DECLARATIONS AND INITIALIZATIONS

1. Which of the following statements should be used to obtain a remainder after dividing 3.14
by 2.1?
A.

rem = 3.14 % 2.1;

B.

rem = modf(3.14, 2.1);

C.

rem = fmod(3.14, 2.1);

D.

Remainder cannot be obtain in floating point division.

2. What are the types of linkages?

A.

Internal and External

B.

External, Internal and None

C.

External and None

D.

Internal

3. Which of the following special symbol allowed in a variable name?

A.

* (asterisk)

B.

| (pipeline)

C.

- (hyphen)

D.

_ (underscore)

4. Is there any difference between following declarations?

1 : extern int fun();
2 : int fun();
A.

Both are identical

B.

No difference, except extern int fun(); is probably in another file

C.

int fun(); is overrided with extern int fun();

D.

None of these

5. How would you round off a value from 1.66 to 2.0?

6.

7.

A.

ceil(1.66)

B.

floor(1.66)

C.

roundup(1.66)

D.

roundto(1.66)

By default a real number is treated as a

A.

float

B.

double

C.

long double

D.

far double

Which of the following is not user defined data type?

1:

2:

3:

8.

struct book
{
char name[10];
float price;
int pages;
};

long int l = 2.35;

enum day {Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed};

A.

B.

C.

D.

Both 1 and 2

Is the following statement a declaration or definition?

extern int i;

9.

A.

Declaration

B.

Definition

C.

Function

D.

Error

B.

Identify which of the following are declarations

1 : extern int x;
2 : float square ( float x ) { ... }
3 : double pow(double, double);
A.

C.

10.

1 and 3

D.

In the following program where is the variable a getting defined and where it is getting
declared?

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
extern int a;
printf("%d\n", a);
return 0;
}
int a=20;

A.

extern int a is declaration, int a = 20 is the definition

B.

int a = 20 is declaration, extern int a is the definition

C.

int a = 20 is definition, a is not defined

D.

a is declared, a is not defined

11. When we mention the prototype of a function?

A.

Defining

B.

Declaring

C.

Prototyping

D.

Calling

FLOATING POINT ISSUES

1. What are the different types of real data type in C ?
A.

float, double

B.

short int, double, long int

C.

float, double, long double

D.

double, long int, float

2. What will you do to treat the constant 3.14 as a long double?

A.

use 3.14LD

B.

use 3.14L

C.

use 3.14DL

D.

use 3.14LF

3. If the binary eauivalent of 5.375 in normalised form is 0100 0000 1010 1100 0000 0000
0000 0000, what will be the output of the program (on intel machine)?
#include<stdio.h>
#include<math.h>
int main()
{
float a=5.375;
char *p;
int i;
p = (char*)&a;
for(i=0; i<=3; i++)
printf("%02x\n", (unsigned char)p[i]);
return 0;
}
A.

40 AC 00 00

B.

04 CA 00 00

C.

00 00 AC 40

D.

00 00 CA 04

4. Which of the following range is a valid long double (Turbo C in 16 bit DOS OS) ?
A.

3.4E-4932 to 1.1E+4932

B.

3.4E-4932 to 3.4E+4932

C.

1.1E-4932 to 1.1E+4932

D.

1.7E-4932 to 1.7E+4932

5. Which statement will you add in the following program to work it correctly?

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("%f\n", log(36.0));
return 0;
}
A.

#include<conio.h>

B.

#include<math.h>

C.

#include<stdlib.h>

D.

#include<dos.h>

6. We want to round off x, a float, to an int value, The correct way to do is

A.

y = (int)(x + 0.5)

B.

y = int(x + 0.5)

C.

y = (int)x + 0.5

D.

y = (int)((int)x + 0.5)

7. The binary equivalent of 5.375 is

A.

101.101110111

B.

101.011

C.

101011

D.

None of above

8. A float occupies 4 bytes. If the hexadecimal equivalent of these 4 bytes are A, B, C and D,
then when this float is stored in memory in which of the following order do these bytes gets
stored?
A.

ABCD

B.

DCBA

C.

0xABCD

D.

Depends on big endian or little endian architecture

9. What will you do to treat the constant 3.14 as a float?

A.

use float(3.14f)

B.

use 3.14f

C.

use f(3.14)

D.

use (f)(3.14)

10. Which of the following statement obtains the remainder on dividing 5.5 by 1.3 ?

A.

rem = (5.5 % 1.3)

B.

rem = modf(5.5, 1.3)

C.

rem = fmod(5.5, 1.3)

D.

Error: we can't divide

POINTERS
1. What is (void*)0?
A.

Representation of NULL pointer

B.

Representation of void pointer

C.

Error

D.

None of above

2. Can you combine the following two statements into one?

char *p;
p = (char*) malloc(100);
A.

char p = *malloc(100);

B.

char *p = (char) malloc(100);

C.

char *p = (char*)malloc(100);

D.

char *p = (char *)(malloc*)(100);

3. In which header file is the NULL macro defined?

A.

stdio.h

B.

stddef.h

C.

stdio.h and stddef.h

D.

math.h

4. How many bytes are occupied by near, far and huge pointers (DOS)?

5.

A.

near=2 far=4 huge=4

B.

near=4 far=8 huge=8

C.

near=2 far=4 huge=8

D.

near=4 far=4 huge=8

If a variable is a pointer to a structure, then which of the following operator is used to

access data members of the structure through the pointer variable?
A.

B.

&

C.

D.

->

6. What would be the equivalent pointer expression for referring the array
element a[i][j][k][l]
A.

((((a+i)+j)+k)+l)

B.

*(*(*(*(a+i)+j)+k)+l)

C.

(((a+i)+j)+k+l)

D.

((a+i)+j+k+l)

7. A pointer is
A.

A keyword used to create variables

B.

A variable that stores address of an instruction

C.

A variable that stores address of other variable

D.

All of the above

8. The operator used to get value at address stored in a pointer variable is

A.

B.

&

C.

&&

D.

||

LIBRARY FUNCTIONS
1. What will the function rewind() do?
A.

Reposition the file pointer to a character reverse.

B.

Reposition the file pointer stream to end of file.

C.

Reposition the file pointer to begining of that line.

D.

Reposition the file pointer to begining of file.

2. Input/output function prototypes and macros are defined in which header file?
A.

conio.h

B.

stdlib.h

C.

stdio.h

D.

dos.h

3. Which standard library function will you use to find the last occurance of a character in a
string in C?
A.

strnchar()

B.

strchar()

C.

strrchar()

D.

strrchr()

4. What is stderr ?
A.

standard error

B.

standard error types

C.

standard error streams

D.

standard error definitions

5. Does there any function exist to convert the int or float to a string?
A.

Yes

B.

6. What is the purpose of fflush() function.

A.

flushes all streams and specified streams.

B.

flushes only specified stream.

C.

flushes input/output buffer.

No

D.

flushes file buffer.

7. Can you use the fprintf() to display the output on the screen?
A.

Yes

B.

No

8. What will the function randomize() do in Turbo C under DOS?

A.

returns a random number.

B.

returns a random number generator in the specified range.

C.

returns a random number generator with a random value based on time.

D.

return a random number with a given seed value.

INPUT / OUTPUT
1. In a file contains the line "I am a boy\r\n" then on reading this line into the
array strusing fgets(). What will str contain?
A.

"I am a boy\r\n\0"

B.

"I am a boy\r\0"

C.

"I am a boy\n\0"

D.

"I am a boy"

2. What is the purpose of "rb" in fopen() function used below in the code?
FILE *fp;
fp = fopen("source.txt", "rb");
A.

open "source.txt" in binary mode for reading

B.

open "source.txt" in binary mode for reading and writing

C.

Create a new file "source.txt" for reading and writing

D.

None of above

3. What does fp point to in the program ?

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
FILE *fp;
fp=fopen("trial", "r");
return 0;
}
A.

The first character in the file

B.

A structure which contains a char pointer which points to the first character of a
file.

C.

The name of the file.

D.

The last character in the file.

4. Which of the following operations can be performed on the file "NOTES.TXT" using the
below code?
FILE *fp;
fp = fopen("NOTES.TXT", "r+");
A.

Reading

B.

Writing

C.

Appending

D.

Read and Write

5. To print out a and b given below, which of the following printf() statement will you use?
#include<stdio.h>
float a=3.14;
double b=3.14;
A.

printf("%f %lf", a, b);

B.

printf("%Lf %f", a, b);

C.

printf("%Lf %Lf", a, b);

D.

printf("%f %Lf", a, b);

6. Which files will get closed through the fclose() in the following program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
FILE *fs, *ft, *fp;
fp = fopen("A.C", "r");
fs = fopen("B.C", "r");
ft = fopen("C.C", "r");
fclose(fp, fs, ft);
return 0;
}
A.

"A.C" "B.C" "C.C"

B.

"B.C" "C.C"

C.

"A.C"

D.

Error in fclose()

7. On executing the below program what will be the contents of 'target.txt' file if the source file
contains a line "To err is human"?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i, fss;
char ch, source[20] = "source.txt", target[20]="target.txt", t;
FILE *fs, *ft;
fs = fopen(source, "r");
ft = fopen(target, "w");
while(1)
{
ch=getc(fs);
if(ch==EOF)
break;
else
{
fseek(fs, 4L, SEEK_CUR);
fputc(ch, ft);
}
}
return 0;
}
A.

rn

B.

Trh

C.

err

D.

None of above

8. To scan a and b given below, which of the following scanf() statement will you use?
#include<stdio.h>
float a;
double b;
A.

scanf("%f %f", &a, &b);

B.

scanf("%Lf %Lf", &a, &b);

C.

scanf("%f %Lf", &a, &b);

D.

scanf("%f %lf", &a, &b);

9. Out of fgets() and gets() which function is safe to use?

A.

gets()

B.

fgets()

10. Consider the following program and what will be content of t?

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
FILE *fp;
int t;
fp = fopen("DUMMY.C", "w");
t = fileno(fp);
printf("%d\n", t);
return 0;
}
A.

size of "DUMMY.C" file

B.

The handle associated with "DUMMY.C" file

C.

Garbage value

D.

Error in fileno()

EXPRESSIONS
1. Which of the following is the correct order of evaluation for the below
expression?
z=x+y*z/4%2-1
A.

*/%+-=

B.

=*/%+-

C.

/*%-+=

D.

*%/-+=

2. Which of the following correctly shows the hierarchy of arithmetic operations in

C?
A.

/+*-

B.

*-/+

C.

+-/*

D.

/*+-

3. Which of the following is the correct usage of conditional operators used in C?

A.

a>b ? c=30 : c=40;

B.

a>b ? c=30;

C.

max = a>b ? a>c?a:c:b>c?b:c

D.

return (a>b)?(a:b)

4. Which of the following is the correct order if calling functions in the below
code?
a = f1(23, 14) * f2(12/4) + f3();
A.

f1, f2, f3

B.

f3, f2, f1

C.

Order may vary from compiler to compiler

D.

None of above

5. Which of the following are unary operators in C?

1. !
2. sizeof
3. ~
4. &&

A.

1, 2

B.

1, 3

C.

2, 4

D.

1, 2, 3

6. In which order does following get evaluated?

1. Relational
2. Arithmetic
3. Logical
4. Assignment
A. 2134

B. 1234

C. 4321

D. 3214

STRINGS
1. Which of the following function sets first n characters of a string to a given character?
A.

strinit()

B.

strnset()

C.

strset()

D.

strcset()

2. If the two strings are identical, then strcmp() function returns

A.

-1

B.

C.

D.

Yes

3. How will you print \n on the screen?

A.

printf("\n");

B.

echo "\\n";

C.

printf('\n');

D.

printf("\\n");

4. The library function used to find the last occurrence of a character in a string is
A.

strnstr()

B.

laststr()

C.

strrchr()

D.

strstr()

5. Which of the following function is used to find the first occurrence of a given string in
another string?
A.

strchr()

B.

strrchr()

C.

strstr()

D.

strnset()

6. Which of the following function is more appropriate for reading in a multi-word string?
A.

printf();

B.

scanf();

C.

gets();

D.

puts();

7. Which of the following function is correct that finds the length of a string?
A.

int xstrlen(char *s)

{

B.

int xstrlen(char s)
{

int length=0;
while(*s!='\0')
{ length++; s++; }
return (length);

C.

int length=0;
while(*s!='\0')
length++; s++;
return (length);

int xstrlen(char *s)

{
int length=0;
while(*s!='\0')
length++;
return (length);
}

int xstrlen(char *s)

{
int length=0;
while(*s!='\0')
s++;
return (length);
}

D.

CONST
1. What will be the output of the program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int y=128;
const int x=y;
printf("%d\n", x);
return 0;
}
A.

128

B.

Garbage value

C.

Error

D.

2. What will be the output of the program?

#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
union employee
{
char name[15];
int age;
float salary;
};
const union employee e1;
int main()
{
strcpy(e1.name, "K");
printf("%s %d %f", e1.name, e1.age, e1.salary);
return 0;
}
A.

Error: RValue required

B.

Error: cannot convert from 'const int *' to 'int *const'

C.

Error: LValue required in strcpy

D.

No error

3. What will be the output of the program?

#include<stdio.h>
int fun(int **ptr);
int main()
{
int i=10;
const int *ptr = &i;
fun(&ptr);
return 0;
}
int fun(int **ptr)
{
int j = 223;
int *temp = &j;
printf("Before changing ptr = %5x\n", *ptr);
const *ptr = temp;
printf("After changing ptr = %5x\n", *ptr);
return 0;
}
A.

Address of i
Address of j

B.

10
223

C.

Error: cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const int **' to 'int **'

D.

Garbage value

4. What will be the output of the program?

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{

const int x=5;

const int *ptrx;
ptrx = &x;
*ptrx = 10;
printf("%d\n", x);
return 0;
}
A.

B.

10

C.

Error

D.

Garbage value

5. What will be the output of the program in TurboC?

#include<stdio.h>
int fun(int **ptr);
int main()
{
int i=10, j=20;
const int *ptr = &i;
printf(" i = %5X", ptr);
printf(" ptr = %d", *ptr);
ptr = &j;
printf(" j = %5X", ptr);
printf(" ptr = %d", *ptr);
return 0;
}
A.

i= FFE2 ptr=12 j=FFE4 ptr=24

B.

i= FFE4 ptr=10 j=FFE2 ptr=20

C.

i= FFE0 ptr=20 j=FFE1 ptr=30

D.

Garbage value

6. What will be the output of the program?

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{

const char *s = "";

char str[] = "Hello";
s = str;
while(*s)
printf("%c", *s++);
return 0;
}
A.

Error

B.

C.

Hello

D.

Hel

7. What will be the output of the program?

#include<stdio.h>
int get();
int main()
{
const int x = get();
printf("%d", x);
return 0;
}
int get()
{
return 20;
}
A.

Garbage value

B.

Error

C.

20

D.

8. What will be the output of the program (in Turbo C)?

#include<stdio.h>
int fun(int *f)
{
*f = 10;
return 0;
}
int main()

{
const int arr[5] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
printf("Before modification arr[3] = %d", arr[3]);
fun(&arr[3]);
printf("\nAfter modification arr[3] = %d", arr[3]);
return 0;
}
A.

Before modification arr[3] = 4

After modification arr[3] = 10

B.

Error: cannot convert parameter 1 from const int * to int *

C.

Error: Invalid parameter

D.

Before modification arr[3] = 4

After modification arr[3] = 4

9. What will be the output of the program?

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
const int i=0;
printf("%d\n", i++);
return 0;
}
A.

10

B.

11

C.

No output

D.

Error: ++needs a value

10. What will be the output of the program?

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
const c = -11;
const int d = 34;
printf("%d, %d\n", c, d);

return 0;
}
A.

Error

B.

-11, 34

C.

11, 34

D.

None of these

COMPLICATED DECLARATIONS
1. Declare the following statement?
"An array of three pointers to chars".
A.

char *ptr[3]();

B.

char *ptr[3];

C.

char (*ptr[3])();

D.

char **ptr[3];

2. What do the following declaration signify?

int *ptr[30];
A.

ptr is a pointer to an array of 30 integer pointers.

B.

ptr is a array of 30 pointers to integers.

C.

ptr is a array of 30 integer pointers.

D.

ptr is a array 30 pointers.

3. Declare the following statement?

"A pointer to an array of three chars".
A.

char *ptr[3]();

B.

char (*ptr)*[3];

C.

char (*ptr[3])();

D.

char (*ptr)[3];

4. What do the following declaration signify?

char *arr[10];
A.

arr is a array of 10 character pointers.

B.

arr is a array of function pointer.

C.

arr is a array of characters.

D.

arr is a pointer to array of characters.

5. What do the following declaration signify?

int (*pf)();
A.

pf is a pointer to function.

B.

pf is a function pointer.

C.

pf is a pointer to a function which return int

D.

pf is a function of pointer variable.

6. Declare the following statement? "A pointer to a function which receives an int pointer and
returns float pointer".
A.

float *(ptr)*int;

B.

float *(*ptr)(int)

C.

float *(*ptr)(int*)

D.

float (*ptr)(int)

7. What do the following declaration signify?

void *cmp();
A.

cmp is a pointer to an void type.

B.

cmp is a void type pointer variable.

C.

cmp is a function that return a void pointer.

D.

cmp function returns nothing.

8. Declare the following statement?

"A pointer to a function which receives nothing and returns nothing".
A.

void *(ptr)*int;

B.

void *(*ptr)()

C.

void *(*ptr)(*)

D.

void (*ptr)()

9. What do the following declaration signify?

int *f();
A.

f is a pointer variable of function type.

B.

f is a function returning pointer to an int.

C.

f is a function pointer.

D.

f is a simple declaration of pointer variable.

10. What do the following declaration signify?

void (*cmp)();
A.

cmp is a pointer to an void function type.

B.

cmp is a void type pointer function.

C.

cmp is a function that return a void pointer.

D.

cmp is a pointer to a function which returns void .

11. What do the following declaration signify?

char **argv;
A.

argv is a pointer to pointer.

B.

argv is a pointer to a char pointer.

C.

argv is a function pointer.

D.

argv is a member of function pointer.

12. What do the following declaration signify?

char *scr;
A.

scr is a pointer to pointer variable.

B.

scr is a function pointer.

C.

scr is a pointer to char.

D.

scr is a member of function pointer.