OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

Q.1 Literal means

(A) a string. (B) a string constant.
(C) a character. (D) an alphabet.
Ans:B

Q.2 Choose the correct answer
(A) Casting refers to implicit type conversion. (B) Coercion refers to implicit type conversion.
(C) Casting means coercion. (D) Coercion refers to explicit type conversion.
Ans:B

Q.3 printf (%d, printf (tim));
(A) results in a syntax error (B) outputs tim3
(C) outputs garbage (D) outputs tim and terminates abruptly
Ans:B
printf statement will print tim3, tim due to inner printf statement and 3 as length due to
outer printf statement.

Q.4 Output of the following program fragment is
x = 5;
y = x++;
printf(%d%d, x, y);
(A) 5, 6 (B) 5, 5
(C) 6, 5 (D) 6, 6
Ans:C
x is incremented by 1 and before that increment the value is assigned to y so value of x=6 and
y=5.

Q.5 The value of an automatic variable that is declared but not initialised will be
(A) 0 (B) -1
(C) unpredictable (D) none of these
Ans:C

Q.6 Consider the following program
main ( )
{ float a = 0.5, b = 0.7;
if (b < 0.8)
if (a < 0.5) printf (ABCD);
else printf (PQR);
else printf (JKLF);
}
The output is
(A) ABCD (B) PQR
(C) JKLF (D) None of these
Ans:B
Since b=0.7<0.8, the control goes to second if statement where (a<0.5) is false to printf
statement in else part executed printing PQR

Q.7 The following program fragment
int *a;
*a = 7;
(A) assigns 7 to a (B) results in compilation error
(C) assigns address of a as 7 (D) segmentation fault
Ans:D

Q.8 A pointer variable can be
(A) passed to a function as argument. (B) changed within function.
(C) returned by a function. (D) assigned an integer value.
Ans:C

Q.9 C is often called a
(A) Object oriented language (B) High level language
(C) Assembly language (D) Machine level language
Ans:B

Q.10 The loop in which the statements within the loop are executed at least once is called
(A) do-while (B) while
(C) for (D) goto
Ans:A

Q.11 The control automatically passes to the first statement after the loop in
(A) continue statement (B) break statement
(C) switch statement (D) if statement
Ans:B

Q.12 A self contained block of statements that perform a coherent task of some kind is called a
(A) Monitor (B) Function
(C) Program (D) Structure
Ans:B

Q.13 Recursion is sometimes called
(A) Circular definition (B) Complex definition
(C) Procedure (D) Union
Ans:A

Q.14 Unsigned integer occupies
(A) Two bytes (B) Four bytes
(C) One byte (D) Eight bytes
Ans:B

Q.15 Each C preprocessor directive begins with
(A) # (B) include
(C) main() (D) {
Ans:A



Q.16 main() {
long i = 30000;
printf(%d, i); }
the output is
(A) 3000 (B) 30000
(C) 0 (D) -1
Ans:B

Q.17 The directive that can be used to test whether an expression evaluates to a nonzero value or not
is
(A) #if (B) #elif
(C) #endif (D) #exit
Ans:A

Q.18 main() {
printf(%p\n, main());
}
(A) Prints the address of main function.
(B) Prints 0.
(C) Is an error.
(D) Is an infinite loop.
Ans:A

Q.19 The << operator is used for
(A) Right shifting (B) Left shifting
(C) Bitwise shifting (D) Bitwise complement
Ans:B

Q.20 The C language includes the header file standard input & output in
(A) stdlib.h library (B) stdio.h library
(C) conio.h library (D) #include library
Ans:B

Q.21 The value that follows the keyword CASE may only be
(A) constants (B) variable
(C) number (D) semicolon
Ans:A

Q.22 The statement which is used to terminate the control from the loop is
(A) break (B) continue
(C) goto (D) exit
Ans:A

Q.23 The machine registers are sometimes called
(A) local variables (B) global variables
(C) accumulators (D) static variables
Ans:A


Q.24 Set of values of the same type, which have a single name followed by an index is called
(A) function (B) structure
(C) array (D) union
Ans:C

Q.25 An array of pointers is same as
(A) pointer to array (B) pointers to pointers
(C) pointer to function (D) pointer to structure
Ans:B

Q.26 What is the output of the following program segment?
main()
{
long i = 65536;
printf(%d\n, i);
}
(A) 0 (B) 65536
(C) -1 (D) 65
Ans:A

Q.27 What is the output of the following program segment?
main()
{
int i = 1;
do
{ printf(%d.., i);
} while(i--);
}
(A) 0..1.. (B) 1..0..
(C) 0 (D) -1
Ans:B

Q.28 What is the output of the following program segment?
main()
{
int i = ++2;
printf(%d\n, i);
}
(A) 3 (B) 2
(C) 0 (D) -1
Ans:A
It is a compilation error. However if we write i=2; ++i; then value of i is printed as 3.

Q.29 The name of all functions end with a
(A) pair of parenthesis (B) semicolon
(C) braces (D) colon
Ans:A


Q.30 A float variable can store any variable within the range of
(A) 7.1 10
38
to 7.1 10
38
(B) 4.3 10
38
to 4.3 1038
(C) 2.7 10
38
to 2.7 10
38
D) 2.1 10
38
to 2.1 10
38

Ans:B

Q.31 scanf() can be used for reading
(A) double character (B) single character
(C) multiple characters (D) no character
Ans:C

Q.32 C allows a three-way transfer of control with the help of
(A) unary operator (B) relational operator
(C) ternary operator (D) comparison operator
Ans:C

Q.33 The statement that transfers control to the beginning of the loop is called
(A) break statement (B) exit statement
(C) continue statement (D) goto statement
Ans:C

Q.34 A variable which is visible only in the function in which it is defined, is called
(A) static variable (B) auto variable
(C) external variable (D) local variable
Ans:D

Q.35 The number of arguments supplied from the command line, by convention, is known as
(A) arg c (B) arg v
(C) #define (D) #include
Ans:A

Q.36 Output of the program given below is
int i;
main()
{
printf(%d, i);
}
(A) 1 (B) 0
(C) -1 (D) Null
Ans:B

Q.37 What will be the output of the following program?
main()
{
char *p = ayqm;
printf (%c, ++*(p++));}
(A) b (B) z
(C) q (D) n
Ans:A

Q.38 What will be the output of the following program?
main()
{
int i = 5;
printf(%d, i=++i==6);
}
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 7 (D) 6
Ans:B

Q.39 Determine which of the following is a valid character constant
(A) \\ (B) \0
(C) xyz (D) \052
Ans:A

Q.40 The maximum value that an integer constant can have is
(A) .32767 (B) 32767
(C) 1.7014e+38 (D) 1.7014e+38
Ans:B

Q.41 The expression X=4+2%-8 evaluates
(A) 6 (B) 6
(C) 4 (D) None
Ans:B

Q.42 What will be the output of following program?
main()
{
int x=15;
printf(\n%d%d%d, x!=15, x=20, x<30);
}
(A) 0, 20, 1 (B) 15, 20, 30
(C) 0, 0, 0 (D) Error
Ans:A

Q.43 How many times the following program would print (abc)?
main()
{
printf(\nabc);
main();
}
(A) Infinite number of times (B) 32767 times
(C) 65535 times (D) Till the stack does not overflow
Ans:A





Q.44 What would be output of the following program?
# define SQR(X) (X*X)
main()
{
int a, b=3;
a = SQR(b+2);
printf(\n%d, a);
}
(A) 25 (B) 11
(C) Error (D) Garbage value
Ans:B

Q.45 What would be output of the following program?
#include "stdio.h"
main()
{
printf(%d%d, size of (NULL!), size of ( ));
}
(A) 2 1 (B) 1 2
(C) 2 2 (D) 1 1
Ans:C

Q.46 What would be output of the following program, if the array begins at 65486?
main()
{
int arr[ ] = {12, 14, 15, 23, 45};
printf(%u%u, arr+1, &arr+1);
}
(A) 65486, 65486 (B) 65488, 65488
(C) 65488, 65496 (D) None of the above
Ans:C
Array begins at address 65486 so arr+1=65488 as size of int is 2 bytes and
&arr+1=65486+10=65496 as there are 5 elements in array.

Q.47 Given the statement, maruti.engine.bolts=25;
which of the following is true?
(A) Structure bolts is nested within structure engine
(B) Structure engine is nested within structure maruti
(C) Structure maruti is nested within structure engine
(D) Structure maruti nested within structure bolts
Ans:B

Q.48 Which amongst the following is not a keyword?
(A) external (B) int
(C) float (D) double
Ans:A



Q.49 If a = 5 and b = 7 then the statement p = (a > b) : a ? b
(A) assigns a value 5 to p (B) assigns a value 7 to p
(C) assigns a value 8 to p (D) gives an error message
Ans:D

Q.50 The expression P >> 6 shifts all bits of P six places to right. What is the value of P >> 6 if
P = 0 6db7 ?
(A) 01234 (B) 0001 0
(C) 0000 0 (D) 6 01B
Ans:D

Q.51 If an integer occupies 4 bytes and a character occupies 1 bytes of memory, each element of the
following structure would occupy how many bytes?
struct name
{
int age;
char name [20];
}
(A) 5 (B) 24
(C) 21 (D) 22
Ans:B

Q.52 If an array is used as function argument, the array is passed
(A) by value. (B) by reference
(C) by name. (D) the array cannot be used as a function
argument.
Ans:B

Q.53 To access a structure element using a pointer, ___________ operator is used
(A) dot (.) (B) pointer (&)
(C) pointer (*) (D) arrow ()
Ans:D

Q.54 The library function sqrt( ) operates on a double precision argument. If, i is an integer
variable, which one of the following calls would correctly compute sqrt(i)?
(A) sqrt((double)i) (B) (double) sqrt(i)
(C) (double) (sqrt(i)) (D) sqrt(i)
Ans:A

Q.55 What will happen if the following loop is executed?
int num = 0;
do
{
--num;
printf(%d, num);
num++;
}while (num >= 0);
}
(A) The loop will run infinite number of times.
(B) The program will not enter the loop.
(C) There will be a compilation error.
(D) There will be runtime error.
Ans:C

Q.56 The break statement causes an exit
(A) Only from the innermost loop.
(B) Only from the innermost switch.
(C) From the innermost loop or switch.
(D) From the program.
Ans:C

Q.57 It is necessary to declare the type of function in the calling program if
(A) Function returns an integer.
(B) Function returns a non-integer value.
(C) Function is not defined in the same file.
(D) Function is called number of times.
Ans:B

Q.58 The function fprintf is used in a program
(A) When too many printf calls have been already used in the program.
(B) In place of printf, since printf uses more memory.
(C) When the output is to be printed on to a file.
(D) When the type of variables to be printed are not known before.
Ans:C

Q.59 The following statement displays
float x = 2000.53;
printf (%e, x);

(A) 2.00053e+04 (B) 2.00053e+03
(C) 2.00053+e04 (D) 2.0005e+03
Ans:B

Q.60 The output of the following is
int a = 75;
printf (%d%%, a);
(A) 75 (B) 75%%
(C) 75% (D) None of the above
Ans:D

Q.61 The given FOR loop is
for ( ; ; )
{
printf( );
}
(A) valid (B) indefinite
(C) invalid (D) displays runtime errors
Ans:D

Q.62 The following code displays
main( )
{
int *p;
p = (int*) malloc(sizeof(int));
*p = 10;
printf(p = %d\n, *p);
}

(A) 10 (B) 1542 (address of p)
(C) 20 (D) None of the above
Ans:A

Q.63 The _______ operator is a technique to forcefully convert one data type to the others
(A) Cast (B) Conversion
(C) Type (D) Uniary
Ans:A

Q.64 The output of the following will be
for (x=1, y=5; x+y<=10; x++)
{
printf(%d%d, x,y);
y++;
}
(A) 1 5 (B) 1 5
2 6 2 6
3 7 3 7
4 8
(C) 1 5 (D) 1 5
1 6 2 5
1 7 3 5
1 8 4 5
1 9 5 5
Ans:A

Q.65 The __________ statement causes immediate exit from the loop overriding the condition test

(A) Exit (B) Break
(C) Goto (D) None of the above
Ans:B

Q.66 The output of the following code is
a = 5;
a << 1;
printf(%d, a);
(A) 5 (B) 6
(C) 2 (D) 3
Ans:A

Q.67 The purpose for mode w+b in file operation is
(A) create a binary file for write
(B) create a binary file for read/write
(C) open a binary file for writing
(D) open a binary file for reading/writing
Ans:B

Q.68 The operators << and >> are
(A) assignment operator (B) relational operator
(C) logical operator (D) bitwise shift operator
Ans D

Q.69 Which of the following numerical value is invalid constant
(A) .75 (B) 9.3e2
(C) 27,512 (D) 123456
Ans C

Q.70 A C program contains the following declaration int i=8, j=5 what would be the value of
following expression?
abs(i-2*j)
(A) 2 (B) 4
(C) 6 (D) 8
Ans A

Q.71 What will be the output of the following program
main( )
{
int k, num=30;
k=(num>5 ? (num<= 10 ? 100:200):500);
printf(\n%d, num);
}
(A) 100 (B) 5
(C) 30 (D) 500
Ans C

Q.72 What is the output of the following code
int n = 0, m=1;
do
{
printf(%d, m);
m++;
}
while(m<=n);
(A) 0 (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) 4
Ans C



Q.73 If a=8 and b=15 then the statement
x= (a>b) ? a:b;
(A) assigns a value 8 to x (B) gives an error message
(C) assigns a value 15 to x (D) assigns a value 7 to x
Ans C

Q.74 What is the output of the following code
int n=0, m;
for (m=1; m<=n+1; m++)
printf(%d, m);
(A) 2 (B) 1
(C) 0 (D) 6
Ans B

Q.75 How many times the following loop be executed
{

ch = b;
while(ch >= a && ch <= z)
ch++; }
(A) 0 (B) 25
(C) 26 (D) 1
Ans B

Q.76 Which of the following is FALSE in C
(A) Keywords can be used as variable names
(B) Variable names can contain a digit
(C) Variable names do not contain a blank space
(D) Capital letters can be used in variable names
Ans A

Q.77 int **ptr; is
(A) Invalid declaration (B) Pointer to pointer
(C) Pointer to integer (D) none of the above
Ans B