UNIT II - DATA TYPES, EXPRESSIONS, STATEMENTS

1. Which of the following runs Python code line by line?

a) Compiler
b) Interpreter
c) Assembler
d) Preprocessor
Answer: b) Interpreter
2. In interactive mode, Python statements are executed:
a) After the entire program is saved
b) Immediately after pressing Enter
c) Only if run as a script
d) Only inside functions
Answer: b) Immediately after pressing Enter
3. A Python file saved with .py extension is executed in:
a) Script mode
b) Interactive mode
c) Debug mode
d) Console mode
Answer: a) Script mode
4. The default Python prompt in interactive mode is:
a) ?
b) >>>
c) :::
d) $$
Answer: b) >>>
5. To exit Python interactive mode, we can use:
a) quit()
b) exit()
c) Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Ctrl+D (Linux/Mac)
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above

6. Which of these is a valid int value in Python?

a) 12.5
b) -15
c) "25"
d) True
Answer: b) -15
7. What is the type of 3.14 in Python?
a) int
b) float
c) str
d) bool
Answer: b) float
8. The Boolean value of bool(0) is:
a) True
b) False
c) Error
d) None
Answer: b) False
9. Which of the following is a string literal in Python?
a) 'Hello'
b) "Python"
c) """World"""
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
10. Which of the following represents a list?
a) {1, 2, 3}
b) (1, 2, 3)
c) [1, 2, 3]
d) "1,2,3"
Answer: c) [1, 2, 3]

11. Which symbol is used for assignment in Python?

a) =
b) ==
c) :=
d) ->
Answer: a) =
12. Which of the following is a valid variable name?
a) 2num
b) num_2
c) num-2
d) @num
Answer: b) num_2
13. An expression in Python always produces a:
a) Variable
b) Statement
c) Value
d) Function
Answer: c) Value
14. Which of these is a valid statement?
a) x = 10
b) print("Hello")
c) pass
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
15. The keyword pass in Python means:
a) Skip execution
b) Placeholder for future code
c) Break loop
d) Continue loop
Answer: b) Placeholder for future code
16. Tuple assignment a, b = 5, 10 results in:
a) Error
b) a = (5, 10), b = None
c) a = 5, b = 10
d) a = 10, b = 5
Answer: c) a = 5, b = 10
17. Which operator has the highest precedence in Python?
a) +
b) -
c) **
d) *
**Answer: c) **
18. In Python, 2 + 3 * 4 evaluates to:
a) 20
b) 14
c) 24
d) 120
Answer: b) 14
19. The expression (2 + 3) * 4 evaluates to:
a) 20
b) 14
c) 24
d) 120
Answer: a) 20
20. In Python, not True or False evaluates to:
a) True
b) False
c) None
d) Error
Answer: b) False

21. In Python, a single-line comment starts with:

a) //
b) <!--
c) #
d) --
Answer: c) #
22. Multi-line comments in Python are usually written using:
a) /* … */
b) """ … """
c) // … //
d) -- … --
Answer: b) """ … """
23. What happens if a comment is written in Python?
a) It is ignored during execution
b) It produces an error
c) It is stored in memory
d) It changes program speed
Answer: a) It is ignored during execution
 24. Which of the following is a valid comment line?
a) ## This is a comment
b) #This is a comment
c) # This is a comment
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
25. Comments are used for:
a) Explaining code
b) Debugging help
c) Ignored by interpreter
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above

26. Which of the following swaps the values of x and y in Python?

a) x, y = y, x
b) swap(x, y)
c) x = y; y = x
d) x := y
Answer: a) x, y = y, x
27. After executing a, b, c = 1, 2, 3; a, b, c = b, c, a, the value of a is:
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) None
Answer: b) 2
28. If a, b, c = 10, 20, 30 and then a, b, c = c, a, b, the final values are:
a) a=20, b=30, c=10
b) a=30, b=10, c=20
c) a=10, b=20, c=30
d) a=10, b=30, c=20
Answer: b) a=30, b=10, c=20
29. The most Pythonic way to exchange two variables is:
a) Using a temporary variable
b) Using arithmetic operations (+, -)
c) Using x, y = y, x
d) Using bitwise XOR
Answer: c) Using x, y = y, x
30. What will be printed?

x, y, z = 1, 2, 3
x, y, z = z, x, y
print(x, y, z)

a) 3 1 2
b) 1 2 3
c) 2 3 1
d) 3 2 1
Answer: a) 3 1 2
 31. The formula to compute distance between points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) is:
a) (x2 - x1) + (y2 - y1)
b) (x2 - x1) * (y2 - y1)
c) ((x2 - x1)**2 + (y2 - y1)**2) ** 0.5
d) abs(x2 - x1) + abs(y2 - y1)
**Answer: c) ((x2 - x1)**2 + (y2 - y1)2) ** 0.5
32. In Python, to import the square root function, we write:
a) import [Link]
b) from math import sqrt
c) math sqrt
d) sqrt(math)
Answer: b) from math import sqrt
33. What will be the output?

import math
x1, y1, x2, y2 = 0, 0, 3, 4
dist = [Link]((x2-x1)**2 + (y2-y1)**2)
print(dist)

a) 5
b) 7
c) 25
d) 2.5
Answer: a) 5

34. Which data type is returned by [Link](25)?

a) int
b) float
c) str
d) bool
Answer: b) float
35. If dist = ((6-2)**2 + (8-5)**2)**0.5, what is the value of dist?
a) 25
b) 10
c) 5
d) 2
Answer: c) 5

36. What is the result of 2 ** 3 ** 2?

a) 64
b) 512
c) 256
d) 16
Answer: b) 512 (right-to-left evaluation)
37. In Python, not 0 evaluates to:
a) 0
b) 1
c) True
d) False
Answer: c) True
 38. The result of 7 // 2 is:
a) 3.5
b) 3
c) 4
d) 2
Answer: b) 3
39. The result of 7 % 2 is:
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
Answer: b) 1
40. The result of 2 * 3 ** 2 is:
a) 36
b) 18
c) 12
d) 9
Answer: b) 18

41. What is the output?

a, b = 5, 2
print(a / b)

a) 2
b) 2.5
c) 2.0
d) Error
Answer: b) 2.5

42. What is the output?

a, b = 5, 2
print(a // b)

a) 2.5
b) 2
c) 3
d) Error
Answer: b) 2

43. What is the output?

x = True
y = False
print(x and y)

a) True
b) False
c) Error
d) None
Answer: b) False

44. What is the output?

x = "10"
y = 5
print(x * y)

a) 50
b) "10" * 5 → "1010101010"
c) Error
d) "50"
Answer: b) "1010101010"

45. What is the output?

x = [1, 2, 3]
print(x * 2)

a) [1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]
b) [2, 4, 6]
c) [1, 2, 3, 2]
d) Error
Answer: a) [1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]

46. What is the output?

x = "Python"
print(x[0])

a) P
b) y
c) n
d) Error
Answer: a) P

47. What is the output?

x = "Python"
print(x[-1])

a) P
b) n
c) o
d) Error
Answer: b) n

48. What is the output?

x = [10, 20, 30, 40]

print(x[1:3])
a) [10, 20, 30]
b) [20, 30]
c) [30, 40]
d) Error
Answer: b) [20, 30]

49. What is the output?

x = [1, 2, 3]
y = x
[Link](4)
print(x)

a) [1, 2, 3]
b) [1, 2, 3, 4]
c) [4]
d) Error
Answer: b) [1, 2, 3, 4]

50. What is the output?

a = 10
b = 20
print(a == b)

a) True
b) False
c) Error
d) None
Answer: b) False

51. What is the output?

x = [1, 2, 3]
print(len(x))

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) Error
Answer: b) 3

52. Which of the following methods adds an element to the end of a list?
a) add()
b) append()
c) insert()
d) extend()
Answer: b) append()
53. Which method is used to add multiple elements to a list at once?
a) add()
 b) insert()
c) append()
d) extend()
Answer: d) extend()
54. What is the output?

x = [1, 2, 3]
[Link](1, 99)
print(x)

a) [1, 99, 2, 3]
b) [99, 1, 2, 3]
c) [1, 2, 99, 3]
d) Error
Answer: a) [1, 99, 2, 3]

55. Which method removes and returns the last element of a list?
a) remove()
b) delete()
c) pop()
d) discard()
Answer: c) pop()
56. What is the output?

x = [10, 20, 30]

print([Link]())

a) 10
b) 20
c) 30
d) Error
Answer: c) 30

57. What is the output?

x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
print(x[::2])

a) [1, 2, 3]
b) [1, 3, 5]
c) [2, 4]
d) Error
Answer: b) [1, 3, 5]

58. What is the output?

x = [1, 2, 3]
y = x * 2
print(y)
a) [2, 4, 6]
b) [1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]
c) [1, 2, 3]
d) Error
Answer: b) [1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]

59. What is the output?

x = [1, 2, 3]
print(2 in x)

a) True
b) False
c) Error
d) None
Answer: a) True

60. What is the output?

x = [1, 2, 3]
print(5 not in x)

a) True
b) False
c) Error
d) None
Answer: a) True

61. What is the output?

s = "Python"
print([Link]())

a) python
b) PYTHON
c) Python
d) Error
Answer: b) PYTHON

62. What is the output?

s = "Python"
print([Link]())

a) PYTHON
b) python
c) Python
d) Error
Answer: b) python

63. What is the output?

s = "python programming"
print([Link]())

a) Python programming
b) Python Programming
c) Pythonprogramming
d) Error
Answer: b) Python Programming

64. What is the output?

s = "Python"
print(s[1:4])

a) Pyt
b) yth
c) ytho
d) tho
Answer: b) yth

65. What is the output?

s = "Python"
print(s[::-1])

a) Python
b) nohtyP
c) Error
d) Pytho
Answer: b) nohtyP

66. What is the result of True and False or True?

a) True
b) False
c) Error
d) None
Answer: a) True (because and first → False or True = True)
67. What is the result of not (True and False)?
a) True
b) False
c) Error
d) None
Answer: a) True
68. What is the result of (10 > 5) and (5 < 3)?
a) True
b) False
c) Error
d) None
Answer: b) False
69. What is the result of (5 == 5) or (3 != 3)?
a) True
 b) False
c) Error
d) None
Answer: a) True
70. What is the result of not 0 in Python?
a) 0
b) 1
c) True
d) False
Answer: c) True

71. What is the output of 3 + 2 * 2?

a) 10
b) 7
c) 12
d) 8
Answer: b) 7
72. What is the output of (3 + 2) * 2?
a) 7
b) 10
c) 12
d) 8
Answer: b) 10
73. What is the result of 2 ** 3 ** 2?
a) 64
b) 512
c) 256
d) 16
Answer: b) 512
74. What is the result of 4 + 3 % 5?
a) 7
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Answer: a) 7
75. What is the result of 5 * 2 // 3?
a) 3.33
b) 3
c) 10
d) 2
Answer: b) 3

76. What is the output of 7 / 2 in Python 3?

a) 3
b) 3.5
c) 4
d) Error
Answer: b) 3.5
77. What is the output of 7 // 2 in Python?
a) 3
 b) 3.5
c) 4
d) Error
Answer: a) 3
78. What is the output of 7 % 2?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 0
Answer: a) 1
79. Which of the following is not a valid statement in Python?
a) x = 10
b) print("Hello")
c) 10 = x
d) pass
Answer: c) 10 = x
80. A statement that does nothing in Python is written as:
a) null
b) pass
c) skip
d) continue
Answer: b) pass

81. What is the output?

a, b = 5, 10
a, b = b, a
print(a, b)

a) 5 10
b) 10 5
c) 15 15
d) Error
Answer: b) 10 5

82. What is the output?

a, b, c = 1, 2, 3
a, b, c = c, a, b
print(a, b, c)

a) 1 2 3
b) 3 1 2
c) 2 3 1
d) Error
Answer: b) 3 1 2

83. Tuple assignment allows:

a) Multiple values to be assigned in one line
b) Value swapping without temporary variable
c) Circulation of values
 d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
84. What will happen?

a, b = 5, 10, 15

a) a=5, b=10
b) a=5, b=10, 15 ignored
c) Error (too many values to unpack)
d) None
Answer: c) Error (too many values to unpack)

85. What is the output?

a, b, c = 10, 20, 30
a, b, c = b, c, a
print(c)

a) 10
b) 20
c) 30
d) Error
Answer: a) 10

86. What is the output?

x = [1, 2, 3]
print(x[1:])

a) [1]
b) [1, 2]
c) [2, 3]
d) [3]
Answer: c) [2, 3]

87. What is the output?

x = "hello"
print(x[1:4])

a) hel
b) ell
c) llo
d) hlo
Answer: b) ell

88. What is the output?

x = "abc" * 3
print(x)
a) abcabcabc
b) abc*3
c) abcabc
d) Error
Answer: a) abcabcabc

89. Which of these methods is used to find the position of a substring?

a) index()
b) find()
c) search()
d) Both a and b
Answer: d) Both a and b
90. What is the output?

s = "banana"
print([Link]("a"))

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) Error
Answer: b) 3

91. A single-line comment in Python starts with:

a) //
b) #
c) <!--
d) ;;
Answer: b) #
92. Multi-line comments are usually written using:
a) /* … */
b) """ … """
c) // … //
d) -- … --
Answer: b) """ … """
93. What happens to comments during execution?
a) Executed normally
b) Ignored by interpreter
c) Stored as metadata
d) Cause error
Answer: b) Ignored by interpreter
94. Which of the following is a valid comment line?
a) # This is a comment
b) ## Another comment
c) #Comment without space
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
 95. Comments in Python are mainly used for:
a) Improving code readability
b) Debugging
c) Documentation
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above

96. What is the output of the following swap program?

a, b = 10, 20
a, b = b, a
print(a, b)

a) 10 20
b) 20 10
c) 30 30
d) Error
Answer: b) 20 10

97. What is the output?

a, b, c = 1, 2, 3
a, b, c = b, c, a
print(a, b, c)

a) 1 2 3
b) 2 3 1
c) 3 1 2
d) Error
Answer: b) 2 3 1

98. Distance program: If (x1, y1) = (0,0) and (x2, y2) = (6,8), the distance is:
a) 10
b) 14
c) 5
d) 12
Answer: a) 10
99. What will be printed?

x, y = 5, 10
x, y = y, x + y
print(x, y)

a) 10 15
b) 5 10
c) 15 10
d) Error
Answer: a) 10 15

100. What will be the output?

x, y, z = 1, 2, 3
x, y, z = z, x, y
print(z)

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) Error
Answer: b) 2