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Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms using Python · Quiz 2 · 23 Nov 2025 · September 2025 term

Question 1: In the given graph, if we try to find the shortest path f…

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In the given graph, if we try to find the shortest path from node P to all other nodes using

Dijkstra’s algorithm, which node is the
node to be included in the visited set? Consider that P is the 1st visited node.

  1. A

    U

  2. B

    R

  3. C

    S

  4. D

    T

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  • C

    S

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Question 1 of 16 in the IIT Madras BS Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms using Python (PDSA) Quiz 2 paper sat on 23 Nov 2025, in the September 2025 term (IIT M DIPLOMA AN EXAM QDD2 23 Nov 2025 NEW). It carries 3 marks.

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