This set of Python Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Lists-7”.
1. What is the output of the following code?
a=[1,2,3] b=a.append(4) print(a) print(b)
a) [1,2,3,4].
[1,2,3,4].
b) [1, 2, 3, 4].
None
c) Syntax error
d) [1,2,3].
[1,2,3,4].
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Explanation: Append function on lists doesn’t return anything. Thus the value of b is None.
2. What will be the output when executed in python shell?
>>> a=[14,52,7] >>>> b=a.copy() >>> b is a
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: List b is just a copy of the original list. Any copy made in list b will not be reflected in list a.
3. What is the output of the following code?
a=[13,56,17] a.append([87]) a.extend([45,67]) print(a)
a) [13, 56, 17, [87], 45, 67].
b) [13, 56, 17, 87, 45, 67].
c) [13, 56, 17, 87,[ 45, 67]].
d) [13, 56, 17, [87], [45, 67]].
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Explanation: The append function simply adds its arguments to the list as it is while extend function extends its arguments and later appends it.
4. What is the output of the following piece of code?
a=list((45,)*4) print((45)*4) print(a)
a) 180
[(45),(45),(45),(45)].
b) (45,45,45,45).
[45,45,45,45].
c) 180
[45,45,45,45].
d) Syntax error
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Explanation: (45) is an int while (45,) is a tuple of one element. Thus when a tuple is multiplied, it created references of itself which is later converted to a list.
5. What is the output of the following code?
lst=[[1,2],[3,4]] print(sum(lst,[]))
a) [[3],[7]].
b) [1,2,3,4].
c) Error
d) [10].
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Explanation: The above piece of code is used for flattening lists.
6. What is the output of the following code?
word1="Apple" word2="Apple" list1=[1,2,3] list2=[1,2,3] print(word1 is word2) print(list1 is list2)
a) True
True
b) False
True
c) False
False
d) True
False
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Explanation: In the above case, both the lists are equivalent but not identical as they have different objects.
7. What is the output of the following code?
def unpack(a,b,c,d): print(a+d) x = [1,2,3,4] unpack(*x)
a) Error
b) [1,4].
c) [5].
d) 5
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Explanation: unpack(*x) unpacks the list into the separate variables. Now, a=1 and d=4. Thus 5 gets printed.
8. What is the output of the following code?
places = ['Bangalore', 'Mumbai', 'Delhi'] <br class="blank" />places1 = places places2 = places[:] <br class="blank" />places1[1]="Pune" places2[2]="Hyderabad" print(places)
a) [‘Bangalore’, ‘Pune’, ‘Hyderabad’].
b) [‘Bangalore’, ‘Pune’, ‘Delhi’].
c) [‘Bangalore’, ‘Mumbai’, ‘Delhi’].
d) [‘Bangalore’, ‘Mumbai’, ‘Hyderabad’].
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Explanation: places1 is an alias of the list places. Hence, any change made to places1 is reflected in places. places2 is a copy of the list places. Thus, any change made to places2 isn’t reflected in places.
9. What is the output of the following piece of code?
x=[[1],[2]] print(" ".join(list(map(str,x))))
a) [1] [2].
b) [49] [50].
c) Syntax error
d) [[1]] [[2]].
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Explanation: The elements 1 and 2 are first put into separate lists and then combined with a space in between using the join attribute.
10. What is the output of the following code?
a=165 b=sum(list(map(int,str(a)))) print(b)
a) 561
b) 5
c) 12
d) Syntax error
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Explanation: First, map converts the number to string and then places the individual digits in a list. Then, sum finds the sum of the digits in the list. The code basically finds the sum of digits in the number.
11. What is the output of the following code?
a= [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] for i in range(1, 5): a[i-1] = a[i] for i in range(0, 5): print(a[i],end = " ")
a) 5 5 1 2 3
b) 5 1 2 3 4
c) 2 3 4 5 1
d) 2 3 4 5 5
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Explanation: The items having indexes from 1 to 4 are shifted forward by one index due to the first for-loop and the item of index four is printed again because of the second for-loop.
12. What is the output of the following code?
def change(var, lst): var = 1 lst[0] = 44 k = 3 a = [1, 2, 3] change(k, a) print(k) print(a)
a) 3
[44, 2, 3].
b) 1
[1,2,3].
c) 3
[1,2,3].
d) 1
[44,2,3].
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Explanation: A list is mutable, hence it’s value changes after function call. However, integer isn’t mutable. Thus its value doesn’t change.
13. What is the output of the following code?
a = [1, 5, 7, 9, 9, 1] <br class="blank" />b=a[0] <br class="blank" />x= 0 for x in range(1, len(a)): if a[x] > b: b = a[x] b= x print(b)
a) 5
b) 3
c) 4
d) 0
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Explanation: The above piece of code basically prints the index of the largest element in the list.
14. What is the output of the following code?
a=["Apple","Ball","Cobra"] <br class="blank" />a.sort(key=len) print(a)
a) [‘Apple’, ‘Ball’, ‘Cobra’].
b) [‘Ball’, ‘Apple’, ‘Cobra’].
c) [‘Cobra’, ‘Apple’, ‘Ball’].
d) Invalid syntax for sort().
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Explanation: The syntax isn’t invalid and the list is sorted according to the length of the strings in the list since key is given as len.
15. What is the output of the following code?
num = ['One', 'Two', 'Three'] for i, x in enumerate(num): print('{}: {}'.format(i, x),end=" ")
a) 1: 2: 3:
b) Exception is thrown
c) One Two Three
d) 0: One 1: Two 2: Three
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Explanation: enumerate(iterator,start=0) is a built-in function which returns (0,lst[0]),(1,lst[1]) and so on where lst is a list(iterator).
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