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Python File Handling Practice Questions –

Test 1
Q1. Name two types of data files available in python .
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Ans. Text File and Binary File
Q2. In text file each line is terminated by a special character called _______
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Ans. EOL (End of Line)
Q3. In python, default EOL character is _______
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Ans. \n
Q4. Is there any delimiter of line in binary File?
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Ans. No
Q5. In binary files, data stored in the same format as it is stored in computer
memory. (T/F)
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Ans. True
Q6. Processing of binary file is faster than text file (T/F)
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Ans. True
Q7. Writing data is same as appending data in file. (T/F)
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Ans. False
Q8. Can we read file without opening. (T/F)
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Ans. False
Q9. Which function is used to open a file?
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Ans. open()
Q10. Write the code in python to open a file named “try.txt”
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Ans. f = open(“try.txt”)
Q11. Write one basic difference between Text file and Binary file in Python.
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Ans. A text file consists of human readable characters, which can be opened
by any text editor. while, binary files consist of non-human readable
characters and symbols, which require specific programs to access its
contents.

Python File Handling Practice Questions –


Test 2
Q1. f = open(“data.txt”)
Consider the code given above and write the answers of the following:
1. Identify name of the file.
2. Identify name of the function used above.
3. What is ‘f’ in above code?
4. The above statement will __________ file in ________ mode.
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Ans.
1. data.txt
2. open()
3. file object
4. open, read
Q2. What is the default mode of opening a file?
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Ans. read mode

Q3. Write a statement in python to open a file named “data.txt” stored in


folder “content” in D drive.
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Ans. f = open(“d:\\content\\data.txt”)
OR
f = open(r, “d:\content\data.txt”)
Q4. What error is returned by following statement, if file “try.txt” does not
exist?
f = open(“try.txt”)
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Ans. FileNotFoundError
Q5. Name the three modes in which file can be opened in python.
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Ans. Read, Write and Append
Q6. What is the purpose of ‘r’ as prefix in the given statement?
f = open(r, “d:\color\flower.txt”)
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Ans. ‘r’ makes the string as raw string, means there is no special character in
string.
Q7. What do you mean by file object in python?
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Ans. File object is
reference to a file. It is used to read and write data to a file.
Q8. Another name of file object is _______
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Ans. File Handle
Q9. Write the symbols used in text file mode for the following operations.
1. Read Only
2. Write only
3. Read and Write
4. Write and Read
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Ans.
1. r
2. w
3. r+
4. w+
Q10. Write the symbols used in binary file mode for the following
operations.
1. Read Only
2. Write only
3. Read and Write
4. Write and Read
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Ans.
1. rb
2. wb
3. rb+
4. wb+
Python File Handling Practice Questions –
Test 3
Q1. What is the difference between r+ and w+ mode?
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Ans. r+ mode will return error if file does not exist while w+ mode will
create a new file if file does not exist.
Q2. What is the difference between write and append mode?
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Ans. Write mode over writes the existing data while append mode add the
new data at the end of the file.
Q3. Which method is used to close the file in python?
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Ans. close()
Q4. Write the statement to close the file “test.txt” which is associated with
file object named “fo”.
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Ans. fo.close()
Q5. Write one similarity and one difference between a+ and w+.
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Ans. Similarity : In both the modes, we can do read and write operations.
Difference : In w+ mode file will be truncated (previous data lost) while in
a+ mode, file’s existing data will not be deleted and new data will be added
at the end of the file.
Q6. What is the difference between read() and read(n) functions?
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Ans. read() : will read entire data from the file.
read(n) : will read first n characters/bytes from the file.
Q7. What is the difference between readline() and readlines() ?
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Ans. readline() :This function will read one line from the file.
readlines() : This function will read all the lines from the files.
Q8. Write a program to read first 10 characters from a file named “data.txt”
Ans.
f = open(“data.txt”,”r”)
data = f.read(10)
print(data)
Q9. Write a program to read entire content from the file named “test.txt”
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Ans.
f = open(“test.txt, “r”)
d = f.read()
print(d)
Q10. Write the output of the following, if the data stored in file “try.txt” is
given below. (“f” is the file object associated with file)
Try Try but never cry
print(f.read(4))
print(f.read(5))
print(f.read())
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Ans.
Try

Try b

ut never cry

Python File Handling Practice Questions –


Test 4
Q1. Write a program in python to read entire content of file (“data.txt”)
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Ans.
f = open("data.txt","r")
l = f.read()
print(l)

Q7. Name two functions which are used to write data into file.
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Ans. write() and writelines()
Q8. Accept five names from the user and write in a file “name.txt”
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Ans.
f = open("name.txt","w")
for i in range(5):
n = input("Enter name")
f.write(n)
f.close()
Q9. Accept five sports names from the user and write in a file “sport.txt”
(each name should write in separate line)
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Ans
f = open("name.txt","w")
for i in range(5):
n = input("Enter sport name")
f.write(n)
f.write('\n')
f.close()
Q10. Accept five hobbies from the user and write in a file “hobby.txt” (each
hobby should write in separate line) without using write() function.
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Ans.
f = open("hobby.txt","w")
h=[]
for i in range(5):
n = input("Enter hobby name")
h.append(n,'\n')
f.writelines(h)
f.close()
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