1. Which of the following defines an empty dictionary?

 A) []
 B) {}
 C) ()
 D) None
Answer: B) {}
2. Which method returns a list of all the keys in a dictionary?
 A) keys()
 B) get_keys()
 C) items()
 D) values()
Answer: A) keys()
3. What will be the output of the following code?
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d = { "a" : 1 , "b" : 2 } print (d.get( "c" , 3 ))
A) 1
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 B) 2
 C) 3
 D) KeyError
Answer: C) 3
4. Which of the following methods removes an item from the dictionary?
 A) discard()
 B) delete()
 C) remove()
 D) pop()
Answer: D) pop()
5. What will be the result of the following?
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d = { "a" : 1 , "b" : 2 } d[ "c" ] = 3
A) {"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}
 B) {"a": 1, "b": 2}
 C) KeyError
 D) ValueError
Answer: A) {"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}
6. Which method returns a list of all values in a dictionary?
 A) keys()
 B) get_values()
 C) items()
 D) values()
Answer: D) values()
7. What is the output of the following code?
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d = { "a" : 1 , "b" : 2 } print (d.setdefault( "a" , 3 ))
 A) 1
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 B) 2
 C) 3
 D) None
Answer: A) 1
8. Which of the following is not a valid dictionary declaration?
 A) d = {1: "one", 2: "two"}
 B) d = {"one": 1, "two": 2}
 C) d = {[1,2]: "one two"}
 D) d = {(1,2): "one two"}
Answer: C) d = {[1,2]: "one two"}
9. How do you delete a dictionary?
 A) del
 B) pop
 C) remove
 D) discard
Answer: A) del
10. What is the output of the following code?
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d = { "a" : 1 , "b" : 2 } print ( len (d))
 A) 1
 B) 2
 C) 3
 D) 4

Answer: B) 2

11. Which of the following returns a shallow copy of the dictionary?

 A) copy()
 B) duplicate()
 C) shallow_copy()
 D) clone()

Answer: A) copy()

12. Which of the following is used to merge two dictionaries?

 A) concat()
 B) merge()
 C) update()
 D) join()

Answer: C) update()
 13. How do you check if a key exists in a dictionary?
 A) has_key()
 B) exists()
 C) contains()
 D) Using in

Answer: D) Using in

14. What is the result of the following operation?

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d = { "a" : 1 , "b" : 2 } print (d.clear())
 A) {"a": 1, "b": 2}
 B) None
 C) {}
 D) Error

Answer: B) None

15. What will be the output of the following?

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d = dict (name= "John" , age= 30 ) print (d)
 A) {'name': 'John', 'age': 30}
 B) {'name': 'John', 30: 'age'}
 C) Error
 D) ['name', 'John', 'age', 30]

Answer: A) {'name': 'John', 'age': 30}

16. Which one is not a correct statement?

 A) Dictionaries are ordered collections since Python 3.7.
 B) Dictionary keys are immutable.
 C) Dictionaries can contain multiple items for the same key.
 D) Dictionary values can be of any type.

Answer: C) Dictionaries can contain multiple items for the same key.

17. Which of the following methods returns a list of tuples, where each tuple
is a key-value pair?
 A) keys()
 B) values()
 C) pairs()
 D) items()
Answer: D) items()

18. What is the result of the following code?

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d1 = { "a" : 1 } d2 = d1 d2[ "a" ] = 2 print (d1[ "a" ])
 A) 1
 B) 2
 C) KeyError
 D) None

Answer: B) 2

19. Which data type cannot be used as a dictionary key?

 A) Integer
 B) String
 C) List
 D) Tuple

Answer: C) List

20. What is the purpose of dict() constructor?

 A) Convert lists to dictionaries.
 B) Convert tuples to dictionaries.
 C) Create a new dictionary.
 D) All of the above.

Answer: D) All of the above.

21. Which statement is true regarding dictionary keys?

 A) They can be of mixed types.
 B) They must be unique within a dictionary.
 C) They are mutable types.
 D) They can be accessed using an index.

Answer: B) They must be unique within a dictionary.

22. Which of the following will raise an error?

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d = { 1 : "a" , 2 : "b" } print (d[ 3 ])
 A) 1
 B) "a"
 C) KeyError
 D) None
Answer: C) KeyError

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

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d = { "name" : "John" , "age" : 30 } d[ "name" ] = "Doe" print (d)
 A) {"name": "John", "age": 30}
 B) {"name": "Doe", "age": 30}
 C) {"name": "John", "age": 31}
 D) {"name": "Doe", "age": 31}

Answer: B) {"name": "Doe", "age": 30}

24. How do you remove a key-value pair from a dictionary?

 A) remove()
 B) delete()
 C) discard()
 D) Using del

Answer: D) Using del

25. Which of the following will create a dictionary with keys 1, 2, 3 and
values "one", "two", "three"?
 A) dict([[1,"one"], [2,"two"], [3,"three"]])
 B) dict([(1,"one"), (2,"two"), (3,"three")])
 C) {[1,"one"], [2,"two"], [3,"three"]}
 D) {(1,"one"), (2,"two"), (3,"three")}

Answer: B) dict([(1,"one"), (2,"two"), (3,"three")])

26. Which of the following is false about dictionaries in Python?

 A) Dictionaries aren't ordered until Python 3.7.
 B) Dictionary keys are case sensitive.
 C) Dictionaries are mutable.
 D) Dictionaries can be nested.

Answer: A) Dictionaries aren't ordered until Python 3.7.

27. Which method would be used to get a value of a key without throwing
an error if the key doesn't exist?
 A) get()
 B) fetch()
 C) retrieve()
 D) lookup()
Answer: A) get()

28. Which method is used to remove all elements from a dictionary?

 A) delete()
 B) clear()
 C) remove_all()
 D) discard()

Answer: B) clear()

29. What is the output of the following code?

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d = { "name" : "John" , "age" : 30 } d.pop( "name" ) print (d)
 A) {"name": "John", "age": 30}
 B) {"name": "Doe", "age": 30}
 C) {"age": 30}
 D) Error

Answer: C) {"age": 30}

30. Which method can be used to insert a new key-value pair into the
dictionary only if the key doesn't already exist?
 A) insert()
 B) add()
 C) setdefault()
 D) update()

Answer: C) setdefault()