1. **What is Matplotlib primarily used for?
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- a) Data processing
- b) Data visualization
- c) Machine learning
- d) Statistical analysis
**Answer**: b) Data visualization
2. **Which function is used to create a simple line plot in Matplotlib?**
- a) plt.bar()
- b) plt.scatter()
- c) plt.plot()
- d) plt.hist()
**Answer**: c) plt.plot()
3. **What does the `plt.show()` function do?**
- a) Saves the plot to a file
- b) Displays the plot on the screen
- c) Closes the current plot
- d) Clears the current plot
**Answer**: b) Displays the plot on the screen
4. **Which function is used to create a scatter plot in Matplotlib?**
- a) plt.scatter()
- b) plt.plot()
- c) plt.line()
- d) plt.pie()
**Answer**: a) plt.scatter()
5. **In Matplotlib, what does the `xlabel()` function do?**
- a) Sets the title of the plot
- b) Sets the x-axis label
- c) Sets the y-axis label
- d) Adds a grid to the plot
**Answer**: b) Sets the x-axis label
6. **How can you save a Matplotlib figure to a file?**
- a) plt.save()
- b) plt.export()
- c) plt.savefig()
- d) plt.write()
**Answer**: c) plt.savefig()
7. **What is the default figure size of a Matplotlib plot?**
- a) 6x4 inches
- b) 8x6 inches
- c) 10x8 inches
- d) 5x5 inches
**Answer**: a) 6x4 inches
8. **Which command adds a grid to a Matplotlib plot?**
- a) plt.grid()
- b) plt.show_grid()
- c) plt.add_grid()
- d) plt.set_grid()
**Answer**: a) plt.grid()
9. **What type of chart is created with `plt.pie()`?**
- a) Bar chart
- b) Line chart
- c) Pie chart
- d) Scatter plot
**Answer**: c) Pie chart
10. **How do you change the color of a line in a plot?**
- a) plt.color()
- b) plt.line_color()
- c) plt.plot(color='red')
- d) plt.set_color('red')
**Answer**: c) plt.plot(color='red')
11. **What does `plt.legend()` do in a plot?**
- a) Displays the plot title
- b) Shows the figure size
- c) Displays labels for different plot elements
- d) Adds a grid to the plot
**Answer**: c) Displays labels for different plot elements
12. **Which of the following is used to create subplots in Matplotlib?**
- a) plt.subplot()
- b) plt.subplots()
- c) plt.grid()
- d) plt.add_subplot()
**Answer**: b) plt.subplots()
13. **What does the `plt.xticks()` function do?**
- a) Sets the limits for the x-axis
- b) Sets the ticks on the x-axis
- c) Hides the x-axis
- d) Changes the title of the x-axis
**Answer**: b) Sets the ticks on the x-axis
14. **Which of the following is a valid way to set the title of a plot?**
- a) plt.title('My Plot')
- b) plt.set_title('My Plot')
- c) plt.plot_title('My Plot')
- d) plt.title() = 'My Plot'
**Answer**: a) plt.title('My Plot')
15. **In Matplotlib, which function is used to create a histogram?**
- a) plt.scatter()
- b) plt.plot()
- c) plt.hist()
- d) plt.bar()
**Answer**: c) plt.hist()
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### **Intermediate Level Questions (15)**
1. **Which Matplotlib function is used to create a box plot?**
- a) plt.boxplot()
- b) plt.bplot()
- c) plt.scatter()
- d) plt.plot()
**Answer**: a) plt.boxplot()
2. **What is the purpose of the `figsize` parameter in `plt.subplots()`?**
- a) To specify the size of the title
- b) To set the size of the individual subplots
- c) To set the size of the entire figure
- d) To specify the number of subplots
**Answer**: c) To set the size of the entire figure
3. **What is the effect of setting `plt.ylim([0, 10])`?**
- a) Sets the y-axis limits from 0 to 10
- b) Hides the y-axis
- c) Changes the y-axis scale
- d) Displays the y-axis ticks
**Answer**: a) Sets the y-axis limits from 0 to 10
4. **How can you change the style of a plot to 'ggplot'?**
- a) plt.style.use('ggplot')
- b) plt.set_style('ggplot')
- c) plt.style('ggplot')
- d) plt.change_style('ggplot')
**Answer**: a) plt.style.use('ggplot')
5. **Which of the following is a method to customize markers in a plot?**
- a) marker='x' in plt.plot()
- b) plt.marker()
- c) plt.set_marker('x')
- d) marker_type='x' in plt.plot()
**Answer**: a) marker='x' in plt.plot()
6. **What is the default marker style in a Matplotlib line plot?**
- a) Circle
- b) Square
- c) No marker
- d) Triangle
**Answer**: c) No marker
7. **Which parameter would you use to set the transparency of a plot?**
- a) alpha
- b) transparency
- c) opacity
- d) set_alpha()
**Answer**: a) alpha
8. **How do you create a 3D plot in Matplotlib?**
- a) Using `mpl_toolkits.mplot3d`
- b) Using `plt.plot3d()`
- c) Using `plt.three_d()`
- d) Using `plt.show_3d()`
**Answer**: a) Using `mpl_toolkits.mplot3d`
9. **What does the `tight_layout()` function do?**
- a) Adjusts subplot parameters to give specified padding
- b) Changes the size of the figure
- c) Clears all plots
- d) Adds a grid to the plot
**Answer**: a) Adjusts subplot parameters to give specified padding
10. **Which command would you use to annotate a point in a plot?**
- a) plt.annotate()
- b) plt.text()
- c) plt.label()
- d) plt.point()
**Answer**: a) plt.annotate()
11. **How can you display multiple plots in a single figure?**
- a) By calling `plt.plot()` multiple times
- b) Using `plt.subplots()` to create multiple axes
- c) Using `plt.multi_plot()`
- d) By using a loop to create separate figures
**Answer**: b) Using `plt.subplots()` to create multiple axes
12. **In Matplotlib, what does the `set_xlim()` function do?**
- a) Sets the y-axis limits
- b) Sets the x-axis ticks
- c) Sets the x-axis limits
- d) Sets the plot title
**Answer**: c) Sets the x-axis limits
13. **What type of plot is best used for visualizing the relationship between two continuous
variables?**
- a) Bar plot
- b) Pie chart
- c) Line plot
- d) Scatter plot
**Answer**: d) Scatter plot
14. **Which function would you use to plot error bars in Matplotlib?**
- a) plt.errorbar()
- b) plt.bar()
- c) plt.scatter()
- d) plt.plot_error()
**Answer**: a) plt.errorbar()
15. **What is the purpose of the `linestyle` parameter in Matplotlib?**
-a
) To change the marker style
- b) To set the line style (e.g., solid, dashed)
- c) To set the figure size
- d) To change the color of the line
**Answer**: b) To set the line style (e.g., solid, dashed)
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### **Hard Level Questions (20)**
1. **Which of the following commands can be used to modify the tick parameters in a plot?**
- a) plt.tick_params()
- b) plt.set_ticks()
- c) plt.modify_ticks()
- d) plt.adjust_ticks()
**Answer**: a) plt.tick_params()
2. **What is the function used to create a histogram with normalized values in Matplotlib?**
- a) plt.hist(normalize=True)
- b) plt.hist(density=True)
- c) plt.hist(scale=True)
- d) plt.hist(norm=True)
**Answer**: b) plt.hist(density=True)
3. **In a heatmap, which function is primarily used to create the visualization?**
- a) plt.pcolor()
- b) plt.imshow()
- c) plt.heatmap()
- d) Both a and b
**Answer**: d) Both a and b
4. **Which Matplotlib feature allows for interactive data exploration?**
- a) plt.plot()
- b) mpld3
- c) plt.scatter()
- d) plt.show()
**Answer**: b) mpld3
5. **How do you add a secondary y-axis to a Matplotlib plot?**
- a) Using `plt.twiny()`
- b) Using `plt.twinx()`
- c) Using `plt.add_yaxis()`
- d) Using `plt.secondary_y()`
**Answer**: b) Using `plt.twinx()`
6. **What does the `plt.barh()` function do?**
- a) Creates a vertical bar plot
- b) Creates a horizontal bar plot
- c) Creates a pie chart
- d) Creates a line plot
**Answer**: b) Creates a horizontal bar plot
7. **How can you adjust the space between subplots in a figure?**
- a) Using `plt.subplots_adjust()`
- b) Using `plt.spacing()`
- c) Using `plt.tight_layout()`
- d) Both a and c
**Answer**: d) Both a and c
8. **Which of the following is NOT a valid colormap in Matplotlib?**
- a) viridis
- b) plasma
- c) coolwarm
- d) rainbowz
**Answer**: d) rainbowz
9. **What is the output of `plt.hist([1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2], bins=3)`?**
- a) A line plot
- b) A bar plot
- c) A histogram with 3 bins
- d) An error
**Answer**: c) A histogram with 3 bins
10. **What method is used to modify the appearance of grid lines in a plot?**
- a) plt.grid_color()
- b) plt.set_grid()
- c) plt.grid() with parameters
- d) plt.modify_grid()
**Answer**: c) plt.grid() with parameters
11. **How do you set a logarithmic scale on the y-axis?**
- a) plt.yscale('log')
- b) plt.set_yscale('log')
- c) plt.yaxis_scale('log')
- d) plt.log_y()
**Answer**: a) plt.yscale('log')
12. **What is the purpose of `plt.errorbar()` function?**
- a) To plot errors in predictions
- b) To plot error bars for a dataset
- c) To handle exceptions in plotting
- d) To display error messages
**Answer**: b) To plot error bars for a dataset
13. **Which parameter can be adjusted to change the opacity of a plot?**
- a) transparency
- b) alpha
- c) opacity
- d) blend
**Answer**: b) alpha
14. **Which command would you use to create a contour plot?**
- a) plt.plot_contour()
- b) plt.contour()
- c) plt.line_contour()
- d) plt.fill_contour()
**Answer**: b) plt.contour()
15. **What does the `plt.annotate()` function return?**
- a) An annotation object
- b) A string
- c) A boolean value
- d) An integer
**Answer**: a) An annotation object
16. **Which Matplotlib function is used for creating polar plots?**
- a) plt.polar()
- b) plt.polarplot()
- c) plt.subplot(projection='polar')
- d) plt.polar_plot()
**Answer**: c) plt.subplot(projection='polar')
17. **What is the default linestyle of lines in Matplotlib plots?**
- a) Dashed
- b) Dotted
- c) Solid
- d) Dash-dot
**Answer**: c) Solid
18. **What does the `scatter()` function's `c` parameter specify?**
- a) Color of the markers
- b) Size of the markers
- c) Shape of the markers
- d) Type of plot
**Answer**: a) Color of the markers
19. **How can you hide the axes of a plot?**
- a) plt.hide_axes()
- b) plt.axis('off')
- c) plt.remove_axes()
- d) plt.clear_axes()
**Answer**: b) plt.axis('off')
20. **What does the `set_facecolor()` method do in Matplotlib?**
- a) Changes the background color of the plot
- b) Sets the color of the axes
- c) Changes the color of the grid
- d) Modifies the color of the markers
**Answer**: a) Changes the background color of the plot
