Indian Institute of Technology Madras
BS Degree Programme · Examination & Study Paper
Machine Learning Practice
Pandas data loading & cleaning
Examination Instructions & Guidelines
- Solve on notebook/paper first before checking solutions.
- MCQ: Exactly 1 option is correct. Negative marking applies.
- MSQ: One or more options correct. Select all to score.
- Scientific calculator allowed for all calculations.
- Official answer key is sealed at the end of this sheet.
End Term · 31 Aug 2025 (FN)End Term
Read the passage below, then answer Q1–Q3

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Q1MSQ1 Mark·Choose all correct options
- A

- B

- C

- D

- A
- Q2MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option

- A

- B

- C

- D

- A
- Q3MSQ2 Marks·Choose all correct options

- A

- B

- C

- D

- A
End Term · 31 Aug 2025 (AN)End Term
Read the passage below, then answer Q4–Q6

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Q4MSQ1 Mark·Choose all correct options
- A

- B

- C

- D

- A
- Q5MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option

- A

- B

- C

- D

- A
- Q6MSQ2 Marks·Choose all correct options

- A

- B

- C

- D

- A
End Term · 22 Dec 2024 (AN)End Term
- Q7MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
You have loaded a dataset with 1000 samples and 20 features into a Pandas DataFrame. Some samples have missing values for a few features. If you want to remove rows with fewer than 15 non-null values, what method would you use?
- A

- B

- C

- D

- E

- A
Read the passage below, then answer Q8–Q11

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions
Q8MCQ2 Marks·Choose one optionWhich of the following commands will return the total sales across all regions?
- A

- B

- C

- D

- A
- Q9MSQ2 Marks·Choose all correct options
Which of the following commands will return the names of employees in the ”North” region?
- A

- B

- C

- D

- A
- Q10MSQ3 Marks·Choose all correct options
Which of the following methods can be used to find the employee(s) with the highest sales?
- A

- B

- C

- D

- A
- Q11MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option

- AThe total sales for each region.
- BThe average sales for each month.
- CThe average sales for each region.
- DNone of these.