Answer: Python Puzzler #696

The answer is C. The program prints:

grape
What the program prints
Checked by running the program for real.

Why?

Python counts list positions from 0, so position 1 is the second item.

Trace table

A trace table follows the program step by step. Here’s this one:

positionnegative positionitem
0-6pear
1-5grape
2-4banana
3-3mango
4-2carrot
5-1apple

The code again

basket = ["pear", "grape", "banana", "mango", "carrot", "apple"]
print(basket[1])

Try it: change one number in the program and predict the new output before you run it.