How To Make A Multiple Choice Question In Python

Making a multiple-choice question is a common task when developing software applications. Python is a popular programming language for creating software applications. In this tutorial, we will learn how to make a multiple-choice question in Python.

Steps to Make a Multiple-Choice Question in Python

1. Firstly, we need to create a list of questions and store each of them in a separate variable.

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ques_1 = "What is the capital of India?\n(a) Mumbai\n(b) Delhi\n(c) Bangalore\n(d) Chennai\nAnswer: "

2. Next, we need to create a dictionary of answers for each question.

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answers = {"ques_1":"b", "ques_2":"a", "ques_3":"c"}

3. Now, we need to create a function to display the question and options to the user. We can use the input function to get the user’s answer.

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def display_question(question):
    print(question)
    user_answer = input()
    return user_answer

4. We also need to create a function to check whether the user’s answer matches the correct answer or not.

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def check_answer(question, user_answer):
    if user_answer == answers[question]:
        print("Correct answer!")
    else:
        print("Incorrect answer!")

5. Finally, we need to call the display_question function for each question and pass the question variable as an argument. We also need to pass the user’s answer to the check_answer function to check whether the answer is correct or not.

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ans_1 = display_question(ques_1)
check_answer("ques_1", ans_1)

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to make a multiple-choice question in Python. We used variables, dictionaries, and functions to create the question and check the user’s answer. This method can be used to create multiple-choice questions for various applications.

Here is the full code used in this tutorial:

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# Creating variables for each question
ques_1 = "What is the capital of India?\n(a) Mumbai\n(b) Delhi\n(c) Bangalore\n(d) Chennai\nAnswer: "
ques_2 = "What is the largest country in the world by area?\n(a) Russia\n(b) China\n(c) USA\n(d) Canada\nAnswer: "
ques_3 = "What is the currency of Japan?\n(a) Yen\n(b) Won\n(c) Dollar\n(d) Euro\nAnswer: "
 
# Creating a dictionary of answers for each question
answers = {"ques_1":"b", "ques_2":"a", "ques_3":"c"}
 
# Creating a function to display the question and get user's answer
def display_question(question):
    print(question)
    user_answer = input()
    return user_answer
 
# Creating a function to check user's answer against correct answer
def check_answer(question, user_answer):
    if user_answer == answers[question]:
        print("Correct answer!")
    else:
        print("Incorrect answer!")
 
# Displaying each question and getting user's answer
ans_1 = display_question(ques_1)
check_answer("ques_1", ans_1)
 
ans_2 = display_question(ques_2)
check_answer("ques_2", ans_2)
 
ans_3 = display_question(ques_3)
check_answer("ques_3", ans_3)