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Objective Questions
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.. A mininum of 8 questions here (along with answers)
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1. What will the function do?
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       def what(x)
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           return x*x
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   1. Returns the square of x
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   #. Returns x
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   #. Function doesn't have docstring
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   #. Error	   
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   Answer: Error
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2. What will the function do?
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       def what(x):
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           return x*x
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   1. Returns the square of x
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   #. Returns x
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   #. Function doesn't have docstring
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   #. Error	   
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   Answer: Returns the square of x
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3. How many arguments can be passed to a python function?
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   1. None
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   #. One
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   #. Two
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   #. Any
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   Answer: Any
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4. How many values can a python function return?
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   1. None
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   #. One
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   #. Two
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   #. Any
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   Answer: Any
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5. A python function can return only one value
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   1. True
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   #. False
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   Answer: False
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6. What will be the output of the following code?
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       def avg(a, b):
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       	   return (a + b) / 2
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       print avg(10,11)
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   #. 10.5
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   #. 11
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   #. 9.5
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   Answer: 10
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7. What will be the output of the following code?
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       def avg(a, b):
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       	   return (a + b) / 2
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       print avg(10,11.0)
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   #. 11
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   Answer: 10.5
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8. What will be the output of the following code?
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       def what(a, b):
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       	   return a + b / 2
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       print avg(10,11)
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Larger Questions
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.. A minimum of 2 questions here (along with answers)
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1. Write a python function to check the numbers a, b c is a Pythagorean
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   triplet or not.
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2. Write a python function which will accept an n digit number and
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   which returns the reverse of the number.