Python-Quizzes | Python List Quiz | Question 8

Find the output of the following program: 

Python3

list1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
list2 = list1
list2[0] = 0;

print( list1)

(A)

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0]

(B)

[0,1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

(C)

[0, 2, 3, 4, 5]

(D)

[1, 2, 3, 4, 0]

Answer: (C)

Explanation:

In this problem, we have provided a reference to the list1 with another name list2 but these two lists are same which have two references(list1 and list2). So any alteration with list2 will affect the original list.

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