Getting Started with Python Class 11 MCQ

1. An ordered set of instructions to be executed by a computer to carry out a specific task is

called a ___________.
a. Program
b. Instruction
c. Code
d. None of the above
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a. Program
2. Computers understand the language of 0s and 1s which is called __________.
a. Machine language
b. Low level language
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
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c. Both a) and b)
3. A program written in a high-level language is called _________.
a. Language
b. Source code
c. Machine code
d. None of the above
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b. Source code
4. An interpreter read the program statements _________.
a. All the source at a time
b. One by one
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
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b. One by one
5. Python is a __________.
a. Low level language
b. High level language
c. Machine level language
d. All of the above
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b. High level language
6. Python is __________.
a. Open source language
b. Free language
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
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c. Both a) and b)
7. Python support __________.
a. Compiler
b. Interpreter
c. Assembler
d. None of the above
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b. Interpreter
8. Python programs are ___________.
a. Easy to understand
b. Clearly defined syntax
c. Relatively simple structure
d. All of the above
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d. All of the above
9. Python is _________.
a. Case – sensitive
b. Non case – sensitive
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
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a. Case – sensitive
10. Python is platform independent, meaning ___________.
a. It can run various operating systems
b. It can run various hardware platforms
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
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c. Both a) and b)
11. Python uses indentation for __________.
a. Blocks
b. Nested Blocks
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
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c. Both a) and b)
12. To write and run (execute) a Python program, we need to have a ___________.
a. Python interpreter installed on the computer
b. We can use any online python interpreter
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
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c. Both a) and b)
13. The interpreter is also called python _______.
a. Shell
b. Cell
c. Program
d. None of the above
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a. Shell
14. To execute the python program we have to use __________.
a. Interactive mode
b. Script mode
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
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c. Both a) and b)
15. __________ allows execution of individual statements instantaneously.
a. Interactive mode
b. Script mode
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
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a. Interactive mode
16. _________allows us to write more than one instruction in a file called Python source
code.
a. Interactive mode
b. Script mode
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
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b. Script mode
17. To work in the interactive mode, we can simply type a Python statement on the ________
prompt directly.
a. >>>
b. >>
c. >
d. None of the above
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a. >>>
18. In the script mode, we can write a Python program in a ________, save it and then use
the interpreter to execute it.
a. Prompt
b. File
c. Folder
d. All of the above
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b. File
19. By default the python extension is __________.
a. .py
b. .ppy
c. .pp
d. .pyy
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a. .py

20. __________ are reserved words in python.

a. Keyword
b. Interpreter
c. Program
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21. The rules for naming an identifier in Python are ________.
a. Name should begin with an uppercase, lowercase or underscore
b. It can be of any length
c. It should not be a keyword
d. All of the above
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d. All of the above
22. To define variables in python _______ special symbols is not allowed.
a. @
b. # and !
c. $ and %
d. All of the above
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d. All of the above
23.A variable in a program is uniquely identified by a name __________.
a. Identifier
b. Keyword
c. Code
d. None of the above
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a. Identifier
24. Variable in python refers to an ________.
a. Keyword
b. Object
c. Alphabets
d. None of the above
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b. Object
25. The variable message holds string type value and so its content is assigned within
_________.
a. Double quotes “”
b. Single quotes ”
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of the above
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c. Both a) and b)
26. _________ must always be assigned values before they are used in expressions.
a. Keyword
b. Variable
c. Code
d. None of the above
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b. Variable
27. ___________ are used to add a remark or a note in the source code.
a. Keyword
b. Source
c. Comment
d. None of the above
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c. Comment
28. __________ are not executed by a python interpreter.
a. Keyword
b. Source
c. Comment
d. None of the above
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c. Comment
29. In python comments start from _______.
a. #
b. @
c. %
d. $
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a. #
30. Python treats every value or data item whether numeric, string, or other type (discussed in
the next section) as an _________.
a. Object
b. Variable
c. Keyword
d. None of the above
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a. Object