Python Questions and Answers – Matrix List Comprehension

Python Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Matrix List Comprehension”.

Q 1. Which of the following matrices will throw an error in Python?
A. A = [[1, 2, 3],
[4, 5, 6],
[7, 8, 9]]

B. B = [[3, 3, 3]
[4, 4, 4]
[5, 5, 5]]

C. C = [(1, 2, 4),
(5, 6, 7),
(8, 9, 10)]

D. D = [2, 3, 4,
3, 3, 3,
4, 5, 6]

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Answer:-B. B = [[3, 3, 3] [4, 4, 4] [5, 5, 5]]

Explanation

In matrix B will result in an error because in the absence of a comma at the end of each row, it behaves like three separate lists. The error thrown states that the list integers must be integers or slices, not tuples.

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

A = [[1, 2, 3],
          [4, 5, 6],
          [7, 8, 9]]
A[1]

A. [1, 4, 7]
B. [3, 6, 9]
C. [4, 5, 6]
D. [1, 2, 3]

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Answer:-C. [4, 5, 6]

Explanation

We can index the rows and columns using normal index operations. The statement A[1] represents the second row, that is, the middle row. Hence the output of the code will be: [4, 5, 6].

Q 3. Which of the following Python statements will result in the output: 6?

A = [[1, 2, 3],
     [4, 5, 6],
     [7, 8, 9]]

A. A[2][3]
B. A[2][1]
C. A[1][2]
D. A[3][2]

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Answer:-C. A[1][2]

Explanation

The output that is required is 6, that is, row 2, item 3. This position is represented by the statement: A[1][2].

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

A = [[1, 2, 3],
      [4, 5, 6],
      [7, 8, 9]]
[A[row][1] for row in (0, 1, 2)]

A. [7, 8, 9]
B. [4, 5, 6]
C. [1, 4, 7]
D. [2, 5, 8]

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Answer:-D. [2, 5, 8]

Explanation

To get a particular column as output, we can simple iterate across the rows and pull out the desired column, or iterate through positions in rows and index as we go. Hence the output of the code shown above is: [2, 5, 8].

Q 5. What will be the output of the following Python code?

A = [[1, 2, 3],
     [4, 5, 6],
     [7, 8, 9]]
[A[i][i] for i in range(len(A))]

A. [1, 5, 9]
B. [3, 5, 7]
C. [4, 5, 6]
D. [2, 5, 8]

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Answer:-A. [1, 5, 9]

Explanation

We can also perform tasks like pulling out a diagonal. The expression shown above uses range to generate the list of offsets and the indices with the row and column the same, picking out A[0][0], then A[1][1] and so on. Hence the output of the code is: [1, 5, 9].

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

l=[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]
for i in range(len(l)):
	for j in range(len(l[i])):
		l[i][j]+=10
l

A. [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]
B. [[11, 12, 13], [14, 15, 16]
C. Error
D. No output

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Answer:-B. [[11, 12, 13], [14, 15, 16]

Explanation

We use range twice if the shapes differ. Each element of list l is increased by 10. Hence the output is: [[11, 12, 13], [14, 15, 16]]

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

A = [[1, 2, 3],
     [4, 5, 6],
     [7, 8, 9]]
 
[[col + 10 for col in row] for row in A]

A. [[11, 12, 13], [14, 15, 16], [17, 18, 19]]
B. [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]
C. [11, 12, 13], [14, 15, 16], [17, 18, 19]
D. Error

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Answer:-A. [[11, 12, 13], [14, 15, 16], [17, 18, 19]]

Explanation

The code shown above shows a list comprehension which adds 10 to each element of the matrix A and prints it row-wise. Hence the output of the code is: [[11, 12, 13], [14, 15, 16], [17, 18, 19]]

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

A = [[1, 2, 3],
     [4, 5, 6],
     [7, 8, 9]]
[A[i][len(A)-1-i] for i in range(len(A))]

A. [1, 5, 9]
B. [3, 5, 7]
C. [4, 5, 6]
D. [2, 5, 8]

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Answer:-B. [3, 5, 7]

Explanation

This expression scales the common index to fetch A[0][2], A[1][1], etc. We assume the matrix has the same number of rows and columns.

Q 9. What will be the output of the following Python code?

A = [[1, 2, 3],
     [4, 5, 6],
     [7, 8, 9]]
B = [[3, 3, 3],
     [4, 4, 4],
     [5, 5, 5]]
[B[row][col]*A[row][col] for row in range(3) for col in range(3)]

A. [3, 6, 9, 16, 20, 24, 35, 40, 45]
B. 0
C. [0, 30, 60, 120, 160, 200, 300, 350, 400]
D. Error

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Answer:-A. [3, 6, 9, 16, 20, 24, 35, 40, 45]

Explanation

In the code shown above, we have used list comprehension to combine values of multiple matrices. We have multiplied the elements of the matrix B with that of the matrix A, in the range(3). Hence the output of this code is: [3, 6, 9, 16, 20, 24, 35, 40, 45].

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

r = [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]
A = [[0, 10, 20],
               [30, 40, 50],
               [60, 70, 80]]
for row in A:
	for col in row:
		r.append(col+10)
r

A. [0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80]
B. [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90]
C. [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]
D. [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90]

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Answer:-D. [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90]

Explanation

The code shown above adds 10 to each element of the matrix and prints the output row-wise. Since the list l already contains some elements, the new elements are appended to it. Hence the output of this code is: [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90].

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

A = [[1, 2, 3],
     [4, 5, 6],
     [7, 8, 9]]
B = [[3, 3, 3],
     [4, 4, 4],
     [5, 5, 5]]
[[col1 * col2 for (col1, col2) in zip(row1, row2)] for (row1, row2) in zip(A, B)]

A. [0, 30, 60, 120, 160, 200, 300, 350, 400]
B. [[3, 6, 9], [16, 20, 24], [35, 40, 45]]
C. No output
D. Error

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Answer:-B. [[3, 6, 9], [16, 20, 24], [35, 40, 45]]

Explanation

The list comprehension shown above results in the output: [[3, 6, 9], [16, 20, 24], [35, 40, 45]].

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

A = [[1, 2, 3],
     [4, 5, 6],
     [7, 8, 9]]
B = [[3, 3, 3],
     [4, 4, 4],
     [5, 5, 5]]
zip(A, B)

A. Address of the zip object
B. Address of the matrices A and B
C. [3, 6, 9, 16, 20, 24, 35, 40, 45]
D. No output

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Answer:-A. Address of the zip object

Explanation

The output of the code shown above returns the address of the zip object. If we print it in the form of a list, we get: >>> list(zip(A, B)) [([1, 2, 3], [3, 3, 3]), ([4, 5, 6], [4, 4, 4]), ([7, 8, 9], [5, 5, 5])]