Academic Year 2024 – 2025

Question Bank

Course Code / Name: 24CS201 PROGRAMMING IN C

Year / Sem / Sec: I / I / A,C,D,E,H,I,J

UNIT –1 BASICS OF C PROGRAMMING

PART – A
D.L
Q.No Questions CO BT
(E/M/D)

Define programming paradigm and mention any 2

1 CO1 U E
paradigms.

2 What are the features of C program? CO1 R E

3 List out some applications of C. CO1 R E

4 What are the different data types available in “C”? CO1 R E

5 Define Constants in C. Mention the types. CO1 U E

6 What is enumerated datatype in C? CO1 R E

7 What are Ternary operators or Conditional operators? CO1 R E

What are the Bitwise operators and logical operators R E

8 CO1
available in C ?

9 What is a Variable? Illustrate it with an example. CO1 R E

10 What are keywords? Give example. CO1 R E

11 What is type casting? CO1 R E

12 Summarize the various types of C operators. CO1 R E

What is the difference between while loop and do…while R

13 CO1 E
loop? (or) Differentiate Entry and Exit controlled constructs.

14 What is meant by operator precedence and its associativity? CO1 R E

15 Define integer and floating type of data in C with example. CO1 U E

 16 Mention the types of I/O statements available in ‘C’. CO1 R E

17 What is the difference between ++a and a++? CO1 R E

18 Construct an infinite loop using while. CO1 R E

What is the output of the code given below?

#include
<stdio.h>
main()
{
int a = 20, b = 10, c = 15, d = 5; AP M
19 CO1
int e;
e = (a + b) * c / d;
printf("Value of (a + b) * c / d is : %d\n", e );
}

20 What are the Escape Sequences available in “C”? CO1 R E

Write the limitations of getchar( ) and scanf( ) functions for CO1 R E

21
reading strings

22 What is the difference between scanf() and gets() function? CO1 R E

23 Write a for-loop statement to print numbers from 10 to 1. CO1 R E

24 List some preprocessor directives in C CO1 R E

25 Give the rules for defining preprocessor. CO1 R E

26 What is the use of #define processor? CO1 R E

Differentiate between formatted and unformatted input CO1 AN E

27
statements. Give one example for each.

28 What is compilation process? CO1 R E

PART B

Q.N D.L *
Questions M CO* BT*
o (E/M/D)

1 Describe the structure of a C program with an example 16 CO1 U E

2 Illustrate about the various data types in ‘C’ 16 CO1 U E

3 What is purpose of Decision Control Statements in C? Explain 16 CO1 U E

 any two of such types with the general form of simple
statements.

4 Discuss about the constants, expressions and statements in ‘C’ 16 CO1 U E

8 U
(i ) Explain the different types of operators used in ‘C’ with
5 necessary program. CO1 M

(ii) Write a C program to check the integer is Palindrome or not. 8 U

Explain about the various looping statements available in 'C' with 16 CO1
6 U E
appropriate sample programs.

Write a C program for the following: 8

AP
7 (i) To generate the first n number in a fibonacci series CO1 M
AP
(ii) To find the factorial of a given number 8

8 Explain in detail about input output statements with example. 16 CO1 U E

Write a C program for the following : 8

(i). To find the sum of the digits of a number. AP

9 123 => 1+2+3=6. CO1 M

(ii). To find the sum of all odd / even numbers 8 AP

between 1 and 100.

Write a c program to find largest among three numbers. 8

10 Write a c program to solve quadratic equation. 8 CO1 AP M

UNIT –2 ARRAYS AND STRINGS

 PART – A

D.L
Q.No Questions CO BT
(E/M/D)

1. What is an array? Write the syntax for array. CO2 R E

2 List out the features of Arrays. CO2 R E

3 Define a float array of size 5 and assign 5 values to it. CO2 U E

4 How will you access an array element in C? CO2 U E

5 Give an example code to express two dimensional array. CO2 AP M

6 Write the syntax to declare a two-dimensional array. CO2 R E

7 Distinguish between one dimensional andtwo-dimensional CO2 AN M

arrays.
8 What is the use of strrev()? Give example. CO2 R E

9 What is meant by String? CO2 R E

10 Show a C function to compare two strings. CO2 AN M

Is address operator used in scanf() statement to read an CO2

11 R E
array? Why?

12 How to initialize a string? Give an example. CO2 U E

13 What are the different ways to initialize strings? CO2 R E

14 Define String Constant. CO2 R E

List out the any four functions that are performed on CO2
15 R E
character strings.

What will be the output of following program ?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
16 { CO2 AP M
char str[8]="Programming";
printf("%s",str);
return 0;
}
 Write the output of the following Code:
main()
{
17 char x; x = ‘a’; AP M
printf(“%d \n”,x); CO2
}

18 Define Sorting CO2 U E

19 Specify any two methods of sorting. CO2 R E

Write the output of the following Code

main()
{
static char name[]=”Programming”
inti=0;
20 while(name[i]!=’\0’) CO2 AP M
{
printf(“%c”,name[i]);
i++;
}}

21 CO2 R E
Define Searching.

PART – B

Q.N D.L *
Questions M CO* BT*
o (E/M/D)

1 Write a C program to perform matrix addition operations. 16 CO2 AP M

2 Explain about the string operations with suitable examples. 16 CO2 R M

Write an algorithm and implementation to sort an array of 16 M

3 CO2 AP
integers in ascending order using selection sort.

Write a program to implement binary search using an iterative 16

4 CO2 AP D
method.

What is an array? Explain about one dimensional array with a 16

5 CO2 U M
sample program.
 6 Write a C program to perform matrix multiplication. 16 CO2 AP M

Write a C program to implement two dimensional array. 8 M

7 CO2 AP
Write a C program to calculate average marks using array. 8

8 Write a C program for transpose of a matrix. 16 CO2 AP M

Write a C program to find number of vowels, constants, digits 16

9 CO2 AP M
and white space in an string.

Write a c program to concatenate string. 8

10 CO2 AP M
Write a c program to find length of the string 8

UNIT 3 FUNCTIONS AND POINTERS

PART - A

D.L
Q.No Questions CO BT
(E/M/D)

1. Define function. How will you declare it? CO3 U E

2 What is the need for functions? CO3 R E

3 What is function prototype? CO3 R E

4 Mention the elements of user defined function. CO3 R E

5 What are the two ways to pass parameters to the function? CO3 R E

6 Categorize function prototype types based on arguments. CO3 U E

7 Distinguish call by value and call by reference. CO3 AN E

8 Write a C program to swap given 2 numbers. CO3 R E

9 Define Recursion. CO3 R E

10 List the advantages of recursion. CO3 U E

11 Define Pointer with its syntax. CO3 U E

12 How will you initialize pointer variable? CO3 R E

13 Write a program to find factorial of a given number. CO3 AP E

14 Mention the applications of pointer. CO3 R E

15 What is meant by built in function? List any 4 built in functions. CO3 R E

16 Define Null Pointer. CO3 U E

17 Write a C program to illustrate pointer. CO3 AP M

18 What are the two pointer operators? Define. CO3 R E

19 What is Pointer Arithmetic? CO3 R E

20 What do you mean by array of pointers? CO3 R E

21 What is the difference between an array and pointer? CO3 R E

PART B

D.L *
Q.No Questions M CO* BT*
(E/M/D)

Explain in detail about types of function prototype with suitable 16 CO

1 R E
program. 3

(i)Write a C program to find factorial using recursion 8 CO

2 AP M
(ii)Write a C program to find fibonacci 8 3

16 CO
3 R M
Explain in detail about function with its syntax and example. 3

Discuss in detail about pass by value, pass by reference with 16 CO

4 R M
suitable example. 3

16 CO M
5 AP
Write a C program to perform binary search using recursion. 3

Explain the use of pointers in handling array. 8 CO

6 R
Explain pointer arithmetic with example. 8 3 M

16 CO E
7 R
Discuss about pointers and pointer operators with example. 3

8 Explain in detail about built in string and math function. 16 CO R E

 3

16 CO
9 R E
Explain in detail about recursion with example program. 3

Write a C program to add two numbers using integers and 8

function
10 M
CO
Write a C program to calculate GCD of two numbers using AP
8 3
recursion.

What is modular programming? How does the C language 16 CO E

11 R
support the modular programming? Explain in detail. 3

UNIT –4 STRUCTURES AND UNION

PART – A

D.L
Q.No Questions CO BT
(E/M/D)

1. Define Structure in C. CO4 U E

2 How will you define a structure? CO4 R E

3 Give syntax for structure definition. CO4 R E

4 Write the rules for declaring a structure? CO4 R E

5 How will you declare structure variables? CO4 R E

6 Write the three ways to pass structure variables. CO4 R E

7 How structure elements can be accessed? CO4 R E

8 List the features of structures. CO4 R E

9 Differentiate between array and structure. CO4 U E

10 Define nested structure. CO4 U E

11 Write the syntax of pointers to structures. CO4 R E

12 Specify the use of typedef with its syntax. CO4 U E

13 What is array of structures with an example. CO4 AP M

14 What are self-referential structures? CO4 R E

 Define the Structure called ID_card to hold the details of the CO4 U
15 E
student.

16 Define Singly Linked list. CO4 U E

Define dynamic memory allocation functions and list its CO4 E

17 U
types.

18 What is the output of the following code fragment? CO4 R E

19 List the operations on singly linked list. CO4 R E

20 Write syntax of calloc() and relloc(). CO4 R E

21 What is meant by Union in C? CO4 R E

22 Define union in C. CO4 U E

23 How can you access the member of union? CO4 R E

24 What is meant by storage class? CO4 R E

25 List the storage class specifiers. CO4 R E

PART B

Q.N D.L *
Questions M CO* BT*
o (E/M/D)

1 Explain in detail about structure with suitable example 16 CO4 U M

2 Write a c program to illustrate nested structures 16 CO4 AP M

Write a c program using structures to prepare student mark

3 statement
16 CO4 AP M

i)Explain with an example about self referential structure.

4 ii) Describe in detail about Union with example. 16 CO4 AN M

Write a program to initialize the member of structure using 16 CO4

5 AP M
pointer to structure.
6 Discuss in detail about dynamic memory allocation. 16 CO4 R E
Write a c program to implement singly linked list using dynamic 16 CO4 M
7 memory allocation. AN

8 Explain in detail about insertion and deletion of node in linked list. 16 CO4 R E

Discuss in detail about types of storage classes with suitable 16 CO4

9 AN M
example program.

10 Write a C program to store Employee information using structure. 16 CO4 AP M

UNIT 5- FILE PROCESSING

PART A
D.L
Q.No Questions CO BT
(E/M/D)

1. What is a File? Mention its types CO4 R E

2 Write the syntax to open a file. CO4 R E

3 What are file attributes? CO4 R E

4 What are the statements used for reading a file? CO4 R E

5 List the types of file functions. CO4 R E

6 Mention the use of fseek() and ftell() function. CO4 R E

7 What is random access file? CO4 R E

8 List the different modes of opening a file. CO4 R E

9 What are command line arguments? CO4 R E

10 Define sequential access file. CO4 U E

11 What is the advantage of a random access file? CO4 R E

What does argv and argc indicate in command-line CO4

12 R E
argument?

13 Write the basic operations on files. CO4 R E

14 State the use of fflush() method. CO4 U E

 15 Which methods are used to write in to binary files? CO4 R E

How do you search data in a data file using random access CO4 R E
16
method?

17 Write a C program to create a data file. CO4 R E

Write a program to copy contents of input.txt file to CO4 E

18 AN
output.txt file.

19 What is purpose of library functions feof()? CO4 R E

20 Compare Text file and Binary file. CO4 U E

21 Define File Pointer in C. CO4 U E

PART B

Q.N D.L *
Questions M CO* BT*
o (E/M/D)

1 Explain the type of file processing with its syntax and example. 16 CO4 R M

Write a C program for finding the average of numbers stored in 16 CO4

2 AP M
sequential access file.

Discuss the function used for accessing the file randomly? 16 CO4
3 U M
Explain with example.

Explain in detail about various operation on file with suitable 16 CO4

4 U M
example.

i)Describe in detail about Command line arguments with 8

example. U
5 8 CO4 M
ii)Write C program to Copy the contents form one file into AP
another file.

i)Write C program to find Number of lines in file.

6
ii)Write C program to reverse the contents in file. 16 CO4 AP M

Write a C program to read name of marks of N number of 16 CO4

7 AN M
students from the user and store them in file.

8 Write a C program to Open, Read, write and closing of file with 16 CO4 AN M
 its syntax.

9 Write a C program to write data to text file and to read it. 16 CO4 AP M

i)Tabulate various file opening modes in C. 8 AP M

10
ii)Explain in detail about Input/Output functions on file. 8 CO4 R E

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