price
max_price = next_price
#Read the next price
next_price = float(input("Enter a pri
if max_price > 0:
print("Largest Price =", max_price)
else :
print("Prices exceed limit of", limit
Question 2a

Predict the output of the following code

fragments:

count = 0
while count < 10:
print ("Hello")
count += 1

Answer

Output

Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello

Question 2b

Predict the output of the following code

fragments:

x = 10
y = 0
while x > y:
print (x, y)
x = x ‐ 1
y = y + 1

Answer
Output

10 0
9 1
8 2
7 3
6 4

Explanation

x y Output Remarks

10 0 10 0 1st Iteration

10 0
9 1 2nd Iteration
91

10 0
8 2 91 3rd Iteration
82

10 0
91
7 3 4th Iteration
82
73

10 0
91
6 4 82 5th Iteration
73
64

Question 2c

Predict the output of the following code

fragments:

keepgoing = True
 x=100
while keepgoing :
print (x)
x = x ‐ 10
if x < 50 :
keepgoing = False

Answer

Output

100
90
80
70
60
50

Explanation

Inside while loop, the line x = x ‐ 10 is

decreasing x by 10 so after 5 iterations of
while loop x will become 40. When x
becomes 40, the condition if x < 50
becomes true so keepgoing is set to
False due to which the while loop stops

iterating.

Question 2d

Predict the output of the following code

fragments:

x = 45
while x < 50 :
print (x)

Answer
This is an endless (infinite) loop that will
keep printing 45 continuously.

As the loop control variable x is not

updated inside the loop neither there is
any break statement inside the loop so it
becomes an infinite loop.

Question 2e

Predict the output of the following code

fragments:

for x in [1,2,3,4,5]:
print (x)

Answer

Output

1
2
3
4
5

Explanation

x will be assigned each of the values from

the list one by one and that will get
printed.

Question 2f

Predict the output of the following code

fragments:
 for p in range(1,10):
print (p)

Answer

Output

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Explanation

range(1,10) will generate a sequence like

this [1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. p will be

assigned each of the values from this
sequence one by one and that will get
printed.

Question 2g

Predict the output of the following code

fragments:

for z in range(‐500, 500, 100):

print (z)

Answer

Output

‐500
 ‐400
‐300
‐200
‐100
0
100
200
300
400

Explanation

range(‐500, 500, 100) generates a

sequence of numbers from -500 to 400

with each subsequent number
incrementing by 100. Each number of this
sequence is assigned to z one by one
and then z gets printed inside the for
loop.

Question 2h

Predict the output of the following code

fragments:

x = 10
y = 5
for i in range(x‐y * 2):
print (" % ", i)

Answer

This code generates No Output.

Explanation

The x‐y * 2 in range(x‐y * 2) is

evaluated as below:
 x-y*2
⇒ 10 - 5 * 2
⇒ 10 - 10 [∵ * has higher precedence than
-]
⇒0

Thus range(x‐y * 2) is equivalent to

range(0) which returns an empty

sequence — [ ].

Question 2i

Predict the output of the following code

fragments:

c = 0
for x in range(10):
for y in range(5):
c += 1
print (c)

Answer

Output

50

Explanation

Outer loop executes 10 times. For each

iteration of outer loop, inner loop executes
5 times. Thus, the statement c += 1 is
executed 10 * 5 = 50 times. c is
incremented by 1 in each execution so
final value of c becomes 50.
Question 2j

Predict the output of the following code

fragments:

x = [1,2,3]
counter = 0
while counter < len(x):
print(x[counter] * '%')
for y in x:
print(y * '* ')
counter += 1

Answer

Output

%
*
* *
* * *
%%
*
* *
* * *
%%%
*
* *
* * *

Explanation

In this code, the for loop is nested inside

the while loop. Outer while loop runs 3
times and prints % as per the elements in
x in each iteration. For each iteration of
while loop, the inner for loop executes 3
times printing * as per the elements in x.
Question 2k

Predict the output of the following code

fragments:

for x in 'lamp':
print(str.upper(x))

Answer

Output

L
A
M
P

Explanation

The for loop extracts each letter of the

string 'lamp' one by one and place it in
variable x. Inside the loop, x is converted
to uppercase and printed.

Question 2l

Predict the output of the following code

fragments:

x = 'one'
y = 'two'
counter = 0
while counter < len(x):
print(x[counter], y[counter])
counter += 1

Answer
Output

o t
n w
e o

Explanation

Inside the while loop, each letter of x and y

is accessed one by one and printed.

Question 2m

Predict the output of the following code

fragments:

x = "apple, pear, peach"

y = x.split(", ")
for z in y :
print(z)

Answer

Output

apple
pear
peach

Explanation

x.split(", ") breaks up string x into a list of

strings so y becomes ['apple', 'pear',
'peach']. The for loop iterates over this list
and prints each string one by one.

Question 2n
Predict the output of the following code
fragments:

x ='apple, pear, peach, grapefruit'

y = x.split(', ')
for z in y:
if z < 'm':
print(str.lower(z))
else:
print(str.upper(z))

Answer

Output

apple
PEAR
PEACH
grapefruit

Explanation

x.split(', ') breaks up string x into a list of

strings so y becomes ['apple', 'pear',
'peach', 'grapefruit']. The for loop iterates
over this list. apple and grapefruit are less
than m (since a and g comes before m) so
they are converted to lowercase and
printed whereas pear and peach are
converted to uppercase and printed.

Question 3

Find and write the output of the following

python code:

for Name in ['Jayes', 'Ramya', 'Taruna',

 print (Name)
if Name[0] == 'T' :
break
else :
print ('Finished!')
print ('Got it!')

Answer

Output

Jayes
Finished!
Ramya
Finished!
Taruna
Got it!

Explanation

The for loop iterates over each name in

the list and prints it. If the name does not
begin with the letter T, Finished! is printed
after the name. If the name begins with T,
break statement is executed that
terminates the loop. Outside the loop, Got
it! gets printed.

Question 4(i)

How many times will the following for loop

execute and what's the output?

for i in range(‐1, 7, ‐2):

for j in range (3):
print(1, j)

Answer
The loops execute 0 times and the code
produces no output. range(-1, 7, -2)
returns an empty sequence as there are
no numbers that start at -1 and go till 6
decrementing by -2. Due to empty
sequence, the loops don't execute.

Question 4(ii)

How many times will the following for loop

execute and what's the output?

for i in range(1,3,1):
for j in range(i+1):
print('*')

Answer

Loop executes for 5 times.

Output

*
*
*
*
*

Explanation

range(1,3,1) returns [1, 2]. For first

iteration of outer loop j is in range [0, 1] so
inner loop executes twice. For second
iteration of outer loop j is in range [0, 1, 2]
so inner loop executes 3 times. This
makes the total number of loop executions
as 2 + 3 = 5.

Question 5

Is the loop in the code below infinite? How

do you know (for sure) before you run it?

m = 3
n = 5
while n < 10:
m = n ‐ 1
n = 2 * n ‐ m
print(n, m)

Answer

The loop is not infinite. To know this

without running it we can analyze how n is
changed inside the loop in the following
way:

n=2*n-m

Substituting value of m from m = n - 1,

n = 2 * n - (n - 1)
⇒n=2*n-n+1
⇒ n = 2n - n + 1
⇒n=n+1

Therefore, inside the loop n is

incremented by 1 in each iteration. Loop
condition is n < 10 and initial value of n is
5. So after 5 iterations, n will become 10
and the loop will terminate.

Type C: Programming
Practice/Knowledge based
Questions

Question 1

Write a program to print one of the words

negative, zero, or positive, according to
whether variable x is less than zero, zero,
or greater than zero, respectively

Solution

x = int(input("Enter x: "))

if x < 0:
print("negative")
elif x > 0:
print("positive")
else:
print("zero")

Output

Enter x: ‐5
negative

Enter x: 0
zero

Enter x: 5
positive

Question 2

Write a program that returns True if the

input number is an even number, False
otherwise.

Solution
 x = int(input("Enter a number: "))

if x % 2 == 0:
print("True")
else:
print("False")

Output

Enter a number: 10
True

Enter a number: 5
False

Question 3

Write a Python program that calculates

and prints the number of seconds in a
year.

Solution

days = 365
hours = 24
mins = 60
secs = 60
secsInYear = days * hours * mins * secs
print("Number of seconds in a year =", se

Output

Number of seconds in a year = 31536000

Question 4

Write a Python program that accepts two

integers from the user and prints a
message saying if first number is divisible
by second number or if it is not.

Solution

a = int(input("Enter first number: "))

b = int(input("Enter second number: "))

if a % b == 0:
print(a, "is divisible by", b)
else:
print(a, "is not divisible by", b)

Output

Enter first number: 15

Enter second number: 5
15 is divisible by 5

Enter first number: 13

Enter second number: 7
13 is not divisible by 7

Question 5

Write a program that asks the user the day

number in a year in the range 2 to 365 and
asks the first day of the year — Sunday or
Monday or Tuesday etc. Then the program
should display the day on the day-number
that has been input.

Solution

dayNames = ["MONDAY", "TUESDAY", "WEDNESD

dayNum = int(input("Enter day number: "))

firstDay = input("First day of year: ")
 if dayNum < 2 or dayNum > 365:
print("Invalid Input")
else:
startDayIdx = dayNames.index(str.uppe
currDayIdx = dayNum % 7 + startDayIdx

if currDayIdx >= 7:
currDayIdx = currDayIdx ‐ 7

print("Day on day number", dayNum, ":

Output

Enter day number: 243

First day of year: FRIDAY
Day on day number 243 : TUESDAY

Question 6

One foot equals 12 inches. Write a

function that accepts a length written in
feet as an argument and returns this
length written in inches. Write a second
function that asks the user for a number of
feet and returns this value. Write a third
function that accepts a number of inches
and displays this to the screen. Use these
three functions to write a program that
asks the user for a number of feet and
tells them the corresponding number of
inches.

Solution

def feetToInches(lenFeet):
lenInch = lenFeet * 12
 return lenInch

def getInput():
len = int(input("Enter length in feet
return len

def displayLength(l):
print("Length in inches =", l)

ipLen = getInput()
inchLen = feetToInches(ipLen)
displayLength(inchLen)

Output

Enter length in feet: 15

Length in inches = 180

Question 7

Write a program that reads an integer N

from the keyboard computes and displays
the sum of the numbers from N to (2 * N)
if N is nonnegative. If N is a negative
number, then it's the sum of the numbers
from (2 * N) to N. The starting and ending
points are included in the sum.

Solution

n = int(input("Enter N: "))
sum = 0
if n < 0:
for i in range(2 * n, n + 1):
sum += i
else:
for i in range(n, 2 * n + 1):
sum += i
 print("Sum =", sum)

Output

Enter N: 5
Sum = 45

Enter N: ‐5
Sum = ‐45

Question 8

Write a program that reads a date as an

integer in the format MMDDYYYY. The
program will call a function that prints print
out the date in the format <Month Name>
<day>, <year>.

Sample run :

Enter date : 12252019

December 25, 2019

Solution

months = ["January", "February", "March",

"July", "August", "September", "October",

dateStr = input("Enter date in MMDDYYYY f

monthIndex = int(dateStr[:2]) ‐ 1
month = months[monthIndex]
day = dateStr[2:4]
year = dateStr[4:]

newDateStr = month + ' ' + day + ', ' + y

print(newDateStr)

Output
 Enter date in MMDDYYYY format: 12252019
December 25, 2019

Question 9

Write a program that prints a table on two

columns — table that helps converting
miles into kilometres.

Solution

print('Miles | Kilometres')
print(1, "\t", 1.60934)
for i in range(10, 101, 10):
print(i, "\t", i * 1.60934)

Output

Miles | Kilometres
1 1.60934
10 16.0934
20 32.1868
30 48.2802
40 64.3736
50 80.467
60 96.5604
70 112.6538
80 128.7472
90 144.8406
100 160.934

Question 10

Write another program printing a table

with two columns that helps convert
pounds in kilograms.

Solution
 print('Pounds | Kilograms')
print(1, "\t", 0.4535)
for i in range(10, 101, 10):
print(i, "\t", i * 0.4535)

Output

Pounds | Kilograms
1 0.4535
10 4.535
20 9.07
30 13.605
40 18.14
50 22.675
60 27.21
70 31.745
80 36.28
90 40.815
100 45.35

Question 11

Write a program that reads two times in

military format (0900, 1730) and prints the
number of hours and minutes between the
two times.

A sample run is being given below :

Please enter the first time : 0900

Please enter the second time : 1730
8 hours 30 minutes

Solution

ft = input("Please enter the first time :

st = input("Please enter the second time
 # Converts both times to minutes
fMins = int(ft[:2]) * 60 + int(ft[2:])
sMins = int(st[:2]) * 60 + int(st[2:])

# Subtract the minutes, this will give

# the time duration between the two times
diff = sMins ‐ fMins;

# Convert the difference to hours & mins

hrs = diff // 60
mins = diff % 60

print(hrs, "hours", mins, "minutes")

Output

Please enter the first time : 0900

Please enter the second time : 1730
8 hours 30 minutes

Please enter the first time : 0915

Please enter the second time : 1005
0 hours 50 minutes