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Python List, Tuple, Dictionary Exercises (10 Each)

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10 Objective questions and answers on the list

Before getting started with the questions on Python lists, check out a
short definition of a list in Python. It will help you remember about it
quickly.

What is a list type in Python?

A list, in Python, stores a sequence of objects in a defined order. Python
lists allow indexing and iterating through its elements. Lists are mutable
objects that you can modify after creation.

Q-1. What will be the output of the following Python code?

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list = [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ]
print ( list [:: 2 ])

A. [1,2]
B. [8,9]
C. [1,3,5,7,9]
D. [1,2,3]

Answer 1 Single Choice

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0/1 correct

Q-2. The code below manipulates a Python list using the slicing operator.
What will be the output?

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list = [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ]
list [:: 2 ] = 10 , 20 , 30 , 40 , 50 , 60
print ( list )

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A. ValueError: Attempt to assign a sequence of size 6 to an extended slice

of size 5
B. [10, 2, 20, 4, 30, 6, 40, 8, 50, 60]
C. [1, 2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60]
D. [1, 10, 3, 20, 5, 30, 7, 40, 9, 50, 60]

Answer 2 Single Choice

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0/1 correct

Q-3. What will be the output of the following code snippet?

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list = [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]
print ( list [ 3 : 0 :- 1 ])

A. Syntax error
B. [4, 3, 2]
C. [4, 3]
D. [4, 3, 2, 1]

Answer 3 Single Choice

1 2 3 4

0/1 correct

Q-4. What will the Python function in the code below do? Choose the right
option.

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def f ( value , values ):

values [ value ] = 44

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value = 0

t = 3
v = [1, 2, 3, 4]
f(t, v)

print ( t , v [ t ])

A. 1 44
B. 3 1
C. 3 44
D. 1 1

Answer 4 Single Choice

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Q-5. What is the correct command to shuffle the given Python list?

fruit_list = [ 'apple' , 'banana' , 'papaya' , 'cherry' ]

A. [Link]()
B. shuffle(fruit)
C. [Link](fruit)
D. [Link](fruit)

Answer 5 Single Choice

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Q-6. The function below is iterating over a nested Python list. What will it
return?

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listoflists = [[[ 1 , 2 ], [ 3 , 4 ]], [[ 5 , 6 ], [ 7 , 8 ]]]

def fun ( m ):
v = m [ 0 ][ 0 ]
for row in m :
for element in row :
if v < element : v = element
return v

print ( fun ( listoflists [ 0 ]))

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
F. 6

Answer 6 Single Choice

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0/1 correct

Q-7. The below code is iterating over a nested Python list. What will be the
output?

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listoflists = [[ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ],
[ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ],
[ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ],
[ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ]]
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for i in range ( 0 , 4 ):
print ( listoflists [ i ]. pop ())

A. 1 2 3 4
B. 1 4 8 12
C. 4 7 11 15
D. 12,13,14,15

Answer 7 Single Choice

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Q-8. What will be the output of the following Python code?

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def f ( i , values = []):

values . append ( i )
print ( values )
return values
f(1)
f(2)
f(3)

A. [1] [2] [3]

B. [1, 2, 3]
C. [1] [1, 2] [1, 2, 3]
D. 1 2 3

Answer 8 Single Choice

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Q-9. The code below uses a Python list and iterates using the range()
function. What will be the output?

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list = [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]
for i in range ( 1 , 6 ):
list [ i - 1 ] = list [ i ]
for i in range ( 0 , 6 ):
print ( list [ i ], end = " " )

A. 1 2 3 4 5 6
B. 2 3 4 5 6 1
C. 1 1 2 3 4 5
D. 2 3 4 5 6 6

Answer 9 Single Choice

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Q-10. What will be the output of the following code snippet?

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fruit_list1 = [ 'Apple' , 'Berry' , 'Cherry' , 'Papaya' ]

fruit_list2 = fruit_list1
fruit_list3 = fruit_list1 [:]

fruit_list2 [ 0 ] = 'Guava'
fruit_list3 [ 1 ] = 'Kiwi'

sum = 0
for ls in ( fruit_list1 , fruit_list2 , fruit_list3 ):
if ls [ 0 ] == 'Guava' :
sum += 1
if ls [ 1 ] == 'Kiwi' :

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sum += 20

print ( sum )

A. 22
B. 21
C. 0
D. 43

Answer 10 Single Choice

1 2 3 4

0/1 correct

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Let’s take up 10 questions on Python tuples!

Before you dive in to solve the questions below, quickly have a bird-view
on the concept of a tuple in Python.

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What is a tuple in Python?

A tuple is similar to a list, but it’s immutable. Another semantic difference
between a list and a tuple is that “Tuples are heterogeneous data
structures whereas the list is a homogeneous sequence.”.

Q-1. What will be the output of the following Python code?

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init_tuple = ()
print ( init_tuple . __len__ ())

A. None
B. 1
C. 0
D. Exception

Answer 11 Single Choice

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0/1 correct

Q-2. What will be the output of the following Python coding snippet?

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init_tuple_a = 'a' , 'b'

init_tuple_b = ( 'a' , 'b' )

print ( init_tuple_a == init_tuple_b )

A. 0
B. 1
C. False
D. True

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Answer 12 Single Choice

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Q-3. What will be the output of the following code snippet?

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init_tuple_a = '1' , '2'

init_tuple_b = ( '3' , '4' )

print ( init_tuple_a + init_tuple_b )

A. (1, 2, 3, 4)
B. (‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’, ‘4’)
C. [‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’, ‘4’]
D. None

Answer 13 Single Choice

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0/1 correct

Q-4. What will be the output of the following code snippet?

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init_tuple_a = 1 , 2
init_tuple_b = ( 3 , 4 )

[ print ( sum ( x )) for x in [ init_tuple_a + init_tuple_b ]]

A. Nothing gets printed.

B. 4
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C. 10
D. TypeError: unsupported operand type

Answer 14 Single Choice

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0/1 correct

Q-5. What will be the output of the following code snippet?

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init_tuple = [( 0 , 1 ), ( 1 , 2 ), ( 2 , 3 )]

result = sum ( n for _ , n in init_tuple )

print ( result )

A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
D. Nothing gets printed.

Answer 15 Single Choice

1 2 3 4

0/1 correct

Q-6. Which of the following statements given below is/are true about a
Python tuple?

A. Tuples have structure, and lists have an order.

B. Tuples are homogeneous, and lists are heterogeneous.
C. Tuples are immutable, and lists are mutable.
D. All of them.

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Answer 16 Multiple Choice

1 2 3 4

0/2 correct

Q-7. What will be the output of the following code snippet?

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list = [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]

init_tuple = ( 'Python' ,) * ( list . __len__ () - list [::- 1 ][ 0 ])

print ( init_tuple )

A. ()
B. (‘Python’)
C. (‘Python’, ‘Python’)
D. Runtime Exception.

Answer 17 Single Choice

1 2 3 4

0/1 correct

Q-8. What will be the output of the following code using a Python tuple?

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init_tuple = ( 'Python' ) * 3

print ( type ( init_tuple ))

A. <class ‘tuple’>
B. <class ‘str’>
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C. <class ‘list’>
D. <class ‘function’>

Answer 18 Single Choice

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Q-9. What will be the output of the following code snippet?

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init_tuple = ( 1 ,) * 3

init_tuple [ 0 ] = 2

print ( init_tuple )

A. (1, 1, 1)
B. (2, 2, 2)
C. (2, 1, 1)
D. TypeError: ‘tuple’ object does not support item assignment

Answer 19 Single Choice

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Q-10. What will be the output of the following Python code?

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init_tuple = (( 1 , 2 ),) * 7

print ( len ( init_tuple [ 3 : 8 ]))

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A. Exception
B. 5
C. 4
D. None

Answer 20 Single Choice

1 2 3 4

0/1 correct

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Here is a short description of a dictionary in Python to let you understand

it quickly.

What is a dictionar y type in Python?

Dictionaries in Python are collections of elements in the form of key-value
pairs. They are unordered by default and use hash tables for indexing.
Search operations are generally faster in a dictionary as keys are hashed,
allowing for efficient lookups.

Q-1. What is the output of the below Python code?

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dict = {( 1 , 2 ): 1 ,( 2 , 3 ): 2 }
print ( dict [ 1 , 2 ])

A. Key Error
B. 1
C. {(2,3):2}
D. {(1,2):1}

Answer 21 Single Choice

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0/1 correct

Q-2. What will be the output of the following Python coding snippet?

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dict = { 'a' : 1 , 'b' : 2 , 'c' : 3 }

print ( dict [ 'a' , 'b' ])

A. Key Error
B. [1,2]
C. {‘a’:1,’b’:2}
D. (1,2)

Answer 22 Single Choice

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0/1 correct

Q-3. The code below has a Python function writing to a dictionary. What
will it print in the end?
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Run

fruit_dict = {}

def addone ( index ):

if index in fruit_dict :
fruit_dict [ index ] += 1
else :
fruit_dict [ index ] = 1

addone ( 'Apple' )
addone ( 'Banana' )
addone ( 'apple' )
print ( len ( fruit_dict ))

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

Answer 23 Single Choice

1 2 3 4

0/1 correct

Q-4. What will be the output of the following Python coding snippet?

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dict = {}
dict [ 1 ] = 1
dict [ '1' ] = 2
dict [ 1 ] += 1

sum = 0
for k in dict :
sum += dict [ k ]

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print ( sum )

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

Answer 24 Single Choice

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0/1 correct

Q-5. How will the Python dictionary in the below code behave? Choose
the right answer.

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dict = {}
dict [ 1 ] = 1
dict [ '1' ] = 2
dict [ 1 . 0 ] = 4

sum = 0
for k in dict :
sum += dict [ k ]

print ( sum )

A. 7
B. Syntax error
C. 3
D. 6

Answer 25 Single Choice

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1 2 3 4

0/1 correct

Q-6. What will be the output of the following code snippet?

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dict = {}
dict [( 1 , 2 , 4 )] = 8
dict [( 4 , 2 , 1 )] = 10
dict [( 1 , 2 )] = 12

sum = 0
for k in dict :
sum += dict [ k ]

print ( sum )
print ( dict )

A. Syntax error
B. 30
{(1, 2): 12, (4, 2, 1): 10, (1, 2, 4): 8}
C. 47
{(1, 2): 12, (4, 2, 1): 10, (1, 2, 4): 8}
D. 30
{[1, 2]: 12, [4, 2, 1]: 10, [1, 2, 4]: 8}

Answer 26 Single Choice

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Q-7. What will the following Python dictionary code print in its result?

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box = {}
jars = {}
crates = {}
box [ 'biscuit' ] = 1
box [ 'cake' ] = 3
jars [ 'jam' ] = 4
crates [ 'box' ] = box
crates [ 'jars' ] = jars
print ( len ( crates [ box ]))

A. 1
B. 3
C. 4
D. Type Error

Answer 27 Single Choice

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0/1 correct

Q-8. What will be the output of the Python code given below?

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dict = { 'c' : 97 , 'a' : 96 , 'b' : 98 }

for _ in sorted ( dict ):

print ( dict [ _ ])

A. 96 98 97
B. 96 97 98
C. 98 97 96
D. NameError

Answer 28 Single Choice

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1 2 3 4

0/1 correct

Q-9. Will the ID of a copied Python dictionary object change? Check your
answer.

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rec = { "Name" : "Python" , "Age" : "20" }

r = rec . copy ()
print ( id ( r ) == id ( rec ))

A. True
B. False
C. 0
D. 1

Answer 29 Single Choice

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Q-10. What will be the result of the below Python code?

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rec = { "Name" : "Python Programmer" , "Age" : "20" , "Addr" : "NJ" , "Count

id1 = id ( rec )
del rec
rec = { "Name" : "Python Programmer" , "Age" : "20" , "Addr" : "NJ" , "Count
id2 = id ( rec )
print ( id1 == id2 )

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A. True
B. False
C. 1
D. Exception

Answer 30 Single Choice

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