SAMPLE PAPER

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General Instruction:
1. This question paper contains five sections, Section A to E.
2. All questions are compulsory.
3. Section A have 18 questions carrying 01 mark each.
4. Section B has 07 Very Short Answer type questions carrying 02 marks each.
Mention examples for each selected question.
5. Section C has 05 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each.
6. Section D has 02 questions carrying 04 marks each.
7. Section E has 03 questions carrying 05 marks each.
All programming questions are to be answered using Python Language only

SECTION A – 18 MARKS

Q1. Python code can run on a variety of platforms, it means 1

Python is a _____ language.

(a) Graphical (b) Cross-platform

(c) independent (d) all of these

Q2. Data items having fixed value are called _____. 1

(a) Identifiers (b) functions

(c) Keywords (d) literals

Q3. Which Python built-in function returns the unique number 1

assigned to an object?

(a) identity() (b) id()

(c) refnum() (d) ref()

Q4. Escape sequences are treated as _____. 1

(a) strings (b) characters

(c) integers (d) none of these

Q5. Which of the following is not an immutable type in Python? 1

(a) String (b) Tuples

(c) dictionary (d) None of these

Q6. The _____ mode of Python gives instant result of typed 1

statement.

(a) Interactive mode (b) Script mode

(c) Combination of interactive and (d) All of these

script modes

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Q7. What is the value of the expression 100/25 ? 1

(a) 4 (b) 4.0

(c) 2.5 (d) none of these

Q8. Which of the following is an escape sequence for a newline 1

character?

(a) \a (b) \t

(c) \n (d) \b

Q9. The _____ construct repeats a set of statements a specified 1

number of times or as ng as a condition is true.

(a) selection (b) repetition

(c) sequence (d) flow

Q10. To print the value of a variable, Python uses 1

(a) Print statement (b) Print() function

(c) print statement (d) print() function

Q11. Function range(3) is equivalent to : 1

(a) range(1, 3) (b) range(0, 3) (c) range(1, 3, 0) (d) None of

these

Q12. In Python, which of the following will create a block in a 1

compound statement?

(a) colon (b) statements indented at a lower,same level

(c) indentation in (d) { }

any form

Q13. To convert the read value through input() into a floating point 1
number, _____ () is used.

(a) floating (b) float

(c) int (d) integer

Q14. What does the following Python program display? 1

x=3

if x == 8:

print ("Am I here?", end = '')

elif x == 3:

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 print("Or here?", end = "")

else:

pass

print ("Or over here?")

(a) Am I here? (b) Or here?

(c) Am I here? Or here? (d) Or here? Or over here?

Q15. If the user inputs: 2, what does the following code snippet 1
print ?

x = float(input())

if(x == 1):

print("Yes")

elif (x >= 2):

print("Maybe")

else:

print ("No")

(a) Yes (b) No

(c) Maybe (d) Nothing is printed

Q16. Python is a/an _____ language. 1

(a) High level (b) difficult

(c) procedural (d) None of these

Q17 and 18 are ASSERTION AND REASONING based questions. Mark the
correct choice as

i. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation

for A

ii. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct

explanation for A

iii. A is True but R is False

iv. A is false but R is True

Q17. Assertion: In Python, blocks are represented through 1

indentation

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 Reasoning: Blocks in Python, are the compound statement

Q18. Assertion: Python’s pass statement is an empty statement 1

Reasoning: An empty statement does nothing

SECTION B – 14 MARKS

Q19. How are floating constants represented in Python? Mention 2

examples of each type.

OR

What is the basic difference between implicit type conversion

and explicit type conversion? Mention example of each.

Q20. What is an expression and a statement? 2

Q21. How does a conditional expression affect the result of if 2

statement?

Q22. What is Dynamic Typing feature of Python? Mention example. 2

Q23. What are augmented assignment operators? How are they 2

useful

Q24. What is the significance of break and continue statements? 2

Q25. Find output of the following: 2

x=1
if x > 3 :
if x > 4 :
print ("A", end = ' ')
else :
print ("B", end = ' ')
elif x < 2:
if (x != 0) :
print ("C", end = ' ')
print ("D")

SECTION C – 15 MARKS

Q26. Find an output of the following code: 3

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 a) for x in range (5):

print (x)

b) for p in range(1, 10) :

print (p)

c) for q in range (100, 50, -10) :

print (q)

OR

Predict an output of the following code:

a) x = 10

y=0

while x > y :

print (x, y)

x=x-1

y += 1

b) count = 0

while count < 10 :

print ("Hello")

count += 1

Q27. "Comments are useful and easy way to enhance readability 3

and understandability of a program.” Elaborate with
examples.

Q28. What are three internal key-attributes of a value-variable in 3

Python Explain with example.

Q29. What do you mean by token in Python? How many types of 3

tokens are allowed in Python?

OR

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 What factors guide the choice of identifier in program?

Q30. What is the similarity and difference between for and while 3
loop? Mention example of each to support your answer.

SECTION D – 8 MARKS

Q31. i) How does the // operator different from the / 4

operator?
[2+2]
ii) What are the error types? Which error is very
difficult to locate?

Q32. i) Write the following mathematical expression in 4

terms of Python expression.
[2+2]
1
i) 3 𝑏 h
2
ii) πr2h

ii) Predict an output of the following code fragment:

x,y=20,60

y, x, y=x, y-10, x+10

print(x,y)

OR

i) Predict an output of the following code fragment:

x=40

y=x+1

x=20,y+x

print(x,y)

ii) Write following mathematical expression in terms of

Python expression.
𝟒
i) 𝟑 𝝅𝒓𝟑 ii) 2πr

SECTION E – 15 MARKS

Q33. i) Write a program to accept percentage from the user 5

and display the grade according to the following [3+2]
criteria:

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 Marks Grade

More than 90 A

Between 80 & 90 B

Between 60 & 80 C

Below 60 D

ii) Write a program to input a number and print its first

five multiplies.

OR

i) Write a program to calculate the Electricity Bill

(accept no of unit consumed from user) according to

the following criteria:

Unit Price

First 100 units No charge

Next 100 units Rs. 5 per unit

Next 200 units Rs. 10 per unit

(For example is unit is 350 then total bill amount is 2000)

ii) Write a program to find the sum of two numbers

Q34. i) Write a program to obtain temperature of 7 days 5

(Monday, Tuesday…. Sunday) and then display average
temperature of the week. [3+2]

ii) Write a program to find the area of square.

(Hints: Area= side*side)

Q35. i) Write a program to accept the cost price of a bike and 5

display the road tax to be paid according to the
following criteria: [3+2]

Cost Price Tax

More than 100000 15%

50000 – 100000 10%

Less than Equal To 50000 5%

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 ii) Write a program to find the simple interest based
principal amount, rate and time (Hints: Simple
Interest= (principal amount*rate*time)/100)

OR

i) Write a program that asks a user for a number of years,

and then prints out the number of days, hours, minutes
and seconds in that number of years.

How many years? 10

10.0 years is:

3650.0 days

87600.0 hours

5256800:0 minutes

315360000.0 seconds

ii) Write a program that reads a number of seconds and

print it in forms: mins And second ,

eg. , 200 second are printed as 3 mins and 20 second .

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