Is object a data type?

Data types are the classification or categorization of knowledge items . It represents the type useful that tells what operations are often performed on specific data. Since everything is an object in Python programming, data types are classes and variables are instances (object) of those classes.

Yes. Every class in Java is a datatype and Object is a class which means that it too is a datatype . It is special as it is a superclass of every class in Java.

Everything in Python is the object e.g. builtin types numbers, strings, list, set and dictionary etc. are objects. Further, user define objects can be created using ‘classes’.