PYTHON CODING QUESTIONS (Most Asked in GenC Interviews)

1. Reverse a string without using slicing

Input: "hello"
Output: "olleh"

PRG: str =input()

rev=""

for char in str:

rev=char+rev

print(rev)

2. Check if a number is prime

Input: 7
Output: "Prime"

PRG: num=int(input())

if num<=0:

print("number is not prime")

else:

is_prime=True;

for i in range(2,num):

if num%i==0:

is_prime=False

break

if is_prime:

print("prime")

else:

print("not prime")

3. Find the factorial of a number (without recursion)

Input: 5
Output: 120
PRG: num=int(input())

fact = 1

for i in range(1,num):

fact=fact*num

num=num-1

print(fact)

4. Count vowels in a string

Input: "education"
Output: 5

PRG: str=input()

count = 0

for char in str:

if (char=='a'or char=='e'or char=='i' or char=='o' or char=='u'):

count=count+1

print(count)

5. Find largest and smallest number in a list

Input: [10, 2, 5, 8]
Output: 10 2

PRG: num=[10,2,5,8]

largest=num[0]

smallest=num[0]

for i in num:

if i > largest:

largest=i

for n in num:

if n< smallest:
 smallest=n

print(largest)

print(smallest)

6. Sum of digits of a number

Input: 1234
Output: 10

PRG: n=input()

sum=int(n[0])+int(n[1])+int(n[2])+int(n[3])

print(sum)

7. Print Fibonacci series up to N terms

Input: 7
Output: 0 1 1 2 3 5 8

PRG: n=int(input())

a=0

b=1

for i in range(n):

print(a,end="")

c=a+b

a=b

b=c

8. Check if a string is palindrome (without built-in functions)

Input: "level"
Output: True

PRG: str=input()

rev=""

for char in str:

rev=char+rev

if(str==rev):

print("Palindrome")
 else:

print("Not Palindrome")

9. Count frequency of each character in a string

Input: "aabbc"
Output: a:2 b:2 c:1

PRG: s = input()

count = {}

for char in s:

if char in count:

count[char] += 1

else:

count[char] = 1

for char, freq in [Link]():

print(char, ":", freq)

10. Remove duplicates from a list without using set()

Input: [1,2,2,3,3,4]
Output: [1,2,3,4]

PRG: num=[1,2,2,3,3,4]

duplicates=[]

for i in num:

if i not in duplicates:

[Link](i)

print(duplicates)

11. Find second largest number in a list

Input: [10, 40, 20, 30]

PRG: num=[10,40,20,30]

largest=num[0]

for i in num:

if i > largest:
 largest=i

second_largest=num[0]

for i in num:

if i!=largest and i>second_largest:

second_largest=i

print(second_largest)

12. Check Armstrong number

Input: 153
Output: Armstrong

PRG: num=int(input())

temp=num

sum=0

while temp > 0:

digit=temp%10

sum = sum + digit**3

temp=temp//10

if sum==num:

print("Armstrong")

else:

print("Not Armstrong")

13. Program to merge two dictionaries

Input: {a:1, b:2}, {c:3}

PRG: dict1 = {"a":1,"b":2}

dict2 = {"c":3}

[Link](dict2)

print(dict1)

14. Count even & odd numbers in a list

Input: [1,2,3,4,5]
Output: Even:2 Odd:3
PRG: num=[1,2,3,4]

even_count = 0

odd_count = 0

for i in num:

if i%2==0:

even_count = even_count + 1

else:

odd_count=odd_count+1

print("odd:",odd_count)

print("even:",even_count)

15. Find the missing number in a sequence

Input: [1,2,4,5]
Output: 3

PRG: num=[1,2,4,5]

for i in range(1,len(num)+1):

if i not in num:

print(i)

break

16. Check if two strings are anagrams

Input: listen, silent

PRG: str1=input()

str2=input()

if sorted(str1)== sorted(str2):

print("True")

else:

print("False")

17. Find GCD of two numbers

Input: 12, 18
Output: 6
PRG: a = int(input("Enter first number: "))

b = int(input("Enter second number: "))

while b != 0:

a, b = b, a % b

print("GCD:", a)

18. Find LCM of two numbers

PRG: a = int(input("Enter first number: "))

b = int(input("Enter second number: "))

# Step 1: Find GCD using Euclidean algorithm

x, y = a, b

while y != 0:

x, y = y, x % y

gcd = x

# Step 2: Use formula LCM = (a*b) // GCD

lcm = (a * b) // gcd

print("LCM:", lcm)

19. Convert a list into a dictionary with index as key

Input: ['a','b','c']
Output: {0:'a',1:'b',2:'c'}

PRG: lst = ['a', 'b', 'c']

result = {}

for index in range(len(lst)):

result[index] = lst[index]

print(result)

20. Print numbers divisible by 3 but not 5 from 1 to N

PRG : num=int(input())

for i in range(1,num+1):

if i%3==0 and i%5!=0:

print(i)
21. Replace all occurrences of a character in a string

Input: "banana", replace 'a' with 'x'

PRG: str=input()

out=""

for ch in str:

if ch== 'a':

out=out+"x"

else:

out=out+ch

print(out)

22. Find the sum of even numbers in a list

PRG : num=[1,2,3,4]

sum=0

for i in num:

if i%2==0:

sum=sum+i

print(sum)

23. Check if a number is perfect

Perfect number example: 6, 28

PRG: num=int(input())

sum=0

for i in range(1,num):

if num%i==0:

sum=sum+i

if(num==sum):

print("perfect")

else:

print("not perfect")
24. Merge two sorted lists without using sort()

PRG:

25. Print pattern

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***

****

PRG: for i in range(1,5):

print()

for j in range(1,1+i):

print("*",end="")

26. Count words in a sentence

Input: "Python is easy"

PRG: str=input()

words=[Link]()

print(len(words))

27. Find common elements between two lists

PRG: l1=[1,2,3,4]

l2=[4,5,6,7]

dupi=[]

for i in l1:

if i in l2:

dupi=i

print(dupi)

28. Remove all vowels from a string

PRG: str=input()

rem=""

for ch in str:

if ch not in "aeiou":
 rem=rem+ch

print(rem)

29. Swap two numbers without using a temporary variable

PRG: a=int(input())

b=int(input())

a=a+b

b=a-b

a=a-b

print(a,b)

30. Get unique characters from a string

Input: "programming"
Output: "progamin"

PRG: str=input()

unique=""

for ch in str:

if ch not in unique:

unique=unique+ch

print(unique)

31. Find intersection of two sets

PRG: str={1,2,3,4}

str1={4,6,3,8}

result=[Link](str1)

print(result)

PRG1: set1 = {1, 2, 3, 4}

set2 = {3, 4, 5, 6}

common = set()

for i in set1:

if i in set2:

[Link](i)
 print(common)

32. Convert binary to decimal

PRG:

33. Convert decimal to binary (without bin()).

PRG:

34. Check if a number is strong number

Strong number example: 145

PRG: num=int(input())

temp=num

act=0

while temp>0:

digit=temp%10

fact=1

for i in range(1,digit+1):

fact=fact*i

act=act+fact

temp//=10

if act == num:

print("Strong Number")

else:

print("Not a Strong Number")

35. Reverse each word in a string

Input: "hello world"

PRG: str=input()

words=[Link]()

result=""
 for w in words:

result=result+w[::-1]+""

print([Link]())

36. Find product of digits of a number

PRG: num=input()

product=1

for i in num:

product=product*int(i)

print(product)

37. Sum of squares of first N natural numbers

PRG: num=int(input())

sum=0

for i in range(1,num+1):

sq=i*i

sum=sum+sq

print(sum)

38. Print all prime numbers in a range

PRG: start= int(input("Enter start: "))

end = int(input("Enter end: "))

for num in range(start, end+1):

if num > 1:

is_prime = True

for i in range(2, num):

if num % i == 0:

is_prime = False

break

if is_prime:

print(num)

39. Sort a list manually using bubble sort

PRG: arr = [5, 2, 8, 1, 3]

for i in range(n-1):

for j in range(0, n-1-i):

if arr[j] > arr[j+1]:

arr[j], arr[j+1] = arr[j+1], arr[j]

print(arr)

40. Count uppercase, lowercase, digits in a string

PRG: str=input()

u_count=0

l_count=0

d_count=0

for ch in str:

If [Link]():

u_count=u_count+1

elif [Link]():

l_count=l_count+1

else:

d_count=d_count+1

print(u_count)

print(l_count)

print(d_count)

41. Check if list is sorted

Return True/False

PRG: list=[3,2,5,4]

is_sorted=True

for i in range(len(list)-1):

if list[i]>list[i+1]:

is_sorted=False

break
 print(is_sorted)

with sorted fn :

lst = [3, 2, 5, 4]

if lst == sorted(lst):

print(True)

else:

print(False)

42. Rotate a list by k steps

PRG:

43. Find the longest word in a sentence

PRG: sentence = input("Enter a sentence: ")

words = [Link]() # split into words

longest = words[0] # assume first word is longest

for w in words:

if len(w) > len(longest):

longest = w

print("Longest word:", longest)

44. Convert Celsius to Fahrenheit

PRG: celsius = float(input("Enter temperature in Celsius: "))

fahrenheit = (celsius * 9/5) + 32

print("Temperature in Fahrenheit:", fahrenheit)

45. Check if substring exists in string (no in keyword)

PRG: