Python for Data Science IIT Kharagpur

Python For Data Science

IMP QUESTIONS PART 3

Question 18:
What is the purpose of the 'split()' method for strings in Python?
A) Joins two strings together
B) Removes whitespace characters from the string

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C) Splits the string into a list of substrings based on a specified delimiter
D) Converts the string to lowercase

Accepted Answer: C) Splits the string into a list of substrings based on a

specified delimiter

Question 19:
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Which data structure in Python is used to store key-value pairs?
A) List
B) Tuple
C) Set
D) Dictionary
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Accepted Answer: D) Dictionary

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Question 20:
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What is the purpose of the try' and 'except' blocks in Python?

A) To define a loop
B) To create a function
C) To handle exceptions and errors in code
D) To import external libraries

Accepted Answer: C) To handle exceptions and errors in code

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Question 21:
What is the correct way to open a file in Python?
A) open(file_name, "r")
B) read(file_name, "open")
C) file.open(file_name)
D) file(file_name)

Accepted Answer: A) open(file_name, "r")

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Question 22:
What does the 'with' statement do when working with files in Python?

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A) It opens the file in write mode
B) It ensures proper acquisition and release of resources, like file handling,
during file operations
C) It converts the file to uppercase
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D) It reads the file content

Accepted Answer: B) It ensures proper acquisition and release of resources,

like file handling, during file operations
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Question 23:
What is the purpose of list comprehensions in Python?
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A) To define a list
B) To iterate over a sequence and apply an operation to each element to
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create a new list

C) To remove elements from a list
D) To sort a list in descending order

Accepted Answer: B) To iterate over a sequence and apply an operation to

each element to create a new list

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Question 24:
Which statement is used to exit a loop prematurely in Python?
A) stop
B) exit
C) break
D) end

Accepted Answer: C) break

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Question 25:
What is the purpose of the 'map()' function in Python?
A) To create a dictionary

C) To sort a list
D) To concatenate strings
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B) To apply a function to all items in an input list and return an iterator
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Accepted Answer: B) To apply a function to all items in an input list and return
an iterator

Question 26:
Which keyword is used to define a function in Python that can accept a
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variable number of arguments?

A) flex
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B) varargs
C) args
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D) *args

Accepted Answer: D) *args

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Question 27:
What does the 'lambda' keyword represent in Python?
A) A keyword to declare a variable
B) A keyword to declare a constant
C) A keyword to define an anonymous function (a function with no name)
D) A keyword to define a class

Accepted Answer: C) A keyword to define an anonymous function (a function

with no name)

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Question 28:
What is the purpose of the 'filter()' function in Python?
A) To filter elements from a list based on a specified condition

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B) To filter out numbers from a string
C) To filter elements from a list based on their index
D) To filter characters from a string
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Accepted Answer: A) To filter elements from a list based on a specified

condition

Question 29:
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What does the 'reduce()' function do in Python?

A) Combines all elements of a list into a single string
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B) Applies a function of two arguments cumulatively to the items of iterable,

from left to right, so as to reduce the iterable to a single value
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C) Reverses the elements of a list

D) Splits a string into a list of substrings

Accepted Answer: B) Applies a function of two arguments cumulatively to the

items of iterable, from left to right, so as to reduce the iterable to a single
value

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Question 30:
What is the purpose of the 'zip()' function in Python?
A) To compress files
B) To combine two or more lists element-wise into a list of tuples
C) To unzip files
D) To zip large data files

Accepted Answer: B) To combine two or more lists element-wise into a list of

tuples

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Question 31:
What is the purpose of the 'enumerate()' function in Python?
A) To create a numbered list

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B) To iterate over a sequence and keep track of the index of the current item
C) To count the number of elements in a sequence
D) To remove duplicates from a list
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Accepted Answer: B) To iterate over a sequence and keep track of the index
of the current item

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What does the 'any()' function do in Python?

A) Returns True if all elements of an iterable are true
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B) Returns True if any element of an iterable is true

C) Returns True if all elements of an iterable are false
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D) Returns True if any element of an iterable is false

Accepted Answer: B) Returns True if any element of an iterable is true

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