Unit-3 chapter-1 Getting started with python
EXERCISE
1. Create following Variables
i) „mystring‟ to contain „hello‟
ii) „myfloat‟ to contain „2.5‟
iii) „myint‟ to contain „10‟
Answer: mystring = 'hello'
myfloat = 2.5
myint = 10
2. Write the value justification
i) 2*(3+4)
ii) 2*3+4
iii) 2+3*4
Ans: 14,10,14
3. What is the type of the following result:
i) 1+2.0+3
Answer: float, adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing an integer with a float type
results in float.
4. Which of the following is the valid variable name:
i) global
ii) 99flag
iii) sum
iv) an$wer
Answer: sum
5. True or False
i) Character Data type values should be delimited by using the single quote.
ii) None is one of the data type in python
iii) The += operator is used to add the right hand side value to the left hand side
variable.
iv) The data type double is not a valid python data type.
v) Python does not have any keywords
vi) The equal to condition is written by using the == operator
Answer: False,True,False,True,False,True
6. Check all syntactically correct statements
a) Which input statements are correct
i) a = raw_input ( )
ii) a = raw_input (“enter a number”)
iii) a = raw_imput (enter your name)
Answer: Only iii) is incorrect
b) Which print statements are correct?
i) _print “9” + “9”
ii) _print int(“nine”)
iii) _print 9+9
iv) print 9
Answer: iv)
c) Which are correct arithmetical operations?
i) a = 1*2
ii) 2 = 1+1
iii) 5 + 6 = y
iv) Seven = 3 * 4
Answer: i) and iv)
d) Which are correct type conversions?
i) int (7.0+0.1)
ii) str (1.2 * 3.4)
iii) float (“77”+“.0”)
iv) str ( 9 / 0 )
Answer: i) and ii)
e) Which operations result in 8?
i) 65 // 8
ii) 17 % 9
iii) 2 * * 4
iv) 64 * * 0.5
Answer: 8,8,16,8.0
f) Which lines are commented?
i) “””This is a comment”””
ii) # This is a comment
iii) // this is a comment
iv) „ „ „ This is a comment‟ „ „
Answer: i) & ii)
g) Find the matching pairs of expressions and values.
i) 1023 boolean
ii) None int
iii) [2, 4, 8, 16] tuple
iv) True list
v) 17.54 str
vi) („Roger‟, 1952) NoneType
vii) “my fat cat” float
Answer: 1023-int, None-NoneType, [2,4,8,16]-list,True-boolean, 17.54-float, ('Roger',
1952)-tuple,”my fat cat”-str
7. MCQ
i) The __________ data type allows only True/False values
a) bool b) boolean c) Boolean d) None
ii) If the value of a = 20 and b = 20, then a+=b will assign ________ to a
a) 40 b) 30 c) 20 d) 10
iii) The ____________ operator is used to find out if division of two number
yields any remainder
a) / b) + c) % d) //
8. When will following statement in interpreter result into error:
>>> B+4
Answer: when B is not defined before hand or B+4 is not being assigned to any other
variable
9. How can we change the value of 6*1-2 to -6 from 4?
Answer: 6*(1-2)
10. Is python case sensitive?
Ans:yes, it is Highly case sensitive.
11. What does „immutable‟ mean; which data type in python are immutable.
Answer: Integer & Long , Float/floating point , Complex
