WEST BENGAL COUNCIL OF HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION

PYTHON PROGRAMMING — MCQ QUESTION PAPER

Subject: Computer Science / Computer Application

Total Questions: 70   |   Full Marks: 70

Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

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📋 General Instructions

1. There are 70 multiple-choice questions.
2. Each question carries 1 mark.
3. Select the most appropriate answer from the four options.
4. All questions are compulsory.
5. Questions cover Python fundamentals, operators, control statements, strings, lists, tuples, dictionaries, functions and basic programming concepts.

SECTION A — PYTHON FUNDAMENTALS

1. Who developed the Python programming language?

A. Dennis Ritchie B. James Gosling C. Guido van Rossum D. Bjarne Stroustrup

2. Which symbol is used for a single-line comment in Python?

A. // B. # C. /* D. --

3. Which function is used to display output in Python?

A. display() B. output() C. print() D. write()

4. Which function is used to take input from the keyboard?

A. scanf() B. input() C. read() D. get()

5. Which of the following is a valid Python identifier?

A. 2value B. my-value C. my_value D. class

6. Python is primarily a ______ language.

A. Low-level B. High-level C. Machine-level D. Assembly-level

7. Which extension is normally used for Python source files?

A. .java B. .cpp C. .py D. .pt

8. Which of the following represents the Boolean value True?

A. TRUE B. true C. True D. 1True

9. What is the type of 10 in Python?

A. float B. integer C. string D. Boolean

10. What is the output of print(2 + 3 * 4)?

A. 20 B. 14 C. 24 D. 9

SECTION B — OPERATORS AND EXPRESSIONS

11. Which operator is used for exponentiation?

A. ^ B. ** C. // D. %%

12. What is the result of 17 // 5?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 3.4 D. 4

13. What is the result of 17 % 5?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

14. Which operator checks equality?

A. = B. == C. != D. ===

15. Which operator means "not equal to"?

A. <> B. != C. == D. !==

16. Which is a logical AND operator in Python?

A. & B. and C. && D. AND

17. Which is the logical OR operator?

A. or B. || C. OR D. |&

18. What is the output of 10 > 5?

A. True B. False C. 10 D. 5

19. Which operator is used for assignment?

A. == B. = C. := D. ===

20. What is the result of 2 ** 3?

A. 6 B. 8 C. 9 D. 5

SECTION C — CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS

21. Which keyword is used for decision making?

A. if B. when C. check D. condition

22. Which keyword is used when the if condition is false and another condition must be checked?

A. otherwise B. elseif C. elif D. else if

23. Which keyword executes when all previous conditions are false?

A. else B. otherwise C. default D. final

24. What is the output?
if 5 > 2: print("Yes")

A. No B. Yes C. Error D. 5

25. Python uses ______ to define blocks of code.

A. Braces B. Indentation C. Parentheses D. Semicolons

26. Which statement is useful when a block is syntactically required but no action is needed?

A. skip B. pass C. continue D. null

27. What is the output of: print("A" if 10>5 else "B")?

A. A B. B C. True D. Error

28. Which statement can be nested inside another if statement?

A. Nested if B. Nested loop only C. Nested print D. None

SECTION D — LOOPS

29. Which loop is commonly used to iterate over a sequence?

A. for B. repeat C. foreach D. iterate

30. Which loop continues while a condition is True?

A. for B. while C. repeat D. loop

31. What does range(5) generate?

A. 1,2,3,4,5 B. 0,1,2,3,4 C. 0,1,2,3,4,5 D. 5 only

32. Which statement terminates a loop immediately?

A. stop B. break C. exitloop D. terminate

33. Which statement skips the current iteration?

A. skip B. break C. continue D. pass

34. What does pass do?

A. Terminates program B. Skips the entire loop C. Performs no operation D. Restarts loop

35. What is the output of:
for i in range(3): print(i)

A. 1 2 3 B. 0 1 2 C. 0 1 2 3 D. 3

36. Which loop can become an infinite loop if its condition never becomes false?

A. for B. while C. both A and B D. if

SECTION E — STRINGS

37. Which data type is used to represent text?

A. int B. str C. text D. char

38. Which symbol can be used to create a string?

A. Quotes B. Brackets only C. Braces only D. Hash

39. What is the output of len("Python")?

A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8

40. What is the first index of a Python string?

A. 0 B. 1 C. -1 D. 2

41. What is the output of "Python"[0]?

A. P B. y C. n D. Python

42. Which method converts a string to uppercase?

A. upper() B. uppercase() C. capital() D. up()

43. Which method removes leading and trailing whitespace?

A. remove() B. strip() C. trim() D. clean()

SECTION F — LISTS, TUPLES AND DICTIONARIES

44. Which brackets are used to create a list?

A. () B. {} C. [] D. <>

45. Which data structure is mutable?

A. Tuple B. String C. List D. Integer

46. Which brackets are normally used to create a tuple?

A. [] B. () C. {} D. <>

47. Which data structure stores key-value pairs?

A. List B. Tuple C. Dictionary D. String

48. Which brackets are used for a dictionary?

A. [] B. () C. {} D. <>

49. Which method adds an element at the end of a list?

A. add() B. append() C. insertEnd() D. push()

50. What is the output of len([10,20,30,40])?

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 40

51. Which method removes and returns the last element of a list by default?

A. delete() B. remove() C. pop() D. discard()

52. Which method sorts a list in place?

A. sort() B. order() C. arrange() D. sorting()

SECTION G — FUNCTIONS

53. Which keyword is used to define a function?

A. function B. define C. def D. fun

54. Which keyword sends a value back from a function?

A. send B. return C. output D. give

55. What is a parameter?

A. A value supplied to a function definition B. A comment C. A loop D. An operator

56. What is the output?
def add(a,b): return a+b
print(add(2,3))

A. 2 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6

57. A function can have:

A. Only one parameter B. No parameters only C. Multiple parameters D. Exactly two parameters

58. Which type of variable is defined inside a function?

A. Global variable B. Local variable C. Static variable D. External variable

SECTION H — OUTPUT-BASED AND CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS

59. What is the output of: print(10 - 3)?

A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 13

60. What is the output of: print(4 * 5)?

A. 9 B. 20 C. 25 D. 45

61. What is the output of: print(10 / 2)?

A. 5 B. 5.0 C. 10 D. 2

62. What is the output of: print("Py" + "thon")?

A. Py thon B. Python C. Py+thon D. Error

63. What is the output of: print("Hi" * 3)?

A. Hi3 B. HiHiHi C. Hi Hi Hi D. Error

64. What is the output of: x=[1,2,3]; print(x[1])?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. Error

65. Which value represents the absence of a value in Python?

A. null B. None C. empty D. NIL

66. Which function returns the data type of an object?

A. datatype() B. typeof() C. type() D. dtype()

67. Which function converts a string containing an integer to an integer?

A. str() B. float() C. integer() D. int()

68. Which of the following is immutable?

A. List B. Dictionary C. Tuple D. Set

69. Which keyword is used to import a module?

A. include B. import C. using D. module

70. Which of the following is NOT a Python built-in data type?

A. List B. Tuple C. Dictionary D. Character

PYTHON MCQ QUESTION PAPER
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