Getting Started with Python - MCQ
1. An ordered set of instructions to be executed by a computer to carry out a specific
task is called a ___________.
a. Program
b. Instruction
c. Code
d. None of the above
2. Computers understand the language of 0s and 1s which is called__________.
a. Machine language
b. Low level language
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
3. A program written in a high-level language is called _________.
a. Language
b. Source code
c. Machine code
d. None of the above
4. An interpreter read the program statements _________.
a. All the source at a time
b. One by one
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
5. Python is a __________.
a. Low level language
b. High level language
c. Machine level language
d. All of the above
6. Python is __________.
a. Open source language
b. Free language
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
7. Python support __________.
a. Compiler
b. Interpreter
c. Assembler
d. None of the above
8. Python programs are ___________.
a. Easy to understand
b. Clearly defined syntax
c. Relatively simple structure
d. All of the above
9. Python is _________.
a. Case – sensitive
b. Non case – sensitive
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
10. Python is platform independent, meaning ___________.
a. It can run various operating systems
b. It can run various hardware platforms
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
11. Python uses indentation for __________.
a. Blocks
b. Nested Blocks
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
12. To write and run (execute) a Python program, we need to have a ___________.
a. Python interpreter installed on the computer
b. We can use any online python interpreter
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
13. The interpreter is also called python _______.
a. Shell
b. Cell
c. Program
d. None of the above
14. To execute the python program we have to use __________.
a. Interactive mode
b. Script mode
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
15. __________ allows execution of individual statements instantaneously.
a. Interactive mode
b. Script mode
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
16. _________allows us to write more than one instruction in a file called Python
source code.
a. Interactive mode
b. Script mode
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
17. To work in the interactive mode, we can simply type a Python statement on the
________ prompt directly.
a. >>>
b. >>
c. >
d. None of the above
18. In the script mode, we can write a Python program in a ________, save it and then
use the interpreter to execute it.
a. Prompt
b. File
c. Folder
d. All of the above
19. By default the python extension is __________.
a. .py
b. .ppy
c. .pp
d. .pyy
20. __________ are reserved words in python.
a. Keyword
b. Interpreter
c. Program
d. None of the above
21. The rules for naming an identifier in Python are ________.
a. Name should begin with an uppercase, lowercase or underscore
b. It can be of any length
c. It should not be a keyword
d. All of the above
22. To define variables in python _______ special symbols is not allowed.
a. @
b. # and !
c. $ and %
d. All of the above
23. A variable in a program is uniquely identified by a name __________.
a. Identifier
b. Keyword
c. Code
d. None of the above
24. Variable in python refers to an ________.
a. Keyword
b. Object
c. Alphabets
d. None of the above
25. The variable message holds string type value and so its content is assigned within
_________.
a. Double quotes “”
b. Single quotes ”
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
26. _________ must always be assigned values before they are used in expressions.
a. Keyword
b. Variable
c. Code
d. None of the above
27. ___________ are used to add a remark or a note in the source code.
a. Keyword
b. Source
c. Comment
d. None of the above
28. __________ are not executed by a python interpreter.
a. Keyword
b. Source
c. Comment
d. None of the above
29. In python comments start from _______.
a. #
b. @
c. %
d. $
30. Python treats every value or data item whether numeric, string, or other type
(discussed in the next section) as an _________.
a. Object
b. Variable
c. Keyword
d. None of the above
31. _________ identifies the type of data values a variable can hold and the operations
that can be performed on that data.
a. Data type
b. Data base
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
32. Number data type classified into ________.
a. int
b. float
c. complex
d. All of the above
33. ________ data type is a subtype of integer
a. Boolean
b. string
c. list
d. None of the above
34. A Python sequence is an ordered collection of items.
a. Number
b. Sequence
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
35. Sequence data type is classified into _________.
a. Strings
b. Lists
c. Tuples
d. All of the above
36. __________ is a group of characters in python.
a. Number
b. String
c. Boolean
d. All of the above
37. In the string data type you can store __________.
a. Alphabets
b. Digits
c. Special character including space
d. All of the above
38. _________ is a sequence of items separated by commas and the items are enclosed
in square brackets [ ].
a. List
b. Tuple
c. String
d. None of the above
39. __________ is a sequence of items separated by commas and items are enclosed
in parenthesis ( ).
a. List
b. Tuple
c. String
d. None of the above
40. _________ is an unordered collection of items separated by commas and the items
are enclosed in curly brackets { }.
a. List
b. Set
c. String
d. None of the above
41. ________ data type cannot have duplicate entries.
a. List
b. Set
c. String
d. None of the above
42. None is a special data type with a single value. It is used to signify the absence of
value in a situation.
a. List
b. Set
c. String
d. None
43. ___________ in Python holds data items in key-value pairs.
a. Dictionary
b. Set
c. String
d. None
44. Items in a dictionary are enclosed in __________.
a. Parenthesis ()
b. Brackets []
c. Curly brackets {}
d. All of the above
45. In the dictionary every key is separated from its value using a _________.
a. Colon (:)
b. Semicolon (;)
c. Comma (,)
d. All of the above
46. Variables whose values can be changed after they are created and assigned are
called __________.
a. Immutable
b. Mutable
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
47. Variables whose values cannot be changed after they are created and assigned are
called _________.
a. Immutable
b. Mutable
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
48. When we need uniqueness of elements and to avoid duplicacy it is preferable to
use __________.
a. List
b. Set
c. Tuple
d. All of the above
[Link] values that the operators work on are called __________.
a. Operands
b. Assignment
c. Mathematical Operator
d. All of the above
50. ____________ that are used to perform the four basic arithmetic operations as
well as modular division, floor division and exponentiation.
a. Arithmetic Operator
b. Logical Operator
c. Relational Operator
d. All of the above
51. __________ calculation on operands. That is, raise the operand on the left to the
power of the operand on the right.
a. Floor Division (//)
b. Exponent (**)
c. Modulus (%)
d. None of the above
52. _____________ compares the values of the operands on either side and
determines the relationship among them.
a. Arithmetic Operator
b. Logical Operator
c. Relational Operator
d. All of the above
53. _________ assigns or changes the value of the variable on its left.
a. Relational Operator
b. Assignment Operator
c. Logical Operator
d. All of the above
54. Which one of the following logical operators is supported by python.
a. and
b. or
c. not
d. All of the above
55. _________ operator is used to check both the operands are true.
a. and
b. or
c. not
d. All of the above
56. ___________ are used to determine whether the value of a variable is of a certain
type or not.
a. Relational Operator
b. Logical Operator
c. Identity Operator
d. All of the above
57. ___________ can also be used to determine whether two variables are referring to
the same object or not.
a. Relational Operator
b. Logical Operator
c. Identity Operator
d. All of the above
58. Membership operators are used to check if a value is a member of the given
sequence or not.
a. Identity Operator
b. Membership Operators
c. Relational Operators
d. All of the above
59. An __________ is defined as a combination of constants, variables, and operators.
a. Expressions
b. Precedence
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
60. Evaluation of the expression is based on __________ of operators.
a. Expressions
b. Precedence
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
61. Example of membership operators.
a. in
b. not
c. in
d. All of the above
62. Example of identity operators.
a. is
b. is not
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
63. In Python, we have the ____________ function for taking the user input.
a. prompt()
b. input()
c. in()
d. None of the above
64. In Python, we have the ___________ function for displaying the output.
a. prompt()
b. output()
c. print()
d. None of the above
65. ____________, also called type casting, happens when data type conversion takes
place because the programmer forced it in the program.
a. Explicit conversion
b. Implicit conversion
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
66. __________, also known as coercion, happens when data type conversion is done
automatically by Python and is not instructed by the programmer.
a. Explicit conversion
b. Implicit conversion
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
67. A programmer can make mistakes while writing a program, and hence, the
program may not execute or may generate wrong output. The process of identifying
and removing such mistakes, also known as __________.
a. Bugs
b. Errors
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
68. Identifying and removing bugs or errors from the program is also known as
__________.
a. Debugging
b. Mistakes
c. Error
d. None of the above
69. Which of the following errors occur in python programs.
a. Syntax error
b. Logical error
c. Runtime error
d. All of the above
70. A _________ produces an undesired output but without abrupt termination of the
execution of the program.
a. Syntax error
b. Logical error
c. Runtime error
d. All of the above
71. A ___________ causes abnormal termination of the program while it is executing.
a. Syntax error
b. Logical error
c. Runtime error
d. All of the above
72. Python is __________ language that can be used for a multitude of scientific and
non-scientific computing purposes.
a. Open – source
b. High level
c. Interpreter – based
d. All of the above
73. Comments are __________ statements in a program.
a. Non – executable
b. Executable
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
74. __________ is a user defined name given to a variable or a constant in a program.
a. Keyword
b. Identifier
c. Data type
d. All of the above
75. The process of identifying and removing errors from a computer program is called
_______.
a. Debugging
b. Mistakes
c. Error
d. None of the above
