Question

To check more than two conditions, ___ is used with if-else statements.

(a) while

(b) for

(c) elif

(d) for

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Answer 1

Correct choice is (c) elif

Easiest explanation: if-else statements makes two-way decisions depending on the fulfillment of certain conditions. But if we want to check more than two conditions we can use elif statement. For example,