Q 1 - Which of the following is correct about Python?

A - Python is a high-level, interpreted, interactive and object-

oriented scripting language.
B - Python is designed to be highly readable.
C - It uses English keywords frequently where as other
languages use punctuation, and it has
fewer syntactical constructions than other languages.
D - All of the above.+++

Q 2 - Which of the following is correct about Python?

A - It supports functional and structured programming methods
as well as OOP.
B - It can be used as a scripting language or can be compiled to
byte-code for building large applications.
C - It provides very high-level dynamic data types and supports
dynamic type checking.
D - All of the above.+++

Q 3 - Which of the following is correct about Python?

A - It supports automatic garbage collection.
B - It can be easily integrated with C, C++, COM, ActiveX,
CORBA, and Java.
C - Both of the above.+++
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D - None of the above.

Q 4 - Which of the following environment variable for

Python tells the Python interpreter where to locate the
module files imported into a program?
A - PYTHONPATH+++
B - PYTHONSTARTUP
C - PYTHONCASEOK
D – PYTHONHOME

Q 5 - Which of the following environment variable for

Python contains the path of an initialization file
containing Python source code?
A - PYTHONPATH
B - PYTHONSTARTUP+++
C - PYTHONCASEOK
D – PYTHONHOME

Q 6 - Which of the following environment variable for

Python is used in Windows to instruct Python to find the
first case-insensitive match in an import statement?
A - PYTHONPATH
B - PYTHONSTARTUP
C - PYTHONCASEOK+++
D – PYTHONHOME

Q 7 - Which of the following environment variable for

Python is an alternative module search path?
A - PYTHONPATH
B - PYTHONSTARTUP
C - PYTHONCASEOK
D – PYTHONHOME+++

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Q 8 - Is python a case sensitive language?
A - true+++
B – false
C – can’t say
D – None of the above

Q 9 - Which of the following data types is not supported

in python?
A - Numbers
B - String
C - List
D – Slice+++

Q 10 - Which of the following data types is not

supported in python?
A - Tuple
B - Dictionary
C - Generics+++
D – List

Q 11 - What is the output of print str if str = 'Hello

World!'?
A - Hello World!+++
B - Error
C - str
D - None of the above.

Q 12 - What is the output of print str[0] if str = 'Hello

World!'?
A - Hello World!
B - H+++
C - ello World!
D - None of the above.
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Q 13 - What is the output of print str[2:5] if str = 'Hello
World!'?
A - llo World!
B-H
C - llo+++
D - None of the above.

Q 14 - What is the output of print str[2:] if str = 'Hello

World!'?
A - llo World!+++
B-H
C - llo
D - None of the above.

Q 15 - What is the output of print str * 2 if str = 'Hello

World!'?
A - Hello World!Hello World!+++
B - Hello World! * 2
C - Hello World!
D - None of the above.

Q 16 - What is the output of print job[-9] if job = “School

Call”?
A-c
B – h+++
C–o
D – Error

Q 17- What is the output of print job[-3] + job[-6] if job

= “school call”?
A-c
B – co
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C – al +++
D – Error
ANS = C

Q 18 - What is the output of print dept[16:3:-1] if dept =

'computer science'?
A – ecneics retu+++
B – p cpe see
C – syntax error
D - mpu

Q 19 - What is the output of print dept[0:16:3] if dept =

'computer science'?
A – pesee
B – p cpe see
C – syntax error
D - cpesee+++

Q 20 – if s = (“---A biro is a pen; but not all pens are

biros---”). What is the output of s.find(‘are’)?
A – 35
B – 37+++
C – 38
D–1

Q 21 - if s = (“---A biro is a pen; but not all pens are

biros---”). What is the output of s.count(‘but’)?
A – 20
B – 21
C – 1+++
D – 11

Q 22 - x = (“Federal University of Technology, Akure”).

What is the output of len(x)?
A – 38
B – 37
C – 39+++
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D – 36

Q 23 - x = (“Federal University of Technology, Akure”).

What is the output of x[2:10:2]?
A – drlU
B – ‘drlU’+++
C – drl U
D – drlUi

Q 24 - matrix = [[45,23,7,-1],[56,22,51,89],
[23,56,77,80]]. What is the output of matrix[1][3]?
A – [[45,23,7,-1],[23,56,77,80]]
B – [[45,23,7,-1],[56,22,51,89],[23,56,77,80]]
C – 89+++
D – 51

Q 25 - What is the output of the following?

L = [12,10,30]
L.append(13)
print L
A – 12,10,30
B – 12,10,30,13
C – [12,10,30,13]+++
D – [13,12,10,30]

Q 26 - What is the output of the following block of

code?
D = {}
D[‘Apple’]=4
D[‘Apple’]=8
print D

A – {‘Apple’:4}
B – [‘Apple’:8]
C – {‘Apple’:8}+++
D – [‘Apple’:8]
E – {‘Apple’:4,’Apple’:8}
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Q 27 - What is the output of [‘box’]*3?
A – [‘box’][‘box’][‘box’]
B – [boxboxbox]
C – [‘box’,’box’,’box’]+++
D – [‘boxboxbox’]

Q 28 - What is the output of print list if list = [ 'abcd',

786 , 2.23, 'john', 70.2 ]?
A - [ 'abcd', 786 , 2.23, 'john', 70.2 ]+++
B - list
C – ‘abcd’,786,2.23,’john’,70.2
D - None of the above.

Q 29 - What is the output of print list[0] if list = [ 'abcd',

786 , 2.23, 'john', 70.2 ]?
A - [ 'abcd', 786 , 2.23, 'john', 70.2 ]
B - abcd+++
C – ‘abcd’
D - None of the above.

Q 30 - What is the output of print list[1:3] if list =

[ 'abcd', 786 , 2.23, 'john', 70.2 ]?
A - [ 'abcd', 786 , 2.23, 'john', 70.2 ]
B – 786,2.23
C - [786, 2.23]+++
D - None of the above.

Q 31 - What is the output of print list[2:] if list =

[ 'abcd', 786 , 2.23, 'john', 70.2 ]?
A - [ 'abcd', 786 , 2.23, 'john', 70.2 ]
B - abcd
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C - [786, 2.23]
D - [2.23, 'john', 70.2]+++

Q 32 - What is the output of print [0:3] if list = [ 'abcd',

786 , 2.23, 'john', 70.2 ]?
A - [ 'abcd', 786 , 2.23, ]
B – ‘abcd’, 786, 2.23
C - Error+++
D – None of the above

Q 33 - What is the output of print tinylist * 2 if tinylist =

[123, 'john']?
A - [123, 'john', 123, 'john']+++
B - [123, 'john'] * 2
C - tinylisttinylist
D - None of the above.

Q 34 - What is the output of sample_List[2] = 7 if

sample_List = [2,4,6,8,10]?
A – [7,4,6,8,10]
B – [2,4,6,8,10] = 7
C – [2,4,7,8,10]+++
D – [7,7,7,7,7]

Q 35 - Which of the following is correct about tuples in

python?
A - A tuple is another sequence data type that is similar to the
list.
B - A tuple consists of a number of values separated by
commas.
C - Unlike lists, however, tuples are enclosed within
parentheses.
D - All of the above.+++

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Q 36 - What is the output of print list if tuple = ′abcd′,
786, 2.23,′john′, 70.2?
A - ′abcd′, 786, 2.23, ′john′, 70.2+++
B - tuple
C - Error
D - None of the above.

Q 37 - What is the output of print tuple[0] if tuple =

′abcd′, 786, 2.23,′john′, 70.2?
A - ′abcd′, 786, 2.23, ′john′, 70.2
B - abcd+++
C – ‘abcd’
D - None of the above.

Q 38 - What is the output of print tuple[1:3] if tuple =

′abcd′, 786, ‘john’, 2.23, 70.2?
A - 786, 'john'
B - (786, 'john')+++
C - Error
D - None of the above.

Q 39 - What is the output of print tuple[1:3] if tuple =

′abcd′, 786, 2.23,′john′, 70.2?
A - Error
B – 786, 2.23
C – (786, 2.23)+++
D - None of the above.

Q 40 - What is the output of print tuple[2:] if tuple =

′abcd′, 786, 2.23,′john′, 70.2?
A - 2.23, ‘john’, 70.2
B - abcd
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C - 786, 2.23
D – (2.23, ′john′, 70.2)+++

Q 41 - What is the output of print tinytuple * 2 if

tinytuple = 123,′john′?
A – (123, ′john′, 123, ′john′)+++
B - 123, ′john′ * 2
C - Error
D - 123, ′john′, 123, ′john′

Q 42- Which of the following is correct about

dictionaries in python?
A - Python's dictionaries are kind of hash table type.
B - They work like associative arrays or hashes found in Perl
and consist of key-value pairs.
C - A dictionary key can be almost any Python type, but are
usually numbers or strings. Values,
on the other hand, can be any arbitrary Python object.
D - All of the above.+++

Q 43- Which of the following functions of dictionary gets

all the keys from the dictionary?
A - getkeys
B - key
C - keys+++
D - None of the above.

Q 44 - Which of the following function of dictionary gets

all the values from the dictionary?
A - getvalues
B - value
C - values+++
D - None of the above.
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Q 45 - Which of the following function convert a string
to an int in python?
A – int(x[, base])+++
B – long(x[, base])
C – float(x)
D – str(x)

Q 46 - Which of the following function convert a string

to a long in python?
A – int(x[, base])
B – long(x[, base)]+++
C – float(x)
D – str(x)

Q 47 - Which of the following function convert a string

to a float in python?
A – int(x[, base])
B – long(x[, base])
C – float(x)+++
D – str(x)

Q 48 - Which of the following function convert an object

to a string in python?
A – int(x[, base])
B – long(x[, base])
C – float(x)
D – str(x)+++

Q 49 - Which of the following function convert an object

to a regular expression in python?
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A – repr(x)+++
B – eval(str)
C – tuple(s)
D – list(s)

Q 50 - Which of the following function convert a String

to an object in python?
A – repr(x)
B – eval(str)+++
C – tuple(s)
D – list(s)

Q 51 - Which of the following function converts a String

to a tuple in python?
A – repr(x)
B – eval(str)
C – tuple(x)+++
D – list(x)

Q 52 - Which of the following functions convert a String

to a list in python?
A – repr(x)
B – eval(str)
C – tuple(s)
D – list(s)+++

Q 53 - Which of the following functions convert a String

to a set in python?
A – set(x)+++
B – dict(d)
C – frozenset(s)
D – chr(x)

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Q 54 - Which of the following function convert a
sequence of tuples to dictionary in
python?
A – set(x)
B – dict(d)+++
C – frozenset(s)
D – chr(x)

Q 55 - Which of the following function convert a string

to a frozen set in python?
A – set(x)
B – dict(d)
C – frozenset(s)+++
D – chr(x)

Q 56 - Which of the following function convert an integer

to a character in python?
A – set(x)
B – dict(d)
C – frozenset(s)
D – chr(x)+++

Q 57 - Which of the following function convert an integer

to an unicode character in python?
A – unichr(x)+++
B – ord(x)
C – hex(x)
D – oct(x)

Q 58 - Which of the following function convert a single

character to its integer value in python?
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A – unichr(x)
B – ord(x)+++
C – hex(x)
D – oct(x)

Q 59 - Which of the following function convert an integer

to hexadecimal string in python?
A – unichr(x)
B – ord(x)
C – hex(x)+++
D – oct(x)

Q 60 - Which of the following function convert an integer

to octal string in python?
A – unichr(x)
B – ord(x)
C – hex(x)
D – oct(x)+++

Q 61 - Which of the following operator in python

performs exponential power calculation on operands?
A - **+++
B - //
C - is
D - not in

Q 62 - Which of the following operator in python

performs the division on operands where the result is
the quotient in which the digits after the decimal point
are removed?
A - **
B - //+++
C - is
D - not in
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Q 63 - Which of the following operator in python
evaluates to true if the variables on either side of the
operator point to the same object and false otherwise?
A - **
B - //
C - is+++
D - not in

Q 64 - Which of the following operator in python

evaluates to true if it does not finds a variable in the
specified sequence and false otherwise?
A - **
B - //
C - is
D - not in+++

Q 65 - Which of the following statement terminates the

loop statement and transfers execution to the
statement immediately following the loop?
A - break+++
B - continue
C - pass
D - None of the above.

Q 66 - Which of the following statement causes the loop

to skip the remainder of its body and immediately retest
its condition prior to reiterating?
A - break
B - continue+++
C - pass
D - None of the above.

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Q 67 - Which of the following statement is used when a
statement is required syntactically but you do not want
any command or code to execute?
A - break
B - continue
C - pass+++
D - None of the above.

Q 68 - Which of the following function returns a random

item from a list, tuple, or string?
A – choice(seq)+++
B - randrange ([start, ]stop[, step])
C – random()
D – seed([x])

Q 69 - Which of the following function returns a

randomly selected element from range?
A – choice(seq)
B – randrange( [start, ]stop[, step])+++
C – random()
D – seed([x])

Q 70 - Which of the following function returns a random

float r, such that 0 is less than or equal to r and r is less
than 1?
A – choice(seq)
B - randrange ([start, ]stop[, step])
C – random()+++
D – seed([x])

Q 71 - Which of the following function sets the integer

starting value used in generating random numbers?

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A – choice(seq)
B – randrange( [start, ]stop[, step])
C – random()
D – seed([x])+++

Q 72 - Which of the following function randomizes the

items of a list in place?
A – shuffle(lst)+++
B – capitalize()
C – isalnum()
D – isdigit()

Q 73 - Which of the following function capitalizes first

letter of string?
A – shuffle(lst)
B – capitalize()+++
C – isalnum()
D – isdigit()

Q 74 - Which of the following function checks in a string

that all characters are alphanumeric?
A – shuffle(lst)
B – capitalize()
C – isalnum()+++
D – isdigit()

Q 75 - Which of the following function checks in a string

that all characters are digits?
A – shuffle(lst)
B – capitalize()
C – isalnum()
D – isdigit()+++

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Q 76 - Which of the following function checks in a string
that all characters are in lowercase?
A – islower()+++
B – isnumeric()
C – isspace()
D – istitle()

Q 77 - Which of the following function checks in a string

that all characters are numeric?
A – islower()
B – isnumeric()+++
C – isspace()
D – istitle()

Q 78 - Which of the following function checks in a string

that all characters are whitespaces?
A – islower()
B – isnumeric()
C – isspace()+++
D – istitle()

Q 79 - Which of the following function checks in a string

that all characters are titlecased?
A – islower()
B – isnumeric()
C – isspace()
D – istitle()+++

Q 80 - Which of the following function checks in a string

that all characters are in uppercase?
A – isupper()+++
B – join(seq)
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C – len(string)
D – ljust(width[, fillchar])
ANS = A

Q 81 - Which of the following function merges elements

in a sequence?
A – isupper()
B – join(seq)+++
C – len(string)
D – ljust(width[, fillchar])
ANS = B

Q 82 - Which of the following function gets the length of

the string?
A – isupper()
B – join(seq)
C – len(string)+++
D – ljust(width[, fillchar])

Q 83 - Which of the following function gets a space-

padded string with the original string left-justified to a
total of width columns?
A – isupper()
B – join(seq)
C – len(string)
D – ljust(width[, fillchar])+++

Q 84 - Which of the following function converts a string

to all lowercase?
A – lower()+++
B – lstrip()
C – max(str)
D – min(str)

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Q 85 - Which of the following function removes all
leading whitespace in string?
A – lower()
B – lstrip()+++
C – max(str)
D – min(str)
ANS = B

Q 86 - Which of the following function returns the max

alphabetical character from the string str?
A – cmp()
B – lstrip()
C – max(str)+++
D – min(str)

Q 87 - Which of the following function returns the min

alphabetical character from the string str?
A – cmp()
B – lstrip()
C – max(str)
D – min(str)+++

Q 88 - Which of the following function replaces all

occurrences of old substring in string with new string?
A – replace(old, new[, max])+++
B – strip([chars])
C – swapcase()
D – title()

Q 89 - Which of the following function removes all

leading and trailing whitespace in string?
A – replace(old, new[, max])
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B - strip[chars]+++
C – swapcase()
D – title()

Q 90 - Which of the following function changes case for

all letters in string?
A – replace(old, new[, max])
B – strip([chars])
C – swapcase()+++
D – title()

Q 91 - Which of the following function returns title cased

version of string?
A – replace(old, new[, max])
B – strip([chars])
C – swapcase()
D – title()+++

Q 92 - Which of the following function converts a string

to all uppercase?
A – upper()+++
B – isdecimal()
C – swapcase()
D – title()

Q 93 - Which of the following function checks in a string

that all characters are decimal?
A – upper()
B – isdecimal()+++
C – swapcase()
D – title()

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Q 94 - What is the output of len([1, 2, 3])?
A-1
B-2
C - 3+++
D-4

Q 95 - What is the output of [1, 2, 3] + [4, 5, 6]?

A - [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]+++
B - [1, 2, 3],[4, 5, 6]
C - [5, 7,9]
D – 21

Q 96 - What is the output of ['Hi!'] * 4?

A - ['Hi!', 'Hi!', 'Hi!', 'Hi!']+++
B - ['Hi!'] * 4
C - Error
D - None of the above.

Q 97 - What is the output of 3 in [1, 2, 3]?

A - true+++
B - false
C - Error
D - None of the above.

Q 98 - What is the output of L[2] if L = [1,2,3]?

A-1
B-2
C - 3+++
D - None of the above.

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Q 99 - What is the output of L[-2] if L = [1,2,3]?
A-1
B - 2+++
C-3
D - None of the above.

Q 100- What is the output of L[1:] if L = [1,2,3]?

A - 2,3+++
B-2
C-3
D - None of the above.

Q 101 - Which of the following functions compares

elements of both lists?
A – cmp(list1, list2)+++
B - len(list1, list2)
C - max(list1, list2)
D - min(list1, list2)

Q 102- Which of the following functions gives the total

length of the list?
A – cmp(list)
B - len(list)+++
C - max(list)
D – min(list)

Q 103 – Which of the following functions returns item

from the list with max value?
A - cmp(list)
B - len(list)
C - max(list)+++
D – min(list)

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Q 104 – Which of the following functions returns item
from the list with min value?
A - cmp(list)
B - len(list)
C - max(list)
D – min(list)+++

Q 105 – Which of the following functions returns the

lowest index in list that obj appears?
A - list.index(obj)+++
B - list.insert(index, obj)
C - list.pop(obj = list[ − 1])
D - list.remove(obj)

Q 106 – Which of the following functions inserts an

object at given index in a list?
A - list.index(obj)
B - list.insert(index, obj)+++
C - list.pop(obj = list[ − 1])
D - list.remove(obj)
ANS = B

Q 107 – Whch of the following functions removes last

object from a list?
A - list.index(obj)
B - list.insert(index, obj)
C - list.pop(obj = list[ − 1])+++
D - list.remove(obj)

Q 108- Which of the following functions removes an

object from a list?
A - list.index(obj)
B - list.insert(index, obj)
C - list.pop(obj = list[ − 1])
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D - list.remove(obj)+++

Q 109 – Which of the following functions reverses

objects of list in place?
A - list.reverse+++
B - list.sort([func])
C - list.pop(obj = list[ − 1])
D - list.remove(obj)

Q 110- Which of the following functions sorts a list?

A - list.reverse
B - list.sort([func])+++
C - list.pop(obj = list[ − 1])
D - list.remove(obj)

Q 111 – Which of the following functions compares

elements of both dictionaries dict1, dict2?
A - dict1.cmp(dict2)
B - dict1.sort(dict2)
C – cmp(dict1, dict2)+++
D - None of the above.

Q 112 – Which of the following functions compares

elements of both dictionaries dict1, dict2?
A – max(dict)
B – min(dict)
C – len(dict)+++
D - None of the above.

Q 113 – What is the output of print

("ccbdcdcb".find("c"))
A–4
B–1
C – 0+++
D – None

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Q 114 – D1 = {"john":40,"peter":45}
D2 = d = {"john":456,"peter":45}
What is the output of D1 > D2?
A - No
B – True
C – False+++
D – Syntax Error

Q 115 – What will be the output of the program below?

A = [1,2,3]
B=A
A[0] = 4
Print B

A - [1, 2, 3]
B – [4,1,2,3]
C – [1,2,3,4]
D – [4,2,3]+++

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