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Python is one of the most popular programming languages on the planet. It was created by Guido van Rossum and was first released in 1991. Python has many uses like building websites and software, automate tasks, creating artificial intelligence, building machine learning applications and many more. It is a general-purpose language. It can be used to create a variety of different programs and isn’t specialized for any specific problems.

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Question 1 of 30

1. Question
What method will you use to remove an item from a list?
- .pop(list)
- .del(list)
- .delete()
- .pop(index)
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Question 2 of 30

2. Question
What is the time complexity to access an item from a dictionary in Python?
- O(log n)
- O(n^2)
- O(1)
- O(n log n)
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Question 3 of 30

3. Question
You have to define a class Baleno which inherits from a parent class Car. Choose the correct syntax.
- class Baleno.Car(): pass
- def Baleno(Car()): pass
- class Baleno(Car): pass
- class Car(Baleno): pass
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Question 4 of 30

4. Question
What does the all() function in Python do?
- It returns all the values in the list.
- It returns True if all the values in the list are same.
- If all the items in the list evaluate to True then it returns True. Otherwise, it returns False.
- None of the above
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Question 5 of 30

5. Question
What is the default sorting algorithm used by Python?
- Heap sort
- Quick sort
- Tim Sort
- Counting sort
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Question 6 of 30

6. Question
What will be the output of the following code?

            countries = [ “India”, “USA”, “China” ]

            population = [ 1401, 330, 1412 ]

            gdp = [ 3.5, 21, 18 ]

            i=0

result = []

for country in countries:

count_name = countries[i]

count_pop = population[i]

count_gdp = gdp[i]

result.append( ( count_name, count_pop, count_gdp ) )

i+=1

print( result )
- [('India', 1401, 3.5), ('USA', 330, 21), ('China', 1412, 18)]
- ['India', 1401, 3.5, 'USA', 330, 21, 'China', 1412, 18]
- [('India', ‘USA’, ‘China’), (1401, 330, 1412), (3.5, 21, 18)]
- ['India', ‘USA’, ‘China’, 3.5, 21, 18, 1401, 330, 1412]
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Question 7 of 30

7. Question
What is the correct way to define __init__ method without any parameters?
- class __init__( self ): self.x = 10
- def __init__(): x=10
- def __init__( self ): self.x = 10
- class __init__(): x = 10
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Question 8 of 30

8. Question
Refer the given code below. What will be the length of the resulting list? ( m & n are positive integers )

            res = []

            for i in range(m):

                        for j in range(n):

                                    res.append(j)
- m + n
- m**n
- m*n
- n
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Question 9 of 30

9. Question
Which of the following can be mutated in-place in Python? (Multiple Choice)
- Set
- List
- Dictionary
- String
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Question 10 of 30

10. Question
Which method will give you access of all the keys in a dictionary?
- dict.get_keys()
- dict.all_keys()
- dict.keys
- dict.keys()
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Question 11 of 30

11. Question
Which modes can be used to access a file using Python script? (Multiple Choice)
- write(‘w’)
- read(‘r’)
- append(‘a’)
- scan(‘s’)
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Question 12 of 30

12. Question
What would be the output of this code?

            s = “one;two;three;”

            t = s.split(‘;’)

            print( len(t) )
- 4
- 0
- 3
- 5
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Question 13 of 30

13. Question
If a class inherits from two parent classes then which of the following statements will be true about the object created from the child class?
- When creating an instance of the class, the programmer must satisfy the parent class from which they want to inherit the methods.
- The instance of the child class does not inherit any method of the parent classes.
- The instance of the child class can use any of the method of parent classes.
- None of the above
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Question 14 of 30

14. Question
Select the correct difference between instance and class variables.
- Instance variables are declared locally within a class while class variables are declared globally.
- Instance variables can be accessed only within the particular object of the class whereas class variables can be accessed within all the instances of the class.
- Instance variables can be accessed only through object reference whereas class variables can be accessed using both class name and object reference.
- All of the above
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Question 15 of 30

15. Question
A python source code is given below; it is stored as a file and we are not able to execute it directly on a Linux machine.

print(“Welcome to Online Quiz Portal !”)

What changes should we make to our file to ensure that it runs?
- #!/usr/bin
- #!/usr/bin/env python3
- !#/usr/bin/env python
- #!/usr/bin/bash
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Question 16 of 30

16. Question
Which of the following is correct statement?
- A set is an ordered collection of unique items. A list is an unordered collection of non-unique items.
- A set is an unordered collection of unique items. A list is an ordered collection that can have non-unique items.
- A set is an ordered collection of non-unique items. A list is an ordered collection of unique items.
- A set is immutable. A list is mutable.
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Question 17 of 30

17. Question
What will be the output of the following comprehension?

{ i: i**2 for i in range(1, 6) }
- { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }
- { 1: 1, 2:4, 3:9, 4:16, 5:25 }
- { 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 }
- { 1:1, 2:4, 3:9, 4:16, 5: 25, 6:36 }
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Question 18 of 30

18. Question
Which of the following is not a use of python’s sys library?
- The sys modules provide variables for better control over input or output.
- It is used to capture command line arguments given at a file’s runtime.
- It can scan the health of your Python ecosystem while inside a virtual environment.
- It can also be used to exit the program.
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Question 19 of 30

19. Question
How do you install additional packages in Python?
- Using package manager like pip or conda.
- Using a package manager like NPM or yarn.
- Using a C compiler like clang or gcc.
- Using an IDE like Idle.
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Question 20 of 30

20. Question
Elements surrounded by [] , {}, and () are ____, ____, and ____ respectively.
- Sets, lists or dictionaries, tuples
- Tuples, sets or dictionaries, lists
- Lists, sets, tuples or dictionaries
- Lists, sets or dictionaries, tuples
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Question 21 of 30

21. Question
Which of the following Python mechanism should be used to tell a user that they are using a deprecated function?
- Errors
- Warnings
- Traceback
- Exceptions
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Question 22 of 30

22. Question
When would you use a try/except block?
- try/except blocks are used inside of unit tests so that the unit tests will always pass.
- You use try/except blocks so that none of your functions or methods return None.
- try/except blocks are used when you want to run some code, but need a way to execute different code if an exception is raised.
- None of the above
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Question 23 of 30

23. Question
Which Python function is used to execute Linux shell commands?
- os.system()
- os.getcwd()
- sys.exc_info()
- sys.executable()
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Question 24 of 30

24. Question
Which among the following Python library can be used to create Graphical User Interface?
- Tkinter
- Pandas
- Beautiful Soup
- Matplotlib
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Question 25 of 30

25. Question
To replace a part of the string which method is used?
- repl()
- replace()
- switch()
- replaceString()
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Question 26 of 30

26. Question
What is the correct way to define a function in Python?
- function SortList( list_of_integers ) : #body of the function
- def sort_list( list_of_integers ): #body of the function
- def function SortList( list_of_integers ): #body of the function
- call sort_list( list_of_integers ) { #body of the function }
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Question 27 of 30

27. Question
Which method in dictionary removes the last inserted key-value pair?
- pop()
- popitem()
- delitem()
- None of these
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Question 28 of 30

28. Question
Which of the following datatype doesn’t use slicing to extract a subsection of the collection ?
- List
- Dictionaries
- Strings
- All of the above
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Question 29 of 30

29. Question
Which of the following statement defines lambda function in Python?
- A function which is executed with the decorators
- A function that calls itself
- A small anonymous function that can take any number of arguments but can have only one expression
- None of the these
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Question 30 of 30

30. Question
______________ block in exception handling will always be executed, whether the try block raises an error or not.
- except
- finally
- Both except and finally
- None of these
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