Objective Questions
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.. A mininum of 8 questions here (along with answers)
1. In Python a block is represented by
a. Curly braces
#. Begin and End keywords
#. Indentation
#. Curly braces + Indentation
#. All of the above
Answer: Indentation
2. Indentation is not mandatory in Python
a. True
#. False
Answer: False
3. A ``for`` loop in Python,
a. is a simple iterator
#. is a condition based loop
#. can iterate only over integer list of elements
#. All of the above
Answer: is a simple iterator
4. ``range()`` function can generate negative numbers
a. True
#. False
Answer: True
5. ``range(a,b)`` function returns,
a. A tuple of elements from a to b including a and b
#. A tuple of elements from a to b excluding b
#. A list of elements from a to b including a and b
#. A list of elements from a to b excluding b
Answer: A list of elements from a to b excluding b
6. ``linspace(1,100,2)`` and ``range(1,100,2)`` produces the same output,
a. True
#. False
Answer: False
7. What is the output of the below code snippet?
::
y = 1
for x in range(21):
y*=x
print y
a. Product of natural numbers up to 20(including)
#. Product of natural numbers up to 21(including)
#. Zero
#. Error
Answer: Zero
8. What is the output of the below code snippet?
::
y = 1
for x in range(1,21):
y*=x
print y
a. Product of natural numbers up to 20(including)
#. Product of natural numbers up to 21(including)
#. Zero
#. Error
Answer: Product of natural numbers up to 20(including)
9. What is the output of the below code snippet?
::
y = 1
for x in range(1,21)
y*=x
print y
a. Product of natural numbers up to 20(including)
#. Product of natural numbers up to 21(including)
#. Zero
#. Error
Answer: Error
Larger Questions
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.. A minimum of 2 questions here (along with answers)
1. Write a python script to calculate the sum of the first 1000
natural numbers?
2. Write a python script to find out prime numbers up to 500.
[`hint`: a number ``A`` which is divisible by only ``1`` and ``A``
is a prime number.]
3. Write a python script to find out the difference between the
square of sum of first 100 natural numbers and sum of squares of
first 100 natural numbers.