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Nptel Data Science for Engineers Assignment 1 Answers (Jan-Apr 2025)
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Que. 1) Which of the following variable names are INVALID in R?
a) 1_variable
b) variable_1
c) variable
d) variable@
Que. 2) The function ls()
in R will:
a) Set a new working directory path
b) List all objects in our working environment
c) Display the path to our working directory
d) None of the above
Consider the following code snippet and answer questions 3 and 4:
num_patient <- c(1, 2, 3, 4)
ID <- c(1, 2, 3, 4)
Patient_name <- c("Shyam", "Nandini", "Haya")
patient_list <- list(num_patient, ID, Patient_name)
Que. 3) Which of the following commands is used to access the value “Shyam”?
a) print(patient_list[3][[2]])
b) print(patient_list[[3]][2])
Que. 4) What does the following R code produce?
x <- "banana"
x
a) "banana"
b) "cherry"
c) Error
Que. 5) What is the output of the following code?
x <- 10 + 5
typeof(x)
a) double
b) integer
c) list
d) None of the above
Que. 6) State whether the given statement is True or False: The library reshape2
is based around two key functions named melt
and cast
.
a) True
b) False
Que. 7) What does the following R code return?
x <- c(5, 10, 15, 20)
y <- x[x > 10]
a) 5, 10, 15, 20
b) 15, 20
c) 10, 15, 20
d) Error
Que. 8) What is the output of the following R code?
x <- 1
while (x <= 3) {
print(x)
x <- x + 1
}
a) 1, 2, 3
b) Error
Create the data frame using the code given below and answer questions 9 and 10:
student_data <- data.frame(
student_id = c(1, 2, 3, 4),
student_name = c("Ram", "Harish", "Pradeep", "Rajesh")
)
Que. 9) Choose the correct command to add a column named student_dept
to the dataframe student_data
:
a) student_data$student_dept = c("Commerce", "Biology", "English", "Tamil")
b) student_data["student_dept"] = c("Commerce", "Biology", "English", "Tamil")
c) student_dept = c("Commerce", "Biology", "English", "Tamil")
d) None of the above
Que. 10) Choose the correct command to access the element “Tamil” in the dataframe student_data
:
a) student_data[[4]][3]
b) student_data[[3]][4]
c) None of the above
Que. 11) The command to check if a value is of numeric data type is:
a) typeof()
b) is.numeric()
c) as.numeric()
d) None of the above
Que. 12) What will the following R code return?
mat <- matrix(1:9, nrow = 3)
mat[2, 3]
a) 5
b) 9
c) Error
Que. 13) What is the result of the following R code?
mat1 <- matrix(1:6, nrow = 2)
mat2 <- matrix(7:12, nrow = 2)
result <- mat1 + mat2
a)
[1,] 8 10 12
[2,] 14 16 18
b)
8 10 12 14 16 18
c)
[1,] 8 9 10
[2,] 11 12 13
d) Error
Nptel Data Science for Engineers Assignment 1 Answers (July-Dec 2024)
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Q1. Which of the following variable names are INVALID in R?
1_variable
variable_1
_variable
variable@
Q2.The function ls () in R will
set a new working directory path
list all objects in our working environment
display the path to our working directory
None of the above
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Q3.Consider the following code snippet. Based on this, answer questions 3 and 4.
ID=c(1, 2, 3, 4)
Patient_name = c(“Ram”, “Shyam”, “Nandini”, “Maya”)
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num.patient = 4
patient_list = list(num.patient, ID, Patient_name)
Which of the following command is used to access the value “Shyam”?
print(patient_list[3][2])
print(patient_list[[3]][1])
print(patient_list[[3]][2])
print(patient_list[[2]][2])
Q4.The output of the code given below is
for (i in patient_list[1]){
for (jin i){ print(j) }
}
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Q5. What is the output of following code?
double
integer
list
None of the above
Q6. State whether the given statement is True or False.
The library reshape2 is based around two key functions named melt and cast.
True
False
Answer: True
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Q7. What is the output of following code?
A = matrix(c(9:1), 3, 3)
print(A[3, 2])
6
4
2
8
Answer: 6
Q8. Create the data frame using the code given below and answer questions 8 and 9.
student_data = data.frame(student_id=c(1:4), student_name=c(‘Ram’,‘Harish’,‘Pradeep’,‘Rajesh’))
Choose the correct command to add a column named student dept to the dataframe student data.
student_datastudent dept=c(“Commerce”, “Biology”, “English”, “Tamil”)
student_data[“student dept”]= c(“Commerce”,“Biology”, “English”,“Tamil”)
student_dept= student data[c(“Commerce”,“Biology”,“English”,“Tamil”)]
None of the above
Answer: B)student_data[“student dept”]= c(“Commerce”,“Biology”, “English”,“Tamil”)
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Q9. Choose the correct command to access the element Tamil in the dataframe student_data.
student_data[[4]]
student_data[[4]][3]
student_data[[3]][4]
None of the above
Answer: None of the above
Q10. The command to check if a value is of numeric data type is __.
typeof()
is.numeric()
as.numeric()
None of the above
Answer: is.numeric()
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