SKD ACADEMY, CBSE
CLASS-XII COMPUTER SCIENCE
WORKSHEET
Python Data File Handling
1. Which mode is used to read a file in Python?
a) w
b) a
c) r
d) x
✔️Answer: c
2. Which function is used to open a file in Python?
a) openfile()
b) read()
c) file()
d) open()
✔️Answer: d
3. Which of the following modes will overwrite the existing file?
a) r
b) a
c) w
d) x
✔️Answer: c
4. Which method is used to read the entire file content?
a) file.readall()
b) file.read()
c) file.readline()
d) file.readlines()
✔️Answer: b
5. What does file.close() do?
a) Deletes the file
b) Closes the file
c) Writes to file
d) Opens the file
✔️Answer: b
6. In which mode can you add data at the end of the file?
a) r
b) w
c) x
d) a
✔️Answer: d
7. The method to write content to a file is:
a) writefile()
b) writeline()
c) write()
d) append()
✔️Answer: c
8. What does the readline() method return?
a) List of lines
b) One character
c) One line
d) All lines
✔️Answer: c
9. Which character is used to indicate end-of-line in a text file?
a) /
b) \n
c) :
d) .
✔️Answer: b
10. What is the default mode of open() function?
a) w
b) a
c) r
d) x
✔️Answer: c
11. What is the purpose of with statement in file handling?
a) To loop through file
b) To auto-close the file
c) To open binary file
d) To delete file
✔️Answer: b
12. Which method reads a file line-by-line into a list?
a) readlines()
b) readline()
c) read()
d) readfile()
✔️Answer: a
13. What is the output of file.read(5)?
a) Reads 5 characters
b) Reads 5 lines
c) Reads 5 bytes
d) Reads nothing
✔️Answer: a
14. Which mode is used to read and write at the same time?
a) rw
b) wr
c) r+
d) w+
✔️Answer: c
15. What will happen if a non-existent file is opened in r mode?
a) Creates file
b) Appends file
c) Error
d) Opens new file
✔️Answer: c
16. Which method is used to move the file pointer to a specific position?
a) read()
b) write()
c) tell()
d) seek()
✔️Answer: d
17. Which method tells the current position of the file pointer?
a) position()
b) get()
c) seek()
d) tell()
✔️Answer: d
18. What does the tell() function return?
a) File name
b) File length
c) Pointer location
d) Line number
✔️Answer: c
19. What is the extension of a text file usually?
a) .bin
b) .dat
c) .txt
d) .csv
✔️Answer: c
20. Which file mode is used to create a new file?
a) x
b) w
c) a
d) r
✔️Answer: a
21. The default encoding for a text file in Python is:
a) ASCII
b) ANSI
c) Unicode
d) UTF-8
✔️Answer: d
22. Which of the following is not a valid file mode?
a) r+
b) w+
c) a+
d) r++
✔️Answer: d
23. Which module is used for binary file handling in Python?
a) pickle
b) textfile
c) json
d) os
✔️Answer: a
24. The function pickle.dump() is used to:
a) Load a file
b) Convert object to file
c) Read file
d) Append text
✔️Answer: b
25. The function pickle.load() is used to:
a) Save object
b) Load object from file
c) Remove file
d) Rename file
✔️Answer: b
26. What is required before using the pickle module?
a) import pickle
b) open pickle
c) write pickle
d) define pickle
✔️Answer: a
27. In binary mode, which character is added to the mode string?
a) x
b) b
c) a
d) t
✔️Answer: b
28. Which of the following file modes is used to write a binary file?
a) wb
b) wr
c) rb
d) ab
✔️Answer: a
29. Which function returns one byte at a time from a binary file?
a) read(1)
b) readbyte()
c) binread()
d) getbyte()
✔️Answer: a
30. What is the use of flush() method?
a) Clear file
b) Close file
c) Clear internal buffer
d) Save file
✔️Answer: c
31. How do you ensure a file is always closed after it is used?
a) Using open()
b) Using close()
c) Using with statement
d) Using flush()
✔️Answer: c
32. A CSV file stands for:
a) Common Separated Values
b) Character Separated Values
c) Comma Separated Values
d) Comma Structured Variables
✔️Answer: c
33. Which module is used to handle CSV files?
a) text
b) bin
c) csv
d) pickle
✔️Answer: c
34. Which function reads data from a CSV file?
a) csv.read()
b) csv.reader()
c) readcsv()
d) csvinput()
✔️Answer: b
35. Which function is used to write into a CSV file?
a) csv.writer()
b) write.csv()
c) writer.csv()
d) open.csv()
✔️Answer: a
36. What is the default delimiter in a CSV file?
a) ;
b) ,
c) :
d) |
✔️Answer: b
37. The readlines() function returns:
a) Dictionary
b) Tuple
c) List
d) String
✔️Answer: c
38. Which statement is correct for binary file writing?
a) f = open("data.txt", "wb")
b) f = open("data.txt", "bw")
c) f = open("data.txt", "rb")
d) f = write("data.txt", "wb")
✔️Answer: a
39. Which of the following cannot be pickled?
a) Integer
b) List
c) File object
d) Dictionary
✔️Answer: c
40. To delete a file, which module is used?
a) csv
b) file
c) os
d) shutil
✔️Answer: c
41. What does os.remove("file.txt") do?
a) Opens the file
b) Renames the file
c) Deletes the file
d) Closes the file
✔️Answer: c
42. What does os.rename("a.txt", "b.txt") do?
a) Copies file
b) Deletes file
c) Renames file
d) Reads file
✔️Answer: c
43. How is binary data read from a file?
a) rb
b) wr
c) br
d) wrb
✔️Answer: a
44. Which statement is true for file handling?
a) File must be closed explicitly when using with
b) File is auto-closed when using with
c) File must be opened before with
d) File needs no closing
✔️Answer: b
45. What is the type of object returned by open()?
a) int
b) file object
c) string
d) list
✔️Answer: b
46. What does the seek(0) do?
a) Go to end of file
b) Go to start of file
c) Skip one line
d) Read file
✔️Answer: b
47. What does file.read().splitlines() do?
a) Reads and splits lines by characters
b) Reads and splits lines into a list
c) Reads one line
d) None
✔️Answer: b
48. Which of these is not a valid file operation in Python?
a) read()
b) append()
c) write()
d) readline()
✔️Answer: b
49. The end-of-file condition is checked in:
a) while not file.end()
b) file.is_end()
c) By empty string from read()
d) file.stop()
✔️Answer: c
50. In CSV, each row represents:
a) A record
b) A file
c) A cell
d) A column
✔️Answer: a
