Indian Institute of Technology Madras
BS Degree Programme · Examination & Study Paper
BSCS1001 · Computational Thinking
Quiz 2 · 3 Aug 2025 (Afternoon)
Official Paper
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.
Useful Reference Data for this Paper

Q1MCQ4 Marks·Choose one option
- A

- B

- C

- D

- A
- Q2MCQ4 Marks·Choose one option

- A[6, 3, 2, 5, 1, 4]
- B[6, 2, 3, 1, 5, 4]
- C[4, 1, 5, 2, 3, 6]
- D[1, 4, 5, 2, 3, 6]
- Q3MCQ4 Marks·Choose one option

- A{'a': 4, 'b': 3, 'c': 2, 'd': 2, 'e': 1}
- B{'a': 3, 'b': 4, 'c': 2, 'd': 2, 'e': 1}
- C{'a': 4, 'b': 2, 'c': 2, 'd': 2, 'e': 1}
- D{'a': 4, 'b': 3, 'c': 2, 'd': 1, 'e': 2}
- Q4MCQ4 Marks·Choose one option

- AThe list of nouns that come immediately after an article
- BThe list of articles that come immediately after a noun
- CThe list of nouns that come immediately before an article
- DThe list of articles that come immediately before a noun
- Q5MCQ5 Marks·Choose one option

- AA = Number of cities where students score the lowest marks in Physics B = The lowest marks in Physics
- BA = Number of cities where students score the highest marks in Physics B = The lowest marks in Physics
- CA = Cities where students score the highest marks in Physics B = The highest marks in Physics
- DA = Number of cities where students score the lowest marks in Physics B = The highest marks in Physics
- Q6MSQ5 Marks·Choose all correct options

- A

- B

- C

- D

- A
- Q7MSQ5 Marks·Choose all correct options

- AError in Line 2
- BError in Line 3
- CError in Line 5
- DError in Line 8
- Q8MSQ4 Marks·Choose all correct options

- A

- B

- C

- D

- A
Read the passage below, then answer Q9–Q10

Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Q9MSQ4 Marks·Choose all correct optionsAt the end of execution of pseudocode, which of the following statements is/are correct?
- AB represents maximum number of nouns in a sentence across all sentences.
- BwList represents the list of part of speech of all words in the dataset.
- CA represents number of Noun in a particular sentence.
- DwList represents the list of part of speech of words in a last sentence.
- Q10MCQ3 Marks·Choose one option
What will length(sList) represent at the end of the execution?
- ATotal number of words in the "Words" dataset.
- BTotal number of sentences in the "Words" dataset.
- CTotal number of words with the same part of speech in the "Words" dataset.
- DTotal number of words with different parts of speech in the "Words" dataset.
Read the passage below, then answer Q11–Q12
Q11MCQ4 Marks·Choose one optionWhat will the value of L be at the end of execution?
- A6
- B1
- C11
- D4
- Q12MCQ4 Marks·Choose one option
What will the value of LC be at the end of execution?
- A[[1], [2, 2], [1, 2, 3]]
- B[[1], [2, 2], [3, 2, 1]]
- C[[3, 2, 1], [2, 2], [1]]
- D[[1, 2, 3], [2, 2], [1]]