B.TechSemester 32023-24Python ProgrammingBCC302

Python Programming (BCC302) - AKTU Question Paper 2023-24

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This is the official AKTU Python Programming Previous Year Question Paper for B.Tech Semester 3, academic session 2023-24. Published by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU/UPTU), Lucknow. Free PDF download — no login required.

Course:B.Tech
Semester:Semester 3
Session:2023-24
University:AKTU / UPTU

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Python Programming (BCC302) — complete question paper · 70 marks · 3 Hours

Section AAttempt all q u e s t i o n s i n b r i e f .
  • a
    Describe the concept of list co mprehension with a suitable example 2
  • b
    Differentiate between / and // operator with an example 2
  • c
    Compute the output of th e following python code: def count(s): for str in string.split(): s = “&”.join(str) return s print(count(“Python is fun to learn.”))
  • d
    How to use the functions define d in library.py in main.py 2
  • e
    Describe the difference be tween linspace and argspace. 2
  • f
    Explain why the program generates an error. x = [‘12’, ’hello’, 456]
  • g
    Describe about different func tions of matplotlib and pandas. 2
Section BAttempt any three o f t h e f o l l o w i n g :
  • a
    Illustrate Unpacking tuples, mutable sequences, and string c oncatenation with examples
  • b
    Illustrate different list slicing constructs for the followi ng operations on the following list
  • 1
    Return a list of numbers starting from the last to second item of the list
  • 2
    Return a list that start from 3rd item to second last item
  • 3
    Return a list that has only even position elements of list L to list M
  • 4
    Return a list that starts from the middle of the list L
  • 5
    Return a list that reverses all the elements starting from elem ent at index 0 to middle index only and return the entire list. Divide each element of the list b y 2 and replace it with the remainder
  • c
    Construct a function perfect_s quare(number) that returns a number if it is a perfect square otherwise it returns -1. For example: perfect_square(1) returns 1 perfect _square (2) returns -1
  • d
    Construct a program to change the contents of the file by re versing each character separated by comma: Hello!! Output
  • e
    Construct a plot for following dataset using matplotlib : 7 Food Calories Potassium fat Meat 250 40 8 Banana 130 55 5 Avocados 140 20 3 Sweet Potatoes 120 30 6 Spinach 20 40 1 Watermelon 20 32 1.5 Coconut wate Beans 50 26 2 Legumes 40 25 1.5 Tomato 19 20 2.5
Section CAttempt any one p a r t o f t h e f o l l o w i n g :
  • a
    Determine a python function re moventh(s,n) that takes an inp ut a string and an integer n>=0 and removes a character at index n. If n is beyond the length of s, then whole s is returned. For example: removenth(“MANGO”,1) returns MNGO removenth(“MANGO”,3) returns MANO
  • b
    Construct a program that accepts a comma separated sequence of words as input and prints the words in a comma-separated sequence after sortin g them alphabetically. Suppose the following input is supplied to the program: without, hello, bag, world Then, the output should be: bag, hello, without, world
  • a
    A website requires the users to input username and password to register. Construct
  • a
    program to check the validity of password input by users. Following are the criteria for checking the password
  • 1
    At least 1 letter between [a-z]
  • 2
    At least 1 number between [0-9]
  • 3
    At least 1 letter between [A-Z]
  • 4
    At least 1 character from [$#@]
  • 5
    Minimum length of transaction password: 6
  • 6
    Maximum length of transaction password: 12 Your program should accept a sequence of comma separated passwo rds and will check them according to the above criteria. Passwords that matc h the criteria are to be printed, each separated b y a comma
  • b
    Explore the working of while , and for loop with examples. 7
  • a
    Construct a function ret smaller(l) that returns smallest li st from a nested list. If two lists have same length then return the first list that is e ncountered. For example: ret smaller([ [ -2, -1, 0, 0.12, 1, 2], [3, 4, 5], [6 , 7, 8, 9, 10], [11, 12, 13, 14, 15]]) returns [3,4,5] ret smaller([ [ -2, -1, 0, 0.12, 1, 2], [‘a’, ’b’, ’c’, ’d’, 3, 4, 5], [6 , 7, 8, 9, 10], [11, 12, 13, 14, 15]]) returns [6 , 7, 8, 9, 10]
  • b
    Construct following filters
  • 1
    Filter all the numbers
  • 2
    Filter all the strings starting with a vowel
  • 3
    Filter all the strings that contains any of the following noun: A g r a , Ramesh, Tomato, Patna. Create a program that implements these filters to clean the text
  • a
    Change all the numbers in the file to text. Construct a program for the same. Example: Given 2 integer numbers, return their product only if the product is equal to or lower than 10. And the result should be: Given two integer numbers, return their product only if the product is equal to or lower than one zero
  • b
    Construct a program which accepts a sequence of words separa ted by whitespace as file input. Print the words composed of digits only
  • a
    Construct a program to read cities.csv dataset, remove last column and save it in an array. Save the last column to another array. Plot the first two columns
  • b
    Design a calculator with the following buttons and functiona lities like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and clear

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