1. Who developed Python Programming Language?

a) Wick van Rossum

b) Rasmus Lerdorf
c) Guido van Rossum
d) Niene Stom

Answer: c
Explanation: Python language is designed by a Dutch programmer Guido
van Rossum in the Netherlands.

2. Which type of Programming does Python support?

a) object-oriented programming
b) structured programming
c) functional programming
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: Python is an interpreted programming language, which
supports object-oriented, structured, and functional programming.

3. Is Python case sensitive when dealing with identifiers?

a) no
b) yes
c) machine dependent
d) none of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: Case is always significant while dealing with identifiers in
python.

4. Which of the following is the correct extension of the Python file?

a) .python
b) .pl
c) .py
d) .p

Answer: c
Explanation: ‘.py’ is the correct extension of the Python file. Python
programs can be written in any text editor. To save these programs we
need to save in files with file extension ‘.py’.

5. Is Python code compiled or interpreted?

a) Python code is both compiled and interpreted
b) Python code is neither compiled nor interpreted
c) Python code is only compiled
d) Python code is only interpreted
 Answer: a
Explanation: Many languages have been implemented using both
compilers and interpreters, including C, Pascal, and Python.

6. All keywords in Python are in _________

a) Capitalized
b) lower case
c) UPPER CASE
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: True, False and None are capitalized while the others are in
lower case.

7. What will be the value of the following Python expression?

4+3%5

a) 7
b) 2
c) 4
d) 1

Answer: a
Explanation: The order of precedence is: %, +. Hence the expression
above, on simplification results in 4 + 3 = 7. Hence the result is 7.

8. Which of the following is used to define a block of code in Python

language?
a) Indentation
b) Key
c) Brackets
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: In Python, to define a block of code we use indentation.
Indentation refers to whitespaces at the beginning of the line.

9. Which keyword is used for function in Python language?

a) Function
b) def
c) Fun
d) Define
Answer: b
Explanation: The def keyword is used to create, (or define) a function in
python.

10. Which of the following character is used to give single-line comments

in Python?
a) //
b) #
c) !
d) /*

Answer: b
Explanation: To write single-line comments in Python use the Hash
character (#) at the beginning of the line. It is also called number sign or
pound sign. To write multi-line comments, close the text between triple
quotes.
Example: “”” comment
text “””

11. What will be the output of the following Python code?

i = 1while True:
 if i%3 == 0:

break

print(i)

i+=1

a) 1 2 3
b) error
c) 1 2
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: SyntaxError, there shouldn’t be a space between + and =
in +=.

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12. Which of the following functions can help us to find the version of
python that we are currently working on?
a) sys.version(1)
b) sys.version(0)
c) sys.version()
d) sys.version
 Answer: d
Explanation: The function sys.version can help us to find the version of
python that we are currently working on. It also contains information
on the build number and compiler used. For example, 3.5.2, 2.7.3 etc.
this function also returns the current date, time, bits etc along with the
version.

13. Python supports the creation of anonymous functions at runtime,

using a construct called __________
a) pi
b) anonymous
c) lambda
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Python supports the creation of anonymous functions (i.e.
functions that are not bound to a name) at runtime, using a construct
called lambda. Lambda functions are restricted to a single expression.
They can be used wherever normal functions can be used.

14. What is the order of precedence in python?

a) Exponential, Parentheses, Multiplication, Division, Addition,
Subtraction
b) Exponential, Parentheses, Division, Multiplication, Addition,
Subtraction
c) Parentheses, Exponential, Multiplication, Addition, Division,
Subtraction
d) Parentheses, Exponential, Multiplication, Division, Addition,
Subtraction

Answer: d
Explanation: For order of precedence, just remember this PEMDAS
(similar to BODMAS).

15. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet if x=1?

x<<2

a) 4
b) 2
c) 1
d) 8

Answer: a
Explanation: The binary form of 1 is 0001. The expression x<<2
 implies we are performing bitwise left shift on x. This shift yields the
value: 0100, which is the binary form of the number 4.

16. What does pip stand for python?

a) Pip Installs Python
b) Pip Installs Packages
c) Preferred Installer Program
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: pip is a package manager for python. Which is also called
Preferred Installer Program.

17. Which of the following is true for variable names in Python?

a) underscore and ampersand are the only two special characters allowed
b) unlimited length
c) all private members must have leading and trailing underscores
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Variable names can be of any length.

18. What are the values of the following Python expressions?

2**(3**2)

(2**3)**2

2**3**2

a) 512, 64, 512

b) 512, 512, 512
c) 64, 512, 64
d) 64, 64, 64

Answer: a
Explanation: Expression 1 is evaluated as: 2**9, which is equal to 512.
Expression 2 is evaluated as 8**2, which is equal to 64. The last
expression is evaluated as 2**(3**2). This is because the associativity
of ** operator is from right to left. Hence the result of the third
expression is 512.

19. Which of the following is the truncation division operator in Python?

a) |
b) //
c) /
d) %

Answer: b
Explanation: // is the operator for truncation division. It is called so
 because it returns only the integer part of the quotient, truncating the
decimal part. For example: 20//3 = 6.

20. What will be the output of the following Python code?

l=[1, 0, 2, 0, 'hello', '', []]list(filter(bool, l))

a) [1, 0, 2, ‘hello’, ”, []]

b) Error
c) [1, 2, ‘hello’]
d) [1, 0, 2, 0, ‘hello’, ”, []]

Answer: c
Explanation: The code shown above returns a new list containing only
those elements of the list l which do not amount to zero. Hence the
output is: [1, 2, ‘hello’].

21. Which of the following functions is a built-in function in python?

a) factorial()
b) print()
c) seed()
d) sqrt()

Answer: b
Explanation: The function seed is a function which is present in the
random module. The functions sqrt and factorial are a part of the math
 module. The print function is a built-in function which prints a value
directly to the system output.

22. Which of the following is the use of id() function in python?

a) Every object doesn’t have a unique id
b) Id returns the identity of the object
c) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Each object in Python has a unique id. The id() function
returns the object’s id.

23. The following python program can work with ____ parameters.

def f(x):

def f1(*args, **kwargs):

print("Profound")

return x(*args, **kwargs)

return f1

a) any number of
b) 0
c) 1
d) 2
 Answer: a
Explanation: The code shown above shows a general decorator which
can work with any number of arguments.

24. What will be the output of the following Python function?

min(max(False,-3,-4), 2,7)

a) -4
b) -3
c) 2
d) False

Answer: d
Explanation: The function max() is being used to find the maximum
value from among -3, -4 and false. Since false amounts to the value
zero, hence we are left with min(0, 2, 7) Hence the output is 0 (false).

25. Which of the following is not a core data type in Python

programming?
a) Tuples
b) Lists
c) Class
d) Dictionary

Answer: c
Explanation: Class is a user-defined data type.

26. What will be the output of the following Python expression if

x=56.236?

print("%.2f"%x)

a) 56.236
b) 56.23
c) 56.0000
d) 56.24

Answer: d
Explanation: The expression shown above rounds off the given number
to the number of decimal places specified. Since the expression given
specifies rounding off to two decimal places, the output of this
expression will be 56.24. Had the value been x=56.234 (last digit being
any number less than 5), the output would have been 56.23.
27. Which of these is the definition for packages in Python?
a) A set of main modules
b) A folder of python modules
c) A number of files containing Python definitions and statements
d) A set of programs making use of Python modules

Answer: b
Explanation: A folder of python programs is called as a package of
modules.

28. What will be the output of the following Python function?

len(["hello",2, 4, 6])

a) Error
b) 6
c) 4
d) 3

Answer: c
Explanation: The function len() returns the length of the number of
elements in the iterable. Therefore the output of the function shown
above is 4.
29. What will be the output of the following Python code?

x = 'abcd' for i in x:

print(i.upper())

a)

b) a b c d
c) error
d)

D
Answer: d
Explanation: The instance of the string returned by upper() is being
printed.
30. What is the order of namespaces in which Python looks for an
identifier?
a) Python first searches the built-in namespace, then the global
namespace and finally the local namespace
b) Python first searches the built-in namespace, then the local namespace
and finally the global namespace
c) Python first searches the local namespace, then the global namespace
and finally the built-in namespace
d) Python first searches the global namespace, then the local namespace
and finally the built-in namespace

Answer: c
Explanation: Python first searches for the local, then the global and
finally the built-in namespace.

31. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?

for i in [1, 2, 3, 4][::-1]:

print(i, end=' ')

a) 4 3 2 1
b) error
c) 1 2 3 4
d) none of the mentioned
 Answer: a
Explanation: [::-1] reverses the list.

32. What will be the output of the following Python statement?

>>>"a"+"bc"

a) bc
b) abc
c) a
d) bca

Answer: b
Explanation: + operator is concatenation operator.

33. Which function is called when the following Python program is

executed?

f = foo()

format(f)

a) str()
b) format()
c) __str__()
d) __format__()
 Answer: c
Explanation: Both str(f) and format(f) call f.__str__().

34. Which one of the following is not a keyword in Python language?

a) pass
b) eval
c) assert
d) nonlocal

Answer: b
Explanation: eval can be used as a variable.

35. What will be the output of the following Python code?

class tester:

def __init__(self, id):

self.id = str(id)

id="224"

>>>temp = tester(12)

>>>print(temp.id)
a) 12
b) 224
c) None
d) Error

Answer: a
Explanation: Id in this case will be the attribute of the instance.

36. What will be the output of the following Python program?

def foo(x):

x[0] = ['def']

x[1] = ['abc']

return id(x)

q = ['abc', 'def']print(id(q) == foo(q))

a) Error
b) None
c) False
d) True
 Answer: d
Explanation: The same object is modified in the function.

37. Which module in the python standard library parses options received
from the command line?
a) getarg
b) getopt
c) main
d) os

Answer: b
Explanation: getopt parses options received from the command line.

38. What will be the output of the following Python program?

z=set('abc')

z.add('san')

z.update(set(['p', 'q']))

a) {‘a’, ‘c’, ‘c’, ‘p’, ‘q’, ‘s’, ‘a’, ‘n’}

b) {‘abc’, ‘p’, ‘q’, ‘san’}
c) {‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, ‘p’, ‘q’, ‘san’}
d) {‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, [‘p’, ‘q’], ‘san}
 Answer: c
Explanation: The code shown first adds the element ‘san’ to the set z.
The set z is then updated and two more elements, namely, ‘p’ and ‘q’
are added to it. Hence the output is: {‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, ‘p’, ‘q’, ‘san’}

39. What arithmetic operators cannot be used with strings in Python?

a) *
b) –
c) +
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: + is used to concatenate and * is used to multiply strings.

40. What will be the output of the following Python code?

print("abc. DEF".capitalize())

a) Abc. def
b) abc. def
c) Abc. Def
d) ABC. DEF
 Answer: a
Explanation: The first letter of the string is converted to uppercase and
the others are converted to lowercase.

41. Which of the following statements is used to create an empty set in

Python?
a) ( )
b) [ ]
c) { }
d) set()

Answer: d
Explanation: { } creates a dictionary not a set. Only set() creates an
empty set.

42. What will be the value of ‘result’ in following Python program?

list1 = [1,2,3,4]

list2 = [2,4,5,6]

list3 = [2,6,7,8]

result = list()

result.extend(i for i in list1 if i not in (list2+list3) and i not in result)

result.extend(i for i in list2 if i not in (list1+list3) and i not in result)

result.extend(i for i in list3 if i not in (list1+list2) and i not in result)

a) [1, 3, 5, 7, 8]
b) [1, 7, 8]
c) [1, 2, 4, 7, 8]
d) error

Answer: a
Explanation: Here, ‘result’ is a list which is extending three times.
When first time ‘extend’ function is called for ‘result’, the inner code
generates a generator object, which is further used in ‘extend’ function.
This generator object contains the values which are in ‘list1’ only (not
in ‘list2’ and ‘list3’).
Same is happening in second and third call of ‘extend’ function in these
generator object contains values only in ‘list2’ and ‘list3’ respectively.
So, ‘result’ variable will contain elements which are only in one list
(not more than 1 list).

43. To add a new element to a list we use which Python command?

a) list1.addEnd(5)
b) list1.addLast(5)
c) list1.append(5)
d) list1.add(5)
 Answer: c
Explanation: We use the function append to add an element to the list.

44. What will be the output of the following Python code?

print('*', "abcde".center(6), '*', sep='')

a) * abcde *
b) *abcde *
c) * abcde*
d) * abcde *

Answer: b
Explanation: Padding is done towards the right-hand-side first when the
final string is of even length.

45. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>>list1 = [1, 3]
>>>list2 = list1

>>>list1[0] = 4

>>>print(list2)

1.

a) [1, 4]
b) [1, 3, 4]
c) [4, 3]
d) [1, 3]

Answer: c
Explanation: Lists should be copied by executing [:] operation.

46. Which one of the following is the use of function in python?

a) Functions don’t provide better modularity for your application
b) you can’t also create your own functions
c) Functions are reusable pieces of programs
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Functions are reusable pieces of programs. They allow
you to give a name to a block of statements, allowing you to run that
block using the specified name anywhere in your program and any
number of times.

47. Which of the following Python statements will result in the output: 6?

A = [[1, 2, 3],

[4, 5, 6],

[7, 8, 9]]

a) A[2][1]
b) A[1][2]
c) A[3][2]
d) A[2][3]

Answer: b
Explanation: The output that is required is 6, that is, row 2, item 3. This
position is represented by the statement: A[1][2].

48. What is the maximum possible length of an identifier in Python?

a) 79 characters
b) 31 characters
c) 63 characters
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: Identifiers can be of any length.

49. What will be the output of the following Python program?

i=0

while i < 5:

print(i)

i += 1

if i == 3:

break

else:

print(0)

a) error
b) 0 1 2 0
c) 0 1 2
d) none of the mentioned
 Answer: c
Explanation: The else part is not executed if control breaks out of the
loop.

50. What will be the output of the following Python code?

x = 'abcd'for i in range(len(x)):

print(i)

a) error
b) 1 2 3 4
c) a b c d
d) 0 1 2 3

Answer: d
Explanation: i takes values 0, 1, 2 and 3.
51. What are the two main types of functions in Python?
a) System function
b) Custom function
c) Built-in function & User defined function
d) User function

Answer: c
Explanation: Built-in functions and user defined ones. The built-in
functions are part of the Python language. Examples are: dir(), len() or
abs(). The user defined functions are functions created with the def
keyword.

52. What will be the output of the following Python program?

def addItem(listParam):

listParam += [1]

mylist = [1, 2, 3, 4]

addItem(mylist)

print(len(mylist))

a) 5
b) 8
c) 2
d) 1

Answer: a
Explanation: + will append the element to the list.

53. Which of the following is a Python tuple?

a) {1, 2, 3}
b) {}
c) [1, 2, 3]
d) (1, 2, 3)

Answer: d
Explanation: Tuples are represented with round brackets.

54. What will be the output of the following Python code snippet?

z=set('abc$de')'a' in z

a) Error
b) True
c) False
d) No output
 Answer: b
Explanation: The code shown above is used to check whether a
particular item is a part of a given set or not. Since ‘a’ is a part of the
set z, the output is true. Note that this code would result in an error in
the absence of the quotes.

55. What will be the output of the following Python expression?

round(4.576)

a) 4
b) 4.6
c) 5
d) 4.5

Answer: c
Explanation: This is a built-in function which rounds a number to give
precision in decimal digits. In the above case, since the number of
decimal places has not been specified, the decimal number is rounded
off to a whole number. Hence the output will be 5.
56. Which of the following is a feature of Python DocString?
a) In Python all functions should have a docstring
b) Docstrings can be accessed by the __doc__ attribute on objects
c) It provides a convenient way of associating documentation with Python
modules, functions, classes, and methods
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: Python has a nifty feature called documentation strings,
usually referred to by its shorter name docstrings. DocStrings are an
important tool that you should make use of since it helps to document
the program better and makes it easier to understand.

57. What will be the output of the following Python code?

print("Hello {0[0]} and {0[1]}".format(('foo', 'bin')))

a) Hello (‘foo’, ‘bin’) and (‘foo’, ‘bin’)

b) Error
c) Hello foo and bin
d) None of the mentioned
 Answer: c
Explanation: The elements of the tuple are accessed by their indices.

58. What is output of print(math.pow(3, 2))?

a) 9.0
b) None
c) 9
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: math.pow() returns a floating point number.

59. Which of the following is the use of id() function in python?

a) Every object in Python doesn’t have a unique id
b) In Python Id function returns the identity of the object
c) None of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
 Answer: b
Explanation: Each object in Python has a unique id. The id() function
returns the object’s id.

60. What will be the output of the following Python code?

x = [[0], [1]]print((' '.join(list(map(str, x))),))

a) 01
b) [0] [1]
c) (’01’)
d) (‘[0] [1]’,)

Answer: d
Explanation: (element,) is not the same as element. It is a tuple with
one item.

61. The process of pickling in Python includes ____________

a) conversion of a Python object hierarchy into byte stream
b) conversion of a datatable into a list
c) conversion of a byte stream into Python object hierarchy
d) conversion of a list into a datatable
 Answer: a
Explanation: Pickling is the process of serializing a Python object, that
is, conversion of a Python object hierarchy into a byte stream. The
reverse of this process is known as unpickling.

62. What will be the output of the following Python code?

def foo():

try:

return 1

finally:

return 2

k = foo()print(k)

a) error, there is more than one return statement in a single try-finally

block
b) 3
c) 2
d) 1
 Answer: c
Explanation: The finally block is executed even there is a return
statement in the try block.

63. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>>names = ['Amir', 'Bear', 'Charlton', 'Daman']>>>print(names[-1][-1])

a) A
b) Daman
c) Error
d) n

Answer: d
Explanation: Execute in the shell to verify.

64. What will be the output of the following Python code?

names1 = ['Amir', 'Bear', 'Charlton', 'Daman']

names2 = names1

names3 = names1[:]

names2[0] = 'Alice'
names3[1] = 'Bob'

sum = 0for ls in (names1, names2, names3):

if ls[0] == 'Alice':

sum += 1

if ls[1] == 'Bob':

sum += 10

print sum

a) 11
b) 12
c) 21
d) 22

Answer: b
Explanation: When assigning names1 to names2, we create a second
reference to the same list. Changes to names2 affect names1. When
assigning the slice of all elements in names1 to names3, we are creating
a full copy of names1 which can be modified independently.

65. Suppose list1 is [1, 3, 2], What is list1 * 2?

a) [2, 6, 4]
b) [1, 3, 2, 1, 3]
 c) [1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2]
d) [1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1]

Answer: c
Explanation: Execute in the shell and verify.

66. Suppose list1 = [0.5 * x for x in range(0, 4)], list1 is:

a) [0, 1, 2, 3]
b) [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
c) [0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5]
d) [0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0]

Answer: c
Explanation: Execute in the shell to verify.

67. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>>list1 = [11, 2, 23]>>>list2 = [11, 2, 2]>>>list1 < list2

a) True
b) False
c) Error
d) None
 Answer: b
Explanation: Elements are compared one by one.

68. To add a new element to a list we use which command?

a) list1.add(5)
b) list1.append(5)
c) list1.addLast(5)
d) list1.addEnd(5)

Answer: b
Explanation: We use the function append to add an element to the list.

69. To insert 5 to the third position in list1, we use which command?

a) list1.insert(3, 5)
b) list1.insert(2, 5)
c) list1.add(3, 5)
d) list1.append(3, 5)
 Answer: b
Explanation: Execute in the shell to verify.

70. To remove string “hello” from list1, we use which command?

a) list1.remove(“hello”)
b) list1.remove(hello)
c) list1.removeAll(“hello”)
d) list1.removeOne(“hello”)

Answer: a
Explanation: Execute in the shell to verify.

71. Suppose list1 is [3, 4, 5, 20, 5], what is list1.index(5)?

a) 0
b) 1
c) 4
d) 2

Answer: d
Explanation: Execute help(list.index) to get details.

72. Suppose list1 is [3, 4, 5, 20, 5, 25, 1, 3], what is list1.count(5)?

a) 0
b) 4
c) 1
d) 2

Answer: d
Explanation: Execute in the shell to verify.
73. Which of these about a set is not true?
a) Mutable data type
b) Does not allow duplicate values
c) Data type with unordered values
d) Immutable data type

Answer: d
Explanation: A set is a mutable data type with non-duplicate, unordered
values, providing the usual mathematical set operations.

74. Which of the following is not the correct syntax for creating a set?
a) set([[1,2],[3,4]])
b) set([1,2,2,3,4])
c) set((1,2,3,4))
d) {1,2,3,4}
 Answer: a
Explanation: The argument given for the set must be an iterable.

75. What will be the output of the following Python code?

nums = set([1,1,2,3,3,3,4,4])print(len(nums))

a) 7
b) Error, invalid syntax for formation of set
c) 4
d) 8

Answer: c
Explanation: A set doesn’t have duplicate items.

76. What will be the output of the following Python code?

a = [5,5,6,7,7,7]

b = set(a)def test(lst):

if lst in b:

return 1

else:

return 0for i in filter(test, a):

 print(i,end=" ")

a) 5 5 6
b) 5 6 7
c) 5 5 6 7 7 7
d) 5 6 7 7 7

Answer: c
Explanation: The filter function will return all the values from list a
which are true when passed to function test. Since all the members of
the set are non-duplicate members of the list, all of the values will
return true. Hence all the values in the list are printed.

77. Which of the following statements is used to create an empty set?

a) { }
b) set()
c) [ ]
d) ( )
 Answer: b
Explanation: { } creates a dictionary not a set. Only set() creates an
empty set.

78. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={5,4}>>> b={1,2,4,5}>>> a<b

a) {1,2}
b) True
c) False
d) Invalid operation

Answer: b
Explanation: a<b returns True if a is a proper subset of b.

79. If a={5,6,7,8}, which of the following statements is false?

a) print(len(a))
b) print(min(a))
c) a.remove(5)
d) a[2]=45
 Answer: d
Explanation: The members of a set cannot be accessed by their index
values since the elements of the set are unordered.

80. If a={5,6,7}, what happens when a.add(5) is executed?

a) a={5,5,6,7}
b) a={5,6,7}
c) Error as there is no add function for set data type
d) Error as 5 already exists in the set

Answer: b
Explanation: There exists add method for set data type. However 5 isn’t
added again as set consists of only non-duplicate elements and 5
already exists in the set. Execute in python shell to verify.

81. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={4,5,6}>>> b={2,8,6}>>> a+b

a) {4,5,6,2,8}
b) {4,5,6,2,8,6}
c) Error as unsupported operand type for sets
d) Error as the duplicate item 6 is present in both sets

Answer: c
Explanation: Execute in python shell to verify.

82. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={4,5,6}>>> b={2,8,6}>>> a-b

a) {4,5}
b) {6}
c) Error as unsupported operand type for set data type
d) Error as the duplicate item 6 is present in both sets

Answer: a
Explanation: – operator gives the set of elements in set a but not in set
b.

83. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={5,6,7,8}>>> b={7,8,10,11}>>> a^b

a) {5,6,7,8,10,11}
b) {7,8}
c) Error as unsupported operand type of set data type
d) {5,6,10,11}

Answer: d
Explanation: ^ operator returns a set of elements in set A or set B, but
not in both (symmetric difference).

84. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> s={5,6}>>> s*3

a) Error as unsupported operand type for set data type

b) {5,6,5,6,5,6}
c) {5,6}
d) Error as multiplication creates duplicate elements which isn’t allowed

Answer: a
Explanation: The multiplication operator isn’t valid for the set data
type.

85. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={5,6,7,8}>>> b={7,5,6,8}>>> a==b

a) True
b) False

Answer: a
Explanation: It is possible to compare two sets and the order of
 elements in both the sets doesn’t matter if the values of the elements are
the same.

86. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={3,4,5}>>> b={5,6,7}>>> a|b

a) Invalid operation
b) {3, 4, 5, 6, 7}
c) {5}
d) {3,4,6,7}

Answer: b
Explanation: The operation in the above piece of code is union
operation. This operation produces a set of elements in both set a and
set b.

87. Is the following Python code valid?

a={3,4,{7,5}}print(a[2][0])

a) Yes, 7 is printed
b) Error, elements of a set can’t be printed
c) Error, subsets aren’t allowed
d) Yes, {7,5} is printed

Answer: c
Explanation: In python, elements of a set must not be mutable and sets
are mutable. Thus, subsets can’t exist.

88. Which of these about a frozenset is not true?

a) Mutable data type
b) Allows duplicate values
c) Data type with unordered values
d) Immutable data type

Answer: a
Explanation: A frozenset is an immutable data type.

89. What is the syntax of the following Python code?

>>> a=frozenset(set([5,6,7]))>>> a

a) {5,6,7}
b) frozenset({5,6,7})
c) Error, not possible to convert set into frozenset
d) Syntax error

Answer: b
Explanation: The above piece of code is the correct syntax for creating
a frozenset.

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90. Is the following Python code valid?

>>> a=frozenset([5,6,7])>>> a>>> a.add(5)

a) Yes, now a is {5,5,6,7}

b) No, frozen set is immutable
c) No, invalid syntax for add method
d) Yes, now a is {5,6,7}
 Answer: b
Explanation: Since a frozen set is immutable, add method doesn’t exist
for frozen method.

91. Set members must not be hashable.

a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Explanation: Set members must always be hashable.

92. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={3,4,5}>>> a.update([1,2,3])>>> a

a) Error, no method called update for set data type

b) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
c) Error, list can’t be added to set
d) Error, duplicate item present in list

Answer: b
Explanation: The method update adds elements to a set.

93. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={1,2,3}>>> a.intersection_update({2,3,4,5})>>> a

a) {2,3}
b) Error, duplicate item present in list
c) Error, no method called intersection_update for set data type
d) {1,4,5}
 Answer: a
Explanation: The method intersection_update returns a set which is an
intersection of both the sets.

94. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={1,2,3}>>> b=a>>> b.remove(3)>>> a

a) {1,2,3}
b) Error, copying of sets isn’t allowed
c) {1,2}
d) Error, invalid syntax for remove

Answer: c
Explanation: Any change made in b is reflected in a because b is an
alias of a.

95. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={1,2,3}>>> b=a.copy()>>> b.add(4)>>> a

a) {1,2,3}
b) Error, invalid syntax for add
c) {1,2,3,4}
d) Error, copying of sets isn’t allowed

Answer: a
Explanation: In the above piece of code, b is barely a copy and not an
alias of a. Hence any change made in b isn’t reflected in a.

97. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={1,2,3}>>> b=a.add(4)>>> b

a) 0
b) {1,2,3,4}
c) {1,2,3}
d) Nothing is printed

Answer: d
Explanation: The method add returns nothing, hence nothing is printed.

99. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={1,2,3}>>> b=frozenset([3,4,5])>>> a-b

a) {1,2}
b) Error as difference between a set and frozenset can’t be found out
c) Error as unsupported operand type for set data type
d) frozenset({1,2})

Answer: a
Explanation: – operator gives the set of elements in set a but not in set
b.

100. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={5,6,7}>>> sum(a,5)

a) 5
b) 23
c) 18
d) Invalid syntax for sum method, too many arguments
 Answer: b
Explanation: The second parameter is the start value for the sum of
elements in set a. Thus, sum(a,5) = 5+(5+6+7)=23.

101. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={1,2,3}>>> {x*2 for x in a|{4,5}}

a) {2,4,6}
b) Error, set comprehensions aren’t allowed
c) {8, 2, 10, 4, 6}
d) {8,10}

Answer: c
Explanation: Set comprehensions are allowed.

102. What will be the output of the following Python code?

>>> a={5,6,7,8}>>> b={7,8,9,10}>>> len(a+b)

a) 8
b) Error, unsupported operand ‘+’ for sets
c) 6
d) Nothing is displayed

Answer: b
Explanation: Duplicate elements in a+b is eliminated and the length of
a+b is computed.

103. What will be the output of the following Python code?

a={1,2,3}
b={1,2,3}

c=a.issubset(b)print(c)

a) True
b) Error, no method called issubset() exists
c) Syntax error for issubset() method
d) False

Answer: a
Explanation: The method issubset() returns True if b is a proper subset
of a.

104. Is the following Python code valid?

a={1,2,3}

b={1,2,3,4}

c=a.issuperset(b)print(c)

a) False
b) True
c) Syntax error for issuperset() method
d) Error, no method called issuperset() exists

Answer: a
Explanation: The method issubset() returns True if b is a proper subset
of a.