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Programming in Python · End Term · 21 Dec 2025 · September 2025 term

Question 2: Consider the following code snippet that writes student d…

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Consider the following code snippet that writes student details to a CSV file named "employees.csv": def save_data(data): f = open('employees.csv', 'w') f.write('Name,Salary\n') for i in range(len(data)): emp, sal = data[i] row = f'{emp},{sal}' if i != len(data) - 1: row = row + '\n' f.write(row) f.close() data = [ ('Alice', 75000), ('Bob', 64000), ('Charlie', 82000), ('Diana', 71000), ('Eve', 69000) ] If the save_data(data) function is called with the list data as shown above, what will be the contents of the file "employees.csv"?

  1. A

    Name,Salary Alice,75000 Bob,64000 Charlie,82000 Diana,71000 Eve,69000

  2. B

    Alice,75000 Bob,64000 Charlie,82000 Diana,71000 Eve,69000

  3. C

    Salary,Name Alice,75000 Bob,64000 Charlie,82000 Diana,71000 Eve,69000

  4. D

    Name Salary Alice,75000 Bob,64000 Charlie,82000 Diana,71000 Eve,69000

  5. E

    Salary,Name 75000,Alice 64000,Bob 82000,Charlie 71000,Diana 69000,Eve

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  • A

    Name,Salary Alice,75000 Bob,64000 Charlie,82000 Diana,71000 Eve,69000

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Question 2 of 20 in the IIT Madras BS Programming in Python (Python) End Term paper sat on 21 Dec 2025, in the September 2025 term (Intro to Python 18 Dec 25). It carries 3 marks.

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