C Programming Practice MCQs

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1. What is the output of the following code?

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int a = 5, b = 10;

printf("%d", a+++b);
return 0;

A) 15

B) 16
C) 14

D) Compilation error

Answer: C

2. What will be the value printed?

 #include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int a = 10;

int *p = &a;

*p += 2;
printf("%d", a);

return 0;

A) 10

B) 12
C) Garbage
D) Compilation error

Answer: B

3. What character will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
char str[] = "ABCDE";

printf("%c", *(str + 3));

return 0;
}

A) A

B) B
C) D
D) E

Answer: C

4. Output of accessing array element:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int a[] = {1, 2, 3};
 printf("%d", *(a + 1));

return 0;
}

A) 1
B) 2

C) 3
D) Garbage
Answer: B

5. What happens here?

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

int *p = NULL;
printf("%d", *p);
return 0;

A) 0
B) Garbage

C) Segmentation Fault
D) Compilation Error

Answer: C

6. What does the loop print?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int i = 0;

for (; i < 3; printf("%d", i++));

return 0;
}
A) 012
B) 123

C) 234

D) 345
Answer: A

7. Which string gets printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str[] = "World";

printf("%s", str + 2);

return 0;

A) World
B) orld

C) rld

D) rld
Answer: C

8. Output of this pointer arithmetic?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char *p = "Hello";
printf("%c", *++p);

return 0;
}

A) H

B) e
C) l

D) Error

Answer: B
9. What does this code print?

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

int x = 5;

printf("%d", x++);
return 0;

A) 6

B) 5
C) 4

D) Garbage

Answer: B

10. What will be the output?

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

int arr[] = {10, 20, 30, 40};

printf("%d", *(arr + *(arr + 1)/10));

return 0;

A) 10

B) 20

C) 30
D) 40

Answer: C

11. How many bytes will sizeof return?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int arr[10];
 printf("%lu", sizeof(arr));
return 0;

A) 10
B) 40

C) 4
D) Depends on platform

Answer: B

12. What will be the output?

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int a = 1;

if (a = 0)
printf("Zero");
else

printf("Non-zero");
return 0;
}

A) Zero
B) Non-zero
C) Compilation error

D) Runtime error
Answer: B

13. What happens here?

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

char s[] = "abc";

s[1] = '\0';
printf("%s", s);
 return 0;
}

A) abc
B) a
C) ab

D) Error
Answer: B

14. Output of this loop?

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

int i;
for (i = -1; i < 5; i++) {
if (i == 0)

continue;
printf("%d ", i);
}

return 0;
}

A) -1 1 2 3 4

B) -1 0 1 2 3 4
C) -1 1 2 3 4 5
D) Compilation error

Answer: A

15. What does main() return in C by default?

A) 0
B) 1

C) Depends on compiler
D) Garbage
Answer: A
16. Which of the following is true for a char* in C?
A) It can be used as a string

B) It must always point to malloc 'ed memory

C) It’s invalid syntax
D) It cannot be incremented

Answer: A

17. Output?

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
char *s = "pointer";

printf("%c", s[3]);
return 0;
}

A) p
B) o
C) i

D) n
Answer: D

18. What happens?

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

int i = 0;
while (i < 3)
printf("%d", i++);

return 0;
}

A) 012

B) 123
C) 234
D) Compilation error

Answer: A

19. Output?

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
char str[5] = "Hello";

printf("%s", str);
return 0;
}

A) Hello
B) Compile error
C) Hel

D) Garbage
Answer: B

20. What is the output of the loop?

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int a = 1;

do {
printf("%d ", a);
a++;

} while (a < 4);

return 0;
}

A) 1 2
B) 1 2 3

C) 1 2 3 4
D) 1 2 3 4 5
Answer: B
21. Output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
char *s = "C Programming";
printf("%s", s + 2);

return 0;
}

A) C Programming

B) Programming
C) Programming
D) Programming

Answer: D

22. Result of:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int a = 10;

printf("%d %d", a++, ++a);

return 0;
}

A) 10 12
B) 11 12
C) Undefined behavior

D) 10 11
Answer: C

23. What is printed?

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

int a[] = {1,2,3,4};

 printf("%d", 2[a]);
return 0;
}

A) 2
B) 3
C) Error

D) Garbage
Answer: B

24. Output of this loop:

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

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)

if (i == 2)

break;

else
printf("%d", i);

return 0;

A) 01
B) 012

C) 1234

D) 0
Answer: A

25. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 5;
printf("%d %d %d", a, a<<1, a>>1);
 return 0;

A) 5 10 2

B) 5 20 1

C) 5 2 10
D) 5 5 5

Answer: A

26. What will be the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int a = 10, b = 20;

printf("%d", b+++a);

return 0;
}

A) 30

B) 31

C) 29
D) Compilation error

Answer: C

27. What does this code print?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
char *p = "ABCDE";

printf("%c", *(&p[1] + 1));

return 0;
}

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D

Answer: C

28. What will be the output of this pointer operation?

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

int a = 10;

int *p = &a;
printf("%d", *p++);

return 0;

A) 10

B) Garbage

C) Compilation error
D) Undefined

Answer: A

29. What happens when this runs?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int a = 5;

int b = 2;

printf("%d", a/b);
return 0;

A) 2.5

B) 2
C) 3

D) Error

Answer: B
30. Output of this loop?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++);

printf("Hello");

return 0;

A) Hello
B) HelloHelloHelloHelloHello

C) Compilation error

D) Hello printed once

Answer: D

31. What gets printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[3] = {1,2,3};

printf("%d", arr[1]);

return 0;

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3
D) Garbage

Answer: B

32. Output of this code:

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

int i = 0;
 while (i++ < 3)

printf("%d", i);

return 0;
}

A) 123
B) 012

C) 134

D) 1234
Answer: A

33. What happens here?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int x = 5;
int y = ++x + x++;

printf("%d", y);

return 0;
}

A) 11

B) 12

C) 13
D) Undefined behavior

Answer: D

34. Output of this string operation?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
char str[] = "Exam";

str[1] = 'r';

printf("%s", str);
 return 0;
}

A) Exam
B) Eram

C) Eeam

D) Error
Answer: B

35. Result of this character addition:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char c = 'A' + 1;
printf("%c", c);

return 0;

A) A
B) B

C) C

D) Compilation error
Answer: B

36. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 10;
int b = 5;

printf("%d", a && b);

return 0;
}
A) 1

B) 0
C) 5

D) 10

Answer: A

37. Identify the output:

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

int arr[3] = {10};

printf("%d %d", arr[0], arr[2]);

return 0;

A) 10 0
B) 10 garbage

C) garbage garbage

D) Compilation error
Answer: A

38. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int i = 2;
printf("%d", i << 1);

return 0;

A) 2

B) 4

C) 1
D) 3

Answer: B
39. What is the result?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
printf("%d", sizeof("GLA"));

return 0;

A) 3

B) 4

C) 5
D) 2

Answer: B

40. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int a = 1;

int b = 0;

printf("%d", a || b);
return 0;

A) 1
B) 0

C) Error

D) Compilation fail
Answer: A

41. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str[4] = "Hi";

 printf("%s", str);
return 0;

A) Hi

B) H

C) Error
D) Garbage

Answer: A

42. Choose the correct output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int a = 5;

int b = 2;

float c = (float)a / b;
printf("%.2f", c);

return 0;

A) 2.50
B) 2

C) 2.0

D) Compilation error
Answer: A

43. What does this output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[] = {5, 10, 15};

printf("%d", *(arr + 2));

return 0;

}
A) 5

B) 10
C) 15

D) Garbage

Answer: C

44. Which value is printed?

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

int a = 2;

printf("%d", a << 2);

return 0;

A) 4
B) 6

C) 8

D) 16
Answer: C

45. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 5;
int b = 3;

printf("%d", a & b);

return 0;
}

A) 1

B) 0
C) 3
D) 5

Answer: A

46. Choose the output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int a = 10;

printf("%d", ~a);
return 0;

A) -10
B) -11

C) 11

D) Error
Answer: B

47. Which of the following is a valid pointer assignment?

A) int *p = 10;
B) int *p = NULL;

C) int p = &a;

D) None
Answer: B

48. Which statement is true about arrays in C?

A) Array size can be changed at runtime

B) Array index starts from 1

C) Array elements are stored in contiguous memory

D) Arrays store different data types

Answer: C

49. Output?
 #include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[] = {1,2,3,4};

printf("%d", *(arr+3));

return 0;

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

Answer: D

50. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
char str[] = "Hello";

printf("%c", 3[str]);

return 0;

A) l

B) o

C) e

D) Error

Answer: A

51. What will be the output?

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

char str[] = "World";

printf("%c", *(str + 4));

 return 0;

A) r

B) d

C) o

D) l
Answer: B

52. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int i = 0;

do {

printf("%d", i);

i++;
} while (i < 3);

return 0;

A) 012

B) 123

C) 01

D) Infinite loop

Answer: A

53. Identify the output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int x = 3;

int y = x++ + ++x;

printf("%d", y);
 return 0;
}

A) 7

B) 8
C) 9

D) Undefined

Answer: C

54. What will this program output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char ch = 'A';

printf("%d", ch);
return 0;

A) 65
B) A

C) Compilation error

D) Garbage

Answer: A

55. What is the output of this code?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[2][2] = {{1,2},{3,4}};

printf("%d", arr[1][0]);

return 0;

A) 1

B) 2
C) 3

D) 4

Answer: C

56. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int i = 5;
while(i-- > 0)

printf("%d", i);

return 0;

A) 54321

B) 43210

C) 543210

D) 4321

Answer: B

57. Output of the following:

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

int a = 5;

int b = 0;

printf("%d", a && b++);

printf("%d", b);

return 0;
}

A) 10

B) 01
C) 00

D) 01

Answer: C
58. Result of this expression:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 10;
printf("%d", a >> 1);

return 0;

A) 5

B) 10

C) 20

D) 0

Answer: A

59. What does this print?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
char str[] = "abcdef";

printf("%c", *(str + 2));

return 0;

A) a

B) b

C) c

D) d

Answer: C

60. Output of the code below:

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

char *p = "pointer";
 printf("%c", *p + 1);
return 0;

A) q
B) p

C) o

D) Compilation error

Answer: A

61. Output of this program:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int x = 5;
int y = x++ * 2;

printf("%d", y);

return 0;

A) 10

B) 12

C) 11

D) 6

Answer: A

62. Which of these is correct about void* ?

A) Can store address of any type

B) Cannot be dereferenced directly

C) Needs to be typecast before use

D) All of the above

Answer: D

63. Output?
 #include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[] = {1,2,3};

int *p = arr;

printf("%d", *(p + 1));

return 0;

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) Garbage

Answer: B

64. What is the result of this loop?

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

int i = 0;

while (++i < 3)

printf("%d", i);

return 0;

A) 01

B) 12

C) 123
D) 234

Answer: B

65. Output of this nested loop:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)

 for (int j = 0; j < 2; j++)

printf("*");

return 0;
}

A) **

B) ****
C) \n

D) \n\n

Answer: B

66. What is the output of this?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 2;

printf("%d", a == 2 ? 5 : 10);
return 0;

A) 5
B) 10

C) 2

D) Error

Answer: A

67. What does the following code print?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str[] = "abcde";

printf("%s", str + 2);

return 0;

}
A) abcde

B) cde

C) e

D) b

Answer: B

68. Output of:

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

int arr[5] = {0};

printf("%d", arr[3]);

return 0;

A) 0

B) Garbage

C) 3

D) Compilation error
Answer: A

69. What will happen?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int *p;

*p = 10;

printf("%d", *p);

return 0;
}

A) 10

B) 0
C) Segmentation fault
D) Compilation error

Answer: C

70. What does this return?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 0;

if (a = 5)
printf("Yes");

else

printf("No");

return 0;

A) Yes

B) No

C) Compilation error

D) Nothing
Answer: A

71. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char c = 255;

printf("%d", c);

return 0;

A) 255

B) -1

C) 0
D) Error

Answer: B
72. What will this print?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char *s = "abc";

s++;

printf("%s", s);
return 0;

A) abc
B) bc

C) c

D) Compilation error

Answer: B

73. Choose the correct output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int i = 1;
while (i < 5) {

if (i == 3) break;

printf("%d", i);

i++;

return 0;
}

A) 123

B) 12
C) 1

D) 13

Answer: B
74. Which statement about pointers is FALSE?

A) They hold memory addresses

B) int *p means p is a pointer to int

C) *p gives the address of p

D) NULL is often used to initialize pointers

Answer: C

75. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 3;

int b = 4;

printf("%d", a^b);

return 0;
}

A) 7

B) 0
C) 5

D) 1

Answer: C

76. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 2;

int b = 3;
printf("%d", a+++b);

return 0;

A) 6

B) 5
C) 4

D) Compilation error

Answer: B

77. What does this print?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str[] = "hello";

printf("%c", *(&str[1]));

return 0;

A) h

B) e

C) l

D) Compilation error

Answer: B

78. What is the result?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int a = 4, b = 3;

a = a++ + ++b;

printf("%d", a);

return 0;

A) 7

B) 8

C) 9

D) 10
Answer: C
79. Choose output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int i = 0;

for (; i < 3; )

printf("%d", i++);
return 0;

A) 012
B) 123

C) 01

D) 1234

Answer: A

80. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char s[] = "xyz";

printf("%d", sizeof(s));

return 0;

A) 3

B) 4

C) 2

D) Garbage

Answer: B

81. Output of this snippet:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
 int i = 10;
printf("%d", i++ + i++);

return 0;

A) 20

B) 21

C) 19

D) Undefined

Answer: B

82. What will happen?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int *ptr = NULL;

printf("%d", *ptr);

return 0;

A) 0

B) NULL

C) Segmentation fault

D) Compilation error

Answer: C

83. What does this print?

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

char str[] = "abc";

str[1] = '\0';

printf("%s", str);

return 0;

}
A) abc

B) a

C) b
D) ab

Answer: B

84. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char *s = "C Language";

printf("%c", *(s + 2));

return 0;
}

A) C

B) a
C) L

D) Space

Answer: D

85. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 5;

int *p = &a;
*p += 2;

printf("%d", a);

return 0;

A) 5

B) 2

C) 7
D) Garbage

Answer: C

86. Output of:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int i = 0;

for (; i < 5; i++);

printf("%d", i);

return 0;

A) 4

B) 5

C) 0

D) Compilation error
Answer: B

87. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int x = 10;

int y = 5;

int z = x > y ? x : y;

printf("%d", z);
return 0;

A) 10
B) 5

C) 15

D) 0

Answer: A
88. Identify the result:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[3] = {1,2,3};

printf("%d", *(arr + 2));

return 0;

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) Compilation error

Answer: C

89. What will this print?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
char s1[] = "abc", s2[] = "def";

printf("%s", strcat(s1, s2));

return 0;

A) abc

B) def

C) abcdef

D) Compilation error

Answer: C

90. What is the output?

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

int a = 5;
 printf("%d", !a);

return 0;

A) 0

B) 1

C) 5

D) -1

Answer: A

91. Choose the correct output:

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

int a = 10;

int b = 3;

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

return 0;

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3
D) 0

Answer: B

92. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int x = 1;

x = x << 3;

printf("%d", x);
return 0;

}
A) 3
B) 6

C) 8

D) 1

Answer: C

93. Output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char s[] = "hi";

printf("%d", sizeof(s));

return 0;

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

D) Compilation error

Answer: B

94. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int i = 0;

while (i < 3) {

if (i == 1)

continue;

printf("%d", i);

i++;
}

return 0;

}
A) 0

B) 012

C) 02

D) Infinite loop

Answer: D

95. Output?

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

int a = 3;

int b = 4;

printf("%d", a & b);

return 0;

A) 0

B) 1

C) 2
D) 0

Answer: C

96. What does this output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int a = 5;

printf("%d", ~a);

return 0;

A) 5

B) -6

C) -5
D) 0

Answer: B

97. Choose correct output:

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

char s[5] = "Hi";

printf("%s", s);

return 0;

A) Hi

B) H

C) Compilation error

D) Garbage

Answer: A

98. Output of the code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char *s = "abc";

printf("%c", *(s + 1));

return 0;

A) a

B) b

C) c
D) Compilation error

Answer: B

99. What is the output?

 #include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 5;

int *p = &a;

printf("%p", p);

return 0;

A) Address of a

B) 5

C) Error

D) 0

Answer: A

100. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int x = 5;

int y = 2;

printf("%f", (float)(x / y));

return 0;

A) 2.0

B) 2.5

C) 5.0

D) Compilation error

Answer: A

Here’s Part 5 (Questions 101–125) of your C Programming MCQ Question Bank.

Focus: Pointers, Arrays, Strings, Loops, Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult.

101. What will this code output?

 #include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int arr[] = {10, 20, 30};

printf("%d", *(arr + 1));

return 0;

A) 10

B) 20

C) 30

D) Compilation error

Answer: B

102. Result of execution:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char s[] = "abcde";

printf("%c", s[5]);

return 0;

A) e

B) Null character

C) Garbage

D) Compilation error
Answer: B

103. What does the code output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 5;

int *ptr = &a;

printf("%d", *ptr + 1);

 return 0;

A) 5

B) 6

C) Compilation error
D) Garbage

Answer: B

104. What happens here?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int x = 2;

printf("%d", x++ * ++x);

return 0;

A) 6

B) 8

C) Undefined

D) 4

Answer: C

105. Choose output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int i = 0;

do {
printf("%d", i);

} while(i < 3);

return 0;

}
A) 012

B) 0

C) Infinite loop

D) 000…

Answer: C

106. What is the result?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int i = 3;

int j = i++;

printf("%d %d", i, j);

return 0;
}

A) 4 3

B) 3 4
C) 4 4

D) 3 3

Answer: A

107. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 5;

printf("%d", ++a + a++);

return 0;

A) 10

B) 11

C) 12
D) Undefined

Answer: D

108. Output of:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[3] = {1};

printf("%d %d %d", arr[0], arr[1], arr[2]);

return 0;

A) 1 0 0

B) 1 1 1

C) Garbage values

D) Compilation error

Answer: A

109. Output of this code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
char s1[10] = "abc";

char s2[] = "def";

strcat(s1, s2);

printf("%s", s1);

return 0;

A) abc

B) def

C) abcdef

D) Compilation error

Answer: C
110. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 10;

int b = 4;
printf("%d", a / b);

return 0;

A) 2

B) 2.5

C) 3

D) 10

Answer: A

111. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char s[] = "abc";

printf("%c", s[3]);

return 0;

A) c

B) Garbage

C) Null character

D) Compilation error

Answer: C

112. Identify the result:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
 char *s = "hello";

printf("%c", *s++);

return 0;

A) h

B) e

C) Compilation error

D) Undefined

Answer: A

113. What is the output?

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

int x = 0;

if (x = 5)

printf("Yes");

else

printf("No");

return 0;

A) Yes

B) No

C) Compilation error

D) Runtime error

Answer: A

114. Output of this:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char ch = 255;
printf("%d", ch);
 return 0;

A) 255

B) -1

C) Compilation error

D) Garbage

Answer: B

115. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str[] = "C Prog";

str[1] = '\0';

printf("%s", str);

return 0;

A) C

B) Prog

C) C Prog
D) Empty

Answer: A

116. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 3;

int b = 5;

a ^= b;

b ^= a;

a ^= b;

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

 return 0;

A) 3 5

B) 5 3

C) Compilation error
D) 8 8

Answer: B

117. Output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

printf("%d", sizeof('A'));

return 0;

A) 1

B) 2

C) 4

D) 8

Answer: C

118. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 10;

int b = 0;

if (b && (a / b))
printf("Yes");

else

printf("No");

return 0;

}
A) Yes

B) No

C) Runtime error

D) Compilation error

Answer: B

119. Output of:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 4;

printf("%d", a << 1);

return 0;

A) 8

B) 2

C) 4
D) 0

Answer: A

120. What does this output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 5;

printf("%d", a == 5 && a == 6);

return 0;

A) 0

B) 1

C) 5

D) 6

Answer: A
121. Choose correct output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char ch = 'A' + 1;

printf("%c", ch);
return 0;

A) A
B) B

C) C

D) Compilation error

Answer: B

122. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str[] = "abcde";

str[2] = '\0';

printf("%s", str);

return 0;

A) abcde

B) ab

C) abc

D) a

Answer: B

123. Output?

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
 int a = 1, b = 2;

int c = (a, b);

printf("%d", c);

return 0;

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) Compilation error

Answer: B

124. What is the result?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char s1[10] = "GLA";

char s2[] = "TCS";

strcat(s1, s2);

printf("%s", s1);

return 0;

A) GLATCS

B) GLA

C) TCS
D) Compilation error

Answer: A

125. Choose output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[3] = {10, 20, 30};

printf("%d", *(arr + 3));

 return 0;

A) 30

B) 0

C) Garbage

D) Compilation error

Answer: C

126. What will this print?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 10;
int *p = &a;

printf("%p", p);

return 0;

A) Address of a in hexadecimal

B) Value of a

C) Compilation error

D) Garbage

Answer: A

127. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str[] = "Hello";

str[0] = 'M';

printf("%s", str);

return 0;

}
A) Hello

B) Mello
C) H

D) Compilation error

Answer: B

128. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 5;

printf("%d", a+++a);

return 0;

A) 10

B) 9

C) Compilation error

D) Undefined

Answer: B

129. Output of:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char s[] = "abc";

printf("%d", sizeof(s));

return 0;

A) 3

B) 4

C) 5

D) Compilation error

Answer: B
130. Identify the result:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[5] = {0};

printf("%d", arr[4]);

return 0;

A) 0

B) Garbage

C) Compilation error

D) Undefined

Answer: A

131. What happens here?

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

int a = 0;

if (!a)

printf("Zero");

else

printf("Non-zero");

return 0;

A) Zero

B) Non-zero

C) Compilation error

D) No output

Answer: A

132. Output of:

 #include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char *str = "C Programming";

printf("%c", *(str + 2));

return 0;

A) C

B) Space

C) o

D) P

Answer: B

133. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int x = 5;
int y = x++ + ++x;

printf("%d", y);

return 0;

A) 11

B) 10

C) 12

D) Undefined

Answer: C

134. What is the result?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4};

printf("%d", *(arr + 2));

 return 0;

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

D) Compilation error

Answer: B

135. Choose output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str1[10] = "abc";

char str2[] = "xyz";

strcpy(str1, str2);

printf("%s", str1);

return 0;
}

A) abc

B) xyz
C) abcxyz

D) Compilation error

Answer: B

136. What does this code print?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 3;

printf("%d", a << 2);

return 0;

}
A) 3

B) 6

C) 12

D) 1

Answer: C

137. Output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int i = 0;

while (i++ < 3)

printf("%d", i);

return 0;

A) 123

B) 012

C) 134

D) 1234

Answer: A

138. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int x = 5, y = 10;

printf("%d", x > y ? x : y);

return 0;

A) 5

B) 10

C) 15
D) Compilation error

Answer: B

139. Result of this code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[] = {1, 2, 3};

printf("%lu", sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]));

return 0;
}

A) 2

B) 3
C) 4

D) 12

Answer: B

140. Output of:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str[] = "abcd";

printf("%c", *(str + 2));

return 0;

A) a

B) b

C) c

D) d

Answer: C

141. What will be printed?

 #include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int a = 1;

int b = 2;

int c = a++ + b++;

printf("%d %d %d", a, b, c);

return 0;

A) 1 2 3

B) 2 3 3

C) 2 2 4

D) 2 3 4

Answer: B

142. What does this result in?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int x = 2;

printf("%d", x * (x + 1));

return 0;
}

A) 2

B) 4
C) 6

D) 8

Answer: C

143. Output of this:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[3] = {5, 10, 15};

 printf("%d", arr[3]);

return 0;
}

A) 15

B) 0
C) Garbage

D) Compilation error

Answer: C

144. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char s[] = "123";

int i = atoi(s);

printf("%d", i);

return 0;

A) 123

B) 0

C) Compilation error

D) Garbage

Answer: A

145. Identify output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int x = 10;

if (x > 5)

if (x < 20)

printf("Yes");

else

printf("No");
 return 0;

A) Yes

B) No

C) Compilation error

D) Nothing

Answer: A

146. Output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char s1[] = "abc";

char s2[] = "abc";

if (s1 == s2)

printf("Equal");

else

printf("Not Equal");

return 0;

A) Equal

B) Not Equal

C) Compilation error

D) Depends

Answer: B

147. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char *s = "hello";

s++;
printf("%s", s);
 return 0;

A) hello

B) ello

C) llo

D) Compilation error

Answer: B

148. Result of this code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int i = 10;

int *p = &i;

*p = 20;

printf("%d", i);

return 0;
}

A) 10

B) 20

C) Garbage
D) Compilation error

Answer: B

149. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char s[] = "hello";

s[1] = '\0';

printf("%s", s);

return 0;

}
A) hello

B) h

C) he

D) Empty

Answer: B

150. Output of:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int x = 1;

int y = 0;

printf("%d", x || y && x);

return 0;

A) 1

B) 0

C) Compilation error

D) Undefined

Answer: A

151. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str[] = "abcdef";

printf("%c", *(str + 4));

return 0;

A) a

B) d

C) e
D) f

Answer: C

152. What does this program print?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int x = 5;

printf("%d", ++x + x++);

return 0;
}

A) 10

B) 11
C) 12

D) Undefined

Answer: C

153. Output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char *p = "abcde";

printf("%c", *(p + 3));

return 0;

A) c

B) d

C) e

D) b

Answer: B

154. What happens here?

 #include <stdio.h>

int main() {
char str[] = "123";

printf("%d", atoi(str) + 10);

return 0;

A) 123

B) 133

C) Compilation error

D) Runtime error

Answer: B

155. Output of:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int x = 10;

int y = 20;

printf("%d", x & y);

return 0;

A) 10

B) 0

C) 20
D) 8

Answer: D

156. What will be the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[5] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

int *p = arr;
 printf("%d", *(p + 3));

return 0;
}

A) 1

B) 3
C) 4

D) 5

Answer: C

157. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 5;

printf("%d", a *= 2 + 3);

return 0;

A) 10

B) 15

C) 25

D) 30

Answer: B

158. Output of:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int i;
for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {

if (i == 2) break;

printf("%d", i);

}
 return 0;

A) 0 1 2

B) 0 1

C) 0

D) 1 2

Answer: B

159. Output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str[5] = "ABCD";

printf("%s", str);

return 0;

A) ABCD
B) ABCDE

C) AB

D) Compilation error

Answer: A

160. Identify the result:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char s[] = "hello";

printf("%d", sizeof(s));

return 0;

A) 5

B) 6
C) 10

D) Undefined

Answer: B

161. Output of this program:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[3] = {10, 20, 30};

printf("%d", arr[-1]);

return 0;

A) 10

B) 0

C) Garbage

D) Compilation error

Answer: C

162. What will it print?

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

char *p = "world";

p++;

printf("%s", p);

return 0;

A) world

B) orld

C) rld

D) Compilation error

Answer: B
163. Result of:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 5;

printf("%d", a++ + ++a);

return 0;

A) 10

B) 11
C) 12

D) Undefined

Answer: C

164. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str[] = "xyz";

str[1] = '\0';

printf("%s", str);

return 0;

A) x

B) xy

C) y

D) xyz

Answer: A

165. Output of this:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
 int x = 4;

int y = 2;

printf("%d", x >> y);

return 0;

A) 1

B) 0

C) 2

D) Compilation error
Answer: A

166. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 1;

if (a == 1 && printf("Hi"))

printf("Bye");

return 0;

A) HiBye

B) Hi

C) Bye

D) Nothing

Answer: A

167. Output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char s[10];

scanf("%s", s);
printf("%s", s);
 return 0;

Input: hello

A) hello

B) h

C) Error

D) Nothing

Answer: A

168. Output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char *s = "CSE";

s[0] = 'M';

printf("%s", s);

return 0;
}

A) MSE

B) CSE

C) Compilation error
D) Runtime error

Answer: D

169. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a = 10, b = 20;

a = a ^ b;

b = a ^ b;

a = a ^ b;

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

 return 0;

A) 10 20

B) 20 10

C) 0 0
D) Compilation error

Answer: B

170. Choose the output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str1[] = "abc";

char str2[] = "abc";

printf("%d", strcmp(str1, str2));

return 0;

A) 0

B) 1

C) -1

D) Compilation error

Answer: A

171. What does this print?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int x = 10;
int y = x++ * ++x;

printf("%d", y);

return 0;

}
A) 100

B) 110

C) 120

D) Undefined

Answer: B

172. Output of:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[] = {3, 6, 9};

printf("%d", 2[arr]);

return 0;

A) 3

B) 6

C) 9
D) Compilation error

Answer: C

173. Result:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int x = 5;

printf("%d", x++ + x++);

return 0;

A) 10

B) 11

C) 12

D) Undefined

Answer: B
174. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int i = 1;

while (i <= 5)
printf("%d", i++);

return 0;

A) 1234

B) 12345

C) 01234

D) Infinite loop

Answer: B

175. Output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char ch = 'A' + 1;

printf("%c", ch);

return 0;

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) Compilation error

Answer: B

176. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
 int a = 2;

int b = 3;
printf("%d", a+++b);

return 0;

A) 5

B) 6

C) 7

D) Compilation error

Answer: A

177. Output of the code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char str[] = "CProgramming";

printf("%c", *(&str[4]));

return 0;

A) P

B) o

C) r

D) g

Answer: C

178. What does this print?

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

int a = 5;

printf("%d %d", a++, ++a);

return 0;

}
A) 5 6

B) 6 6

C) 6 7

D) Undefined

Answer: D

179. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char *p = "abc";

while (*p)

printf("%c", *p++);

return 0;
}

A) abc

B) cba
C) a

D) Error

Answer: A

180. Output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int a[3] = {1, 2, 3};

printf("%p %p", (void*)a, (void*)(a+1));

return 0;

A) Same address

B) Different by 2

C) Different by 4 or 8 (system dependent)

D) Compilation error

Answer: C

181. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char s[5] = "Hi";

printf("%d", sizeof(s));

return 0;

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

D) 5

Answer: D

182. What happens here?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int x = 5;

printf("%d %d", x++, x++);

return 0;

A) 5 5

B) 5 6

C) 6 6

D) Undefined

Answer: D

183. Output:
 #include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4};

printf("%d", *(arr + 2));

return 0;

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

D) Compilation error
Answer: B

184. What does this print?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int i = 10;

printf("%d", i = i++);

return 0;

A) 10

B) 11

C) Undefined

D) Error

Answer: C

185. Output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char *p = "hello";

printf("%c", *(p+strlen(p)-1));
 return 0;

A) h

B) o

C) e

D) l

Answer: B

186. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

int arr[5] = {5, 4, 3, 2, 1};

int i;

for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {

if (arr[i] == i)

break;

printf("%d", i);

return 0;

A) 0

B) 1

C) 2

D) 3

Answer: C

187. Output of this program?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char a[] = "abc";

printf("%c", a[3]);
 return 0;

A) a

B) c

C) NULL character

D) Garbage

Answer: C

188. Result of:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int x = 10;

if (x = 0)
printf("Yes");

else
printf("No");

return 0;
}

A) Yes
B) No

C) Compilation error
D) Infinite loop

Answer: B

189. What is printed?

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

char *s = "CS50";
while (*s) {
printf("%c-", *s++);

}
 return 0;
}

A) C-S-5-0-

B) CS50
C) C S 5 0

D) C+S+5+0
Answer: A

190. Output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
char *p = "12345";

printf("%c", *(p + 5));

return 0;
}

A) Garbage

B) ‘\0’
C) Compilation error
D) Runtime error

Answer: B

191. What will be output?

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

int i = 0;
while (++i <= 5)

printf("%d", i);
return 0;

}
A) 1234

B) 12345
C) 123456

D) 01234
Answer: C

192. Choose the correct output:

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

int i = 0;
do {

printf("%d", i);
} while (i-- > 0);

return 0;
}

A) Infinite loop
B) 0

C) 01
D) 0-1

Answer: B

193. Output?

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

int a = 1;
if (a && printf("Hello"))
printf(" World");

return 0;
}

A) Hello

B) Hello World
C) World

D) Compilation error
Answer: B

194. Result:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int arr[] = {0, 1, 2, 3};
printf("%d", 3[arr]);

return 0;
}

A) 0

B) 1
C) 2

D) 3
Answer: D

195. What is the output?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int i;

for (i = -1; i <= 1; i++)

if (i)

printf("X");
else
printf("Y");

return 0;
}

A) XYX
B) YXX

C) YXY
D) Compilation error
Answer: B

196. Output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int x = 4;

int y = 3;
printf("%d", x | y);

return 0;
}

A) 7

B) 3
C) 1
D) 4

Answer: A

197. What is the result?

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

char s[] = "data";

s[0] = '\0';

printf("%s", s);
return 0;

A) data

B) d
C) Empty output

D) Error
Answer: C
198. What will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
char str[] = "quiz";

printf("%c", *(str + 1));

return 0;

A) q

B) u
C) i

D) z
Answer: B

199. Output:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
char *s = "abcde";

printf("%c", *(s + 5));

return 0;

A) ‘\0’
B) e

C) Garbage
D) Compilation error

Answer: A

200. What is printed?

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int i = 3;
 printf("%d %d %d", i, i--, --i);

return 0;
}

A) 3 3 1

B) 3 2 1
C) Undefined

D) 3 3 2
Answer: C