getting_started_with_lists/questions.rst
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+Objective Questions
+-------------------
+
+.. A mininum of 8 questions here (along with answers)
+
+1. How do you create an empty list? ::
+
+   empty=[]
+   
+2. What is the most important property of sequence data types like lists?
+
+   The elements are in order and can be accessed by index numbers.
+
+3. Can you have a list inside a list ? 
+
+   Yes,List can contain all the other data types, including list. 
+   
+   Example:
+   list_in_list=[2.3,[2,4,6],'string,'all datatypes can be there']
+   
+4. What is the index number of the first element in a list?
+
+   0
+   nonempty = ['spam', 'eggs', 100, 1.234]
+   nonempty[0]
+
+5. How would you access the end of a list without finding its length?
+
+   Using negative indices. We can the list from the end using negative indices.
+
+   ::
+   nonempty = ['spam', 'eggs', 100, 1.234]
+   nonempty[-1]
+
+6. What is the function to find the length of a list?
+
+   len
+
+7. Delete the last element from list sq=[5,4,3,2,1,0]
+
+   del(sq[-1])
+   
+8. How many will you have to use remove function to remove all 6's from the given list sq=[2,5,6,7,6,4,6]?
+
+   3
+
+Larger Questions
+----------------
+
+.. A minimum of 2 questions here (along with answers)
+
+1. Add all elemets of seq1=['e','f','g','h']
+to the sequence seq=['a','b','c','d']
+   
+2. Delete all elements of seq1=[3,5,6] from sequence
+   seq=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]