Python List Quiz [15 List Quiz Questions]

This Python list quiz provides Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) to test your understanding of Python lists, from basic creation and access to more advanced manipulation techniques.

Each Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) comes with a clear explanation for its answer, helping you to understand why it’s correct. The quiz covers questions on the below topics.

List fundamentals: How to create, access elements (including positive and negative indexing), and understand mutability.
Common list operations: Adding, removing, modifying, and searching for elements.
List methods: Utilizing powerful built-in methods like append(), extend(), insert(), pop(), remove(), sort(), and reverse().
List slicing: Extracting sub-lists efficiently.
List comprehensions: A concise way to create lists.

Whether you’re a beginner solidifying your foundational skills or an intermediate programmer looking to sharpen your list manipulation expertise, this quiz provides an excellent opportunity for practice and self-assessment.

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Python List Exercise

The quiz contains 25 questions. There is no time limit.
Explanation is provided for each answer.
You will get 1 point for each correct answer. Solve 15 correctly to pass the test
Read the guide on Python Lists to solve this quiz.

1. Which method efficiently removes all items from a list, making it empty?

del my_list

my_list.empty()

my_list.clear()

my_list = []

2. What will be the output of the following Python code?

my_list = [10, 20, 30]
my_list.insert(1, 15)
print(my_list)

[15, 10, 20, 30]

[10, 15, 20, 30]

[10, 20, 15, 30]

[10, 20, 30, 15]

3. Which method removes a specified item from a list, raising an error if the item is not found?

list.pop()

list.delete()

list.remove()

list.discard()

4. What will be the output of the following Python code?

a = [1, 2]
b = [3, 4]
c = a + b
print(c)

[1, 2, 3, 4]

[1, 2, [3, 4]]

[4, 6]

Error

5. What will be the output of the following list function?

sampleList = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
sampleList.append(60)
print(sampleList)

sampleList.append(60)
print(sampleList)

[10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60]
[10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60]

[10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60]
[10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 60]

6. What will be the output of the following Python code?

data = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
squared_evens = [x**2 for x in data if x % 2 == 0]
print(squared_evens)

[4, 16]

[1, 9, 25]

[2, 4]

[1, 4, 9, 16, 25]

7. What will be the output of the following code?

aList = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
pow2 =  [2 * x for x in aList]
print(pow2)

[2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14]

[2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128]

8. What will be the output of the following code?

list1 = ['xyz', 'zara', 'PYnative']
print (max(list1))

PYnative

zara

9. What will be the output of the following list operation?

aList = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80]
print(aList[:4])
print(aList[3:])

[10, 20, 30, 40]
[30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80]

[10, 20, 30, 40]
[40, 50, 60, 70, 80]

10. What will be the output of the following Python code?

data = [10, 5, 8, 20]
data.sort(reverse=True)
print(data[0])

11. What will be the output of the following Python code?

my_list = [1, 2, 3]
my_list.append([4, 5])
print(len(my_list))

Error

12. What will be the output of the following Python code?

letters = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
letters[1:4] = ['x', 'y']
print(letters)

[‘a’, ‘x’, ‘y’, ‘e’]

[‘a’, ‘x’, ‘y’, ‘d’, ‘e’]

[‘a’, ‘b’, ‘x’, ‘y’, ‘c’, ‘d’, ‘e’]

Error

13. What does list.pop() do when called without an argument?

Removes and returns the first element.

Removes and returns a random element.

Removes and returns the last element.

Raises an error.

14. What will be the output of the following code?

sampleList = [10, 20, 30, 40]
del sampleList[0:6]
print(sampleList)

[]

list index out of range.

[10, 20]

15. What will be the output of the following Python code?

items = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
index_to_remove = items.index("banana")
removed_item = items.pop(index_to_remove)
print(removed_item)
print(items)

banana
[‘apple’, ‘cherry’]

banana
[‘apple’, ‘banana’, ‘cherry’]

[‘apple’, ‘cherry’]
banana

Error

16. Which of the following statements about Python lists is true?

Lists are immutable, meaning their contents cannot be changed after creation.

Lists are ordered collections, but they cannot contain duplicate elements.

Lists are mutable, allowing elements to be added, removed, or changed in place.

List elements must all be of the same data type.

17. Which operator is used to concatenate two lists (create a new list by joining them)?

*

+

&

|

18. What will be the output of the following code?

l = [None] * 10
print(len(l))

Syntax Error

19. What will be the output of the following code?

my_list = ["Hello", "Python"]
print("-".join(my_list))

HelloPython-

Hello-Python

-HelloPython

20. What will be the output of the following Python code?

matrix = [[1, 2], [3, 4]]
copied_matrix = matrix[:]
copied_matrix[0][0] = 99
print(matrix[0][0])

[[99, 2], [3, 4]]

Error

21. Select all the correct options to copy a list aList = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']

newList = aList.copy()

newList = list(aList)

All of the above

22. Which of the following methods creates a shallow copy of a list?

new_list = old_list.copy()

new_list = list(old_list)

new_list = old_list[:]

All of the above

23. What will be the output of the following list assignment?

aList = [4, 8, 12, 16]
aList[1:4] = [20, 24, 28]
print(aList)

[4, 20, 24, 28, 8, 12, 16]

[4, 20, 24, 28]

24. What will be the output of the following Python code?

my_list = ['c', 'a', 'b']
my_list.sort()
print(my_list)

['a', 'b', 'c']

['c', 'b', 'a']

None

Error

25. Select all the correct options to join two lists in Python

listOne  =  ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
listTwo =  ['e', 'f', 'g']

newList = listOne + listTwo

newList = listOne.extend(listTwo)

All of the above

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