PYTHON 100 MCQ

1. Which of the following best defines "problem defini on" in program planning?

o A) Debugging code

o B) Iden fying program inputs and outputs

o C) Wri ng pseudocode

o D) Execu ng a program
Answer: B

2. What is the main purpose of debugging?

o A) Designing program layout

o B) Removing logical and syntax errors

o C) Wri ng documenta on

o D) Crea ng a user interface

Answer: B

3. Which type of error is caused by incorrect logic in the program?

o A) Syntax error

o B) Run me error

o C) Logical error

o D) Compila on error
Answer: C

4. Which of the following is not a programming methodology?

o A) Bo om-up

o B) Top-down

o C) Le -right

o D) Structured
Answer: C

5. Which diagram is used for visualizing algorithm flow?

o A) Venn diagram

o B) Pie chart

o C) Flowchart
 o D) Decision tree
Answer: C

6. Structured programming includes:

o A) GOTO statements

o B) Sequence, selec on, and itera on

o C) Random instruc ons

o D) Manual opera ons

Answer: B

7. What does documenta on in programming refer to?

o A) File encryp on

o B) Recording program errors

o C) Descrip ve explana on of code

o D) Dele ng temporary files

Answer: C

8. Which of the following is a tool for decision making in problem solving?

o A) Compiler

o B) Decision table

o C) IDE

o D) Debugger
Answer: B

9. Which method starts from a general idea and works toward specifics?

o A) Bo om-up

o B) Top-down

o C) Inside-out

o D) Backward chaining
Answer: B

10. In which concept are small problems solved first and then integrated?

 A) Linear programming

 B) Top-down

 C) Bo om-up

 D) Dynamic programming
Answer: C

11. Which symbol is used to start comments in Python?

 A) //

 B) #

 C) /*

 D) <!--
Answer: B

12. Which of the following is a valid iden fier in Python?

 A) 2data

 B) my-name

 C) _value

 D) class
Answer: C

13. What will be the output of: print(2 + 3 * 5)?

 A) 25

 B) 17

 C) 15

 D) 21
Answer: B

14. Which operator is used for exponen a on in Python?

 A) ^

 B) **

 C) ~

 D) %
Answer: B

15. What is the output of print(True and False)?

 A) True

 B) False

 C) 0

 D) 1
Answer: B

16. The input() func on returns:

 A) Integer

 B) Float

 C) String
 D) Boolean
Answer: C

17. Which statement is used to exit from a loop prematurely?

 A) con nue

 B) exit

 C) stop

 D) break
Answer: D

18. Which keyword is used to define a func on in Python?

 A) func on

 B) func

 C) define

 D) def
Answer: D

19. What is the default return value of a func on that does not explicitly return anything?

 A) null

 B) None

 C) 0

 D) Undefined
Answer: B

20. Which of the following is not a valid control structure in Python?

 A) if

 B) for

 C) do-while

 D) while
Answer: C

21. What is the key feature of a recursive func on?

 A) Calls another func on

 B) Calls itself

 C) Uses loops

 D) Contains a return statement

Answer: B
22. What is a stack diagram used for in recursion?

 A) Show memory usage

 B) Show recursion calls and returns

 C) Op mize loops

 D) Debug syntax errors

Answer: B

23. What will a, b = b, a do in Python?

 A) Swap values of a and b

 B) Assign both to None

 C) Raise an error

 D) Mul ply a and b

Answer: A

24. Which keyword is used to return a value from a func on?

 A) return

 B) yield

 C) output

 D) pass
Answer: A

25. Which loop is best suited for checking a condi on before execu ng?

 A) for

 B) do-while

 C) whileHow do you access the last element of a list named myList?

 A) myList[0]

 B) myList[1]

 C) myList[-1]

 D) myList[len]
Answer: C

32. What does myList.append(5) do?

 A) Replaces all values with 5

 B) Adds 5 at end of list

 C) Removes 5

 D) Sorts the list

Answer: B
33. Which func on is used to delete a list element by index?

 A) delete()

 B) remove()

 C) del

 D) pop()
Answer: C

34. What is cloning a list?

 A) Dele ng a list

 B) Crea ng a copy of the list

 C) Slicing part of a list

 D) Combining two lists

Answer: B

35. Which of the following is a nested list?

 A) [1, 2, 3]

 B) [“a”, “b”]

 C) [[1, 2], [3, 4]]

 D) [5]
Answer: C

36. Which is the correct syntax to define a class?

 A) class MyClass()

 B) class = MyClass:

 C) class MyClass:

 D) class: MyClass()
Answer: C

37. What is the first argument of a method inside a class?

 A) this

 B) class

 C) self

 D) object
Answer: C

38. Which of the following is a built-in standard library module in Python?

 A) Java

 B) collec ons
 C) main

 D) cpp
Answer: B

39. Which func on is called when an object is created from a class?

 A) del

 B) new

 C) init

 D) call
Answer: C

40. How do you create an object of class Car?

 A) obj = new Car()

 B) obj = Car

 C) obj = Car()

 D) obj.Car()
Answer: C

41. Which of the following is a linear data structure?

 A) Tree

 B) Graph

 C) Stack

 D) HashMap
Answer: C

42. A queue follows which principle?

 A) LIFO

 B) FIFO

 C) FILO

 D) LILO
Answer: B

43. Which of these is not a Python data structure?

 A) list

 B) set

 C) stack

 D) string
Answer: D
44. What is the me complexity of linear search in worst case?

 A) O(1)

 B) O(n)

 C) O(log n)

 D) O(n log n)
Answer: B

45. Which sor ng method repeatedly swaps adjacent elements?

 A) Selec on sort

 B) Bubble sort

 C) Inser on sort

 D) Merge sort
Answer: B

46. What is the average me complexity of binary search?

 A) O(n)

 B) O(1)

 C) O(log n)

 D) O(n^2)
Answer: C

47. Which algorithm builds the sorted list one element at a me?

 A) Bubble sort

 B) Merge sort

 C) Inser on sort

 D) Quick sort
Answer: C

48. Which data structure allows fast membership tes ng?

 A) List

 B) Tuple

 C) Set

 D) String
Answer: C

49. The data structure where elements can be added or removed from both ends:

 A) Stack

 B) Queue
 C) Deque

 D) Tree
Answer: C

50. Which of these is used for Last-In-First-Out access?

 A) Queue

 B) Stack

 C) Array

 D) Set
Answer: B

51. Which of the following best describes "structured programming"?

 A) Uses goto statements

 B) Emphasizes breaking down problems into func ons

 C) Depends on global variables

 D) Uses only classes and objects

Answer: B

52. What is the primary goal of top-down programming design?

 A) Op mize machine performance

 B) Break the program into modules from high-level to low-level

 C) Start coding immediately

 D) Avoid documenta on
Answer: B

53. Which diagram is useful in tracing recursive calls and returns?

 A) UML diagram

 B) Flowchart

 C) Stack diagram

 D) Gan chart
Answer: C

54. Which of the following best demonstrates recursion?

 A) A loop with break

 B) A func on calling itself

 C) A func on calling a helper func on

 D) A switch case statement

Answer: B
 55. What is the purpose of the ternary operator in Python?

 A) Simplify if-else statements

 B) Mul ply values

 C) Break loops

 D) Call recursive func ons

Answer: A

56. Which of the following is not a valid literal in Python?

 A) 0b101

 B) 3.14

 C) "Hello"

 D) 2e2.5
Answer: D

57. What is the output of: print("5" * 3)?

 A) 15

 B) 555

 C) Error

 D) 5 * 3
Answer: B

58. Which is used to handle excep ons in Python?

 A) try-expect

 B) try-except

 C) catch-except

 D) handle-catch
Answer: B

59. Which statement can be used to skip the rest of the code inside a loop for current itera on?

 A) break

 B) skip

 C) con nue

 D) exit
Answer: C

60. What does the following code output?

def f(): pass

print(f())
 A) None

 B) 0

 C) Error

 D) pass
Answer: A

61. What is the result of list("abc")?

 A) ['abc']

 B) ['a', 'b', 'c']

 C) ['a b c']

 D) abc
Answer: B

62. What is the output of "python".find("t")?

 A) 2

 B) 1

 C) 3

 D) True
Answer: A

63. Which method removes the first matching value in a list?

 A) remove()

 B) pop()

 C) del()

 D) discard()
Answer: A

64. What does list1 + list2 do in Python?

 A) Merges two lists

 B) Adds corresponding elements

 C) Creates tuple

 D) Creates dic onary

Answer: A

65. What does list1 * 2 do?

 A) Doubles values

 B) Mul plies all values

 C) Repeats the list

 D) Error
Answer: C

66. A class method is defined using which decorator?

 A) @sta c

 B) @classmethod

 C) @method

 D) @self
Answer: B

67. Which method is called when an object is destroyed?

 A) delete

 B) destroy

 C) del

 D) finalize
Answer: C

68. What does isinstance(obj, Class) check?

 A) Whether obj is a class

 B) Whether obj is an instance of Class

 C) Whether Class inherits obj

 D) Whether obj is callable

Answer: B

69. What happens when we call sorted(set([3,1,4,1,5]))?

 A) [1, 3, 4, 5]

 B) [3, 1, 4, 5]

 C) [1, 1, 3, 4, 5]

 D) Error
Answer: A

70. What will set([1, 2, 2, 3]) return?

 A) [1, 2, 2, 3]

 B) {1, 2, 2, 3}

 C) {1, 2, 3}

 D) Error
Answer: C

71. Which of the following has O(1) average lookup me?

  A) List

 B) Set

 C) Tuple

 D) String
Answer: B

72. What is the output of:

def fact(n): return 1 if n == 0 else n * fact(n - 1)

print(fact(3))

 A) 6

 B) 9

 C) 3

 D) Error
Answer: A

73. What is a key feature of selec on sort?

 A) Always stable

 B) Minimum swaps

 C) Uses pivot

 D) Divide and conquer

Answer: B

74. Which is faster for searching in large sorted data?

 A) Linear search

 B) Binary search

 C) Bubble search

 D) Tree traversal
Answer: B

75. How many comparisons does linear search do in worst case for n items?

 A) 1

 B) n

 C) n/2

 D) log(n)
Answer: B

76. Which Python module provides array support with fixed types?

 A) array
 B) list

 C) typing

 D) numpy
Answer: A

77. What is the advantage of using recursion?

 A) Less memory

 B) Easier for complex problems like tree traversals

 C) Be er performance always

 D) Avoids base case

Answer: B

78. What does break do in nested loops?

 A) Exits only the inner loop

 B) Exits all loops

 C) Skips current itera on

 D) Restarts loop
Answer: A

79. What is the result of not (True and False)?

 A) True

 B) False

 C) Error

 D) None
Answer: A

80. What will bool("") evaluate to?

 A) True

 B) False

 C) 0

 D) None
Answer: B

81. What is the me complexity of inser ng at the end of a Python list?

 A) O(1)

 B) O(n)

 C) O(log n)
 D) O(n log n)
Answer: A

82. What is the me complexity of removing an element from the middle of a list?

 A) O(1)

 B) O(n)

 C) O(log n)

 D) O(n^2)
Answer: B

83. Which Python structure guarantees uniqueness?

 A) List

 B) Tuple

 C) Set

 D) Array
Answer: C

84. Which func on is used to convert a string into a list of characters?

 A) explode()

 B) char()

 C) list()

 D) strtolist()
Answer: C

85. What is the default mode of the open() func on?

 A) read ('r')

 B) write ('w')

 C) append ('a')

 D) binary ('b')
Answer: A

86. Which is faster: dic onary lookup or list lookup?

 A) Dic onary

 B) List

 C) Same

 D) Depends on size
Answer: A

87. Which sor ng algorithm has the best average me complexity?

 A) Bubble Sort

 B) Merge Sort

 C) Selec on Sort

 D) Inser on Sort
Answer: B

88. Which method adds an element at a specific index in a list?

 A) insert()

 B) append()

 C) push()

 D) add()
Answer: A

89. What will be the result of bool([])?

 A) True

 B) False

 C) None

 D) 0
Answer: B

90. Which Python keyword is used to define a class?

 A) object

 B) def

 C) struct

 D) class
Answer: D

91. Which built-in func on returns the memory address of an object?

 A) mem()

 B) id()

 C) ref()

 D) address()
Answer: B

92. What is printed by: print(type([]) is list)?

 A) True

 B) False

 C) list
 D) Error
Answer: A

93. Which loop is most appropriate when the number of itera ons is unknown?

 A) for

 B) while

 C) do-while

 D) repeat
Answer: B

94. Which of the following does not support item assignment?

 A) List

 B) Dic onary

 C) Tuple

 D) Set
Answer: C

95. What does the pass statement do?

 A) Skips func on

 B) Placeholder for future code

 C) Exits loop

 D) Repeats loop
Answer: B

96. What does the in keyword test?

 A) Membership

 B) Index

 C) Type

 D) Range
Answer: A

97. How is excep on handling done in Python?

 A) if-else

 B) try-catch

 C) try-except

 D) switch-case
Answer: C

98. What is a decorator in Python?

 A) A comment

 B) A wrapper to modify func ons

 C) A method in a class

 D) A type of loop
Answer: B

99. How are arguments passed in Python func ons?

 A) Pass by value

 B) Pass by reference

 C) Pass by object-reference

 D) Pass by copy
Answer: C

100. What does PEP stand for in Python?

 A) Python Enhancement Proposal

 B) Python Execu on Protocol

 C) Programming Efficient Python

 D) Python En ty Processor
Answer: A