Chapter 8
Data Handling
Class 11 - Computer Science with Python Sumita
Arora
Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1
Which of the following are valid Python data types ?
1. Numeric
2. None ✓
3. Mappings
4. list ✓
5. Sequence
6. set ✓
7. tuple ✓
8. dictionary ✓
Question 2
Which of the following are datatypes considered as Numbers in Python.
1. Integer ✓
2. Boolean ✓
3. complex ✓
4. floating point ✓
5. list
6. None
Question 3
Consider the following sequence of statements:
a = 35
m=a
Following the execution of these statements, Python has created how many objects and how
many references ?
1. Two integer objects, two references
2. One integer object, two references ✓
3. One integer object, one reference
4. Two integer objects, one reference
Question 4
Which Python built-in function returns the unique number assigned to an object?
1. identity( )
2. id( ) ✓
3. refnum( )
4. ref( )
Question 5
The operator used to check if both the operands reference the same object memory, is the ..........
operator.
1. in
2. is ✓
3. id
4. ==
Question 6
For two objects x and y, the expression x is y will yield True, if and only if
1. id(x) == id(y) ✓
2. len(x) == len(y)
3. x == y
4. all of these
Question 7
Which of the following is not an immutable type in Python ?
1. String
2. Tuples
3. Set ✓
4. dictionary ✓
Question 8
Python operator always yields the result of .......... datatype.
1. integer
2. floating point ✓
3. complex
4. all of these
Question 9
What is the value of the expression 100 / 25 ?
1. 4
2. 4.0 ✓
3. 2.5
4. none of these
Question 10
What is the value of the expression 100 // 25 ?
1. 4✓
2. 4.0
3. 2.5
4. none of these
Question 11
In Python, a variable must be declared before it is assigned a value.
1. True
2. False ✓
3. Only in Functions
4. Only in modules
Question 12
In Python, a variable is assigned a value of one type, and then later assigned a value of a
different type. This will yield .......... .
1. Warning
2. Error
3. None
4. No Error ✓
Question 13
In Python, a variable may be assigned a value of one type, and then later assigned a value of a
different type. This concept is known as .......... .
1. mutability
2. static typing
3. dynamic typing ✓
4. immutability
Question 14
Is it safe to directly use the == operator to determine whether objects of type float are equal ?
1. Yes
2. No ✓
3. Yes, if the values are < 100
4. Yes, if the values are > 100
Question 15
What will the following code produce ?
a = 8.6
b = 2
print ( a//b )
1. 4.3
2. 4.0 ✓
3. 4
4. compilation error
Question 16
In the Python statement x = a + 5 - b : a and b are .......... .
1. Operands ✓
2. Expression
3. operators
4. Equation
Question 17
In the Python statement x =a + 5 - b : a + 5 - b is .......... .
1. Operands
2. Expression ✓
3. operators
4. Equation
Question 18
What will be the value of y after following code fragment is executed ?
x = 10.0
y = (x < 100.0) and x >= 10
1. 110
2. True ✓
3. False
4. Error.
Question 19
Which of the following literals has True truth-value ?
1. 0.000001 ✓
2. 'None' ✓
3. 0
4. []
5. False
6. True ✓
7. 1 ✓
8. 33 ✓
9. None
10. 0.0
Question 20
What will the following code result as ?
import math
x = 100
print ( x > 0 and math.sqrt( x ) )
1. True
2. 1
3. 10
4. 10.0 ✓
Question 21
Which of the following operators has the lowest precedence ?
1. not
2. %
3. and ✓
4. +
5. **
Question 22
What is the value of the expression 10 + 3 ** 3 * 2?
1. 28
2. 739
3. 829
4. 64 ✓
Question 23
To increase the value of x five times using an augmented assignment operator, the correct
expression will be
1. x += 5
2. x *= 5 ✓
3. x = x ** 5
4. none of these
Question 24
What will be the result of the expression 10 or 0 ?
1. 0
2. 1
3. 10 ✓
4. 1.0
Question 25
What will be the result of the expression 5 or 10 ?
1. 5✓
2. 1
3. 10
4. 0
Question 26
What will be the result of the expression 5 and 10?
1. 5
2. 1
3. 10 ✓
4. 0
Question 27
What will be the result of the expression 15 and 10?
1. 5
2. 1
3. 10 ✓
4. 0
Question 28
What will be the result of the expression 10 or 0 ?
1. 0
2. 1
3. 10 ✓
4. 1.0
Question 29
What will be the result of the expression 'a' or " (" is an empty string) ?
1. 'a' ✓
2. "
3. 1
4. 0
Question 30
What will be the result of the expression 'a' and " (" is an empty string) ?
1. 'a'
2. "✓
3. 1
4. 0
Question 31
What will be the result of the expression 'x' and 'a' ?
1. 'a' ✓
2. "
3. 'x'
4. 1
Question 32
What will be the result of the expression 'a' and 'x' ?
1. 'a'
2. ''
3. 'x' ✓
4. 1
Question 33
What will be the result of the expression 'a' and 'None' ?
1. 'a'
2. ''
3. 'None' ✓
4. 1
Question 34
What will be the result of the expression 'None' and 'a' ?
1. 'a' ✓
2. ''
3. 'None'
4. 1
Question 35
What will be the result of the expression 'false' and False ?
1. false
2. False ✓
3. 'false'
4. 'False'
Question 36
What will be the result of the expression 'false' or False ?
1. false
2. False
3. 'false' ✓
4. 'False'
Fill in the Blanks
Question 1
Boolean data type is internally treated as integer data type.
Question 2
Two forms of floating-point numbers are: fractional form and exponent notation.
Question 3
Python's floating point numbers have precision of 15 digits.
Question 4
Three mutable types of Python are lists, dictionaries and sets.
Question 5
The floor division of two integers yields a result of integer type.
Question 6
The division of two integers yields a result of floating-point type.
Question 7
The set sequence type cannot store duplicate values.
Question 8
The tuple datatype is like lists but is not mutable.
Question 9
The id of an object gives the memory location of the object.
Question 10
To check if two objects reference the same memory address, is operator is used.
Question 11
To use function fabs( ), math module should be imported.
Question 12
To generate a random floating number in the range 0 to 100, random() or
random.random() function is used.
Question 13
To generate a random integer in a range, randint() or random.randint() function is used.
Question 14
To generate a random number in a sequence of values where two values have a difference a step
value, randrange() or random.randrange() function is used.
Question 15
To use mean() function, statistics module is to be imported.
True/False Questions
Question 1
List is an immutable data type.
False
Question 2
Set is a mutable data type.
True
Question 3
A set can contain duplicate values in it.
False
Question 4
A Boolean value is internally treated as an integer value.
True
Question 5
'' (an empty string) has truth value as False.
True
Question 6
' ' (a space) has truth value as False.
False
Question 7
Value false is a legal literal value in Python.
False
Question 8
Value False is a legal literal value in Python.
True
Question 9
Value 'False' is a legal literal value in Python.
True
Question 10
Value 'false' is a legal literal value in Python.
True
Question 11
None and 'None' are the same.
False
Question 12
None has the truth value as False.
True
Question 13
'None' has the truth value as False.
False
Question 14
The result of bool(0) is False.
True
Question 15
The result of bool('None') is False.
False
Question 16
Dividing two integers results in an integer.
False
Question 17
Floor division of two integers results in an integer.
True
Question 18
Two floating point numbers should not be compared for equality using ==
True
Question 19
In implicit conversion, all operands' data types are converted to the datatype of the largest
operand.
True
Question 20
Explicit type conversion involves the use of a function to convert datatype of a value.
True
Type A: Short Answer Questions/Conceptual Questions
Question 1
What are data types in Python? How are they important?
Answer
Data types are used to identify the type of data a memory location can hold and the associated
operations of handling it. The data that we deal with in our programs can be of many types like
character, integer, real number, string, boolean, etc. hence programming languages including
Python provide ways and facilities to handle all these different types of data through data types.
The data types define the capabilities to handle a specific type of data such as memory space it
allocates to hold a certain type of data and the range of values supported for a given data type,
etc.
Question 2
How many integer types are supported by Python? Name them.
Answer
Two integer types are supported by Python. They are:
1. Integers (signed)
2. Booleans
Question 3
How are these numbers different from one another (with respect to Python)? 33, 33.0, 33j, 33 + j
Answer
The number 33 is an integer whereas 33.0 is a floating-point number. 33j represent the imaginary
part of a complex number. 33 + j is a complex number.
Question 4
The complex numbers have two parts : real and imaginary. In which data type are real and
imaginary parts represented ?
Answer
In Python, the real and imaginary parts of a complex number are represented as floating-point
numbers.
Question 5
How many string types does Python support? How are they different from one another?
Answer
Python supports two types of strings — Single-line strings and Multi-line strings. Single line
strings are enclosed in single or double quotes and terminate in one line. Multi-line strings store
multiple lines of text and are enclosed in triple quotes.
Question 6
What will following code print?
str1 = '''Hell
o'''
str2 = '''Hell\
o'''
print(len(str1) > len(str2))
Answer
This code will print:
True
len(str1) is 6 due to the EOL character. len(str2) is 5 as backslash (\) character is not counted in
the length of string. As len(str1) is greater than len(str2) so the output is True.
Question 7
What are Immutable and Mutable types in Python? List immutable and mutable types of Python.
Answer
Mutable types are those whose values can be changed in place whereas Immutable types are
those that can never change their value in place.
Mutable types in Python are:
1. Lists
2. Dictionaries
3. Sets
Immutable types in Python are:
1. Integers
2. Floating-Point numbers
3. Booleans
4. Strings
5. Tuples
Question 8
What are three internal key-attributes of a value-variable in Python ? Explain with example.
Answer
The three internal key-attributes of a value-variable in Python are:
1. Type
2. Value
3. Id
For example, consider this:
a=4
The type of a is int which can be found with the built-in function type() like this:
type(a).
Value can be found using the built-in function print() like this:
print(a)
It will give the output as 4 which is value contained in variable a.
Id is the memory location of the object which can be determined using built-in function id() like
this:
id(a)
Question 9
Is it true that if two objects return True for is operator, they will also return True for == operator?
Answer
Yes, if is operator returns true, it implicitly means that the equality operator will also return True.
is operator returning true implies that both the variables point to the same object and hence ==
operator must return True.
Question 10
Are these values equal? Why/why not?
1. 20 and 20.0
2. 20 and int(20)
3. str(20) and str(20.0)
4. 'a' and "a"
Answer
1. The type of 20 is int whereas the type of 20.0 is float so they are two different objects.
Both have the same value of 20. So, as values are same equality (==) operator return True
but as objects are different is operator returns False.
2. The value and type of both 20 and int(20) are the same and both point to the same object
so both equality (==) and is operator returns True.
3. For str(20) and str(20.0), both equality (==) and is operator returns False as their values
are different and they point to two different objects.
4. For 'a' and "a", both equality (==) and is operator returns True as their values are same
and they point to the same object.
Question 11
What is an atom in Python? What is an expression?
Answer
In Python, an atom is something that has a value. Identifiers, literals, strings, lists, tuples, sets,
dictionaries, etc. are all atoms. An expression in Python, is any valid combination of operators
and atoms. It is composed of one or more operations.
Question 12
What is the difference between implicit type conversion and explicit type conversion?
Answer
Implicit Type Conversion Explicit Type Conversion
An implicit type conversion is automatically performed An explicit type conversion is user-defined
by the compiler when differing data types are intermixed conversion that forces an expression to be of
in an expression. specific type.
An implicit type conversion is performed without An explicit type conversion is specified
Implicit Type Conversion Explicit Type Conversion
programmer's intervention. explicitly by the programmer.
Example: Example:
a, b = 5, 25.5 a, b = 5, 25.5
c=a+b c = int(a + b)
Question 13
Two objects (say a and b) when compared using == ,return True. But Python gives False when
compared using is operator. Why? (i.e., a == b is True but why is a is b False?)
Answer
As equality (==) operator returns True, it means that a and b have the same value but as is
operator returns False, it means that variables a and b point to different objects in memory. For
example, consider the below Python statements:
>>> a = 'abc'
>>> b = input("Enter a string: ")
Enter a string: abc
>>> a == b
True
>>> a is b
False
Here, both a and b have the same value 'abc' but they point to different objects.
Question 14
Given str1 = "Hello", what will be the values of:
(a) str1[0]
(b) str1[1]
(c) str1[-5]
(d) str1[-4]
(e) str1[5]
Answer
(a) H
(b) e
(c) H
(d) e
(e) IndexError: string index out of range
Explanation
\begin{matrix} \underset{-5}{\overset{0}\bold{H}} & \underset{-
4}{\overset{1}\bold{e}} & \underset{-3}{\overset{2}\bold{l}} & \underset{-
2}{\overset{3}\bold{l}} & \underset{-1}{\overset{4}\bold{o}}
\end{matrix}−5H0−4e1−3l2−2l3−1o4
Question 15
If you give the following for str1 = "Hello", why does Python report error?
str1[2] = 'p'
Answer
Python reports error because strings are immutable and hence item assignment is not supported.
Question 16
What will the result given by the following?
(a) type (6 + 3)
(b) type (6 -3)
(c) type (6 *3)
(d) type (6 / 3)
(e) type (6 // 3)
(f) type (6 % 3)
Answer
(a) type (6 + 3)
⇒ int + int
⇒ int
So the result is int.
(b) type (6 -3)
⇒ int - int
⇒ int
So the result is int.
(c) type (6 * 3)
⇒ int * int
⇒ int
So the result is int.
(d) type (6 / 3)
⇒ int / int
⇒ float
So the result is float.
(e) type (6 // 3)
⇒ int // int
⇒ int
So the result is int.
(f) type (6 % 3)
⇒ int % int
⇒ int
So the result is int.
Question 17
What are augmented assignment operators? How are they useful?
Answer
Augmented assignment operators combine the impact of an arithmetic operator with an
assignment operator. For example, to add the value of b to the value of a and assign the result
back to a then instead of writing:
a=a+b
we can write
a += b.
Augmented assignment operators are useful as they provide a shorthand way by combining the
arithmetic and assignment operators.
