Answer: Python Puzzler #786

The answer is C. The program prints:

carrot
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
0-4banana
1-3carrot
2-2plum
3-1apple

The code again

basket = ["banana", "carrot", "plum", "apple"]
print(basket[1])

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