C Programming Language Syllabus

 Overview Of C
 Basic Structure of C Programming
 Keywords in C
 Identifiers in C
 Format Specifiers
 Format Specifiers Examples etc
 Data Types in C Language
 Introduction to Data Types in C
 int Data Type in C
 float Data Type in C
 double Data Type in C
 char Data Type in C etc
 Variable in C Language
 Variable Introduction in C
 Variable Declaration and Initialization
 Variable types and Scope in C
 Local Variable in C
 Static Variable in C
 Global variables in C
 Storage Class in C etc
 Constant in C Language
 Constants in C ,etc
 Operators and Enums in C Language
 Introduction to Operator
 Arithmetic Operators in C
 Relational Operators in C
 Bit-wise Operators in C
 Logical Operators in C
 Assignment Operators in C
 Conditional Operator in C
 sizeof() Operator in C
 Operator Precedence. etc
 Decision Making of C Language
 Decision Making in C Introduction
 if Statement
 if-else Statement
 Nested if Statement
 if else if Ladder
 switch case. etc
 Loop control in C Language
 Loop Introduction in C
 while loop in C
 do while Loop In C
 for Loop in C ,etc
 Control Flow in C Programming
 break Statement in C
 continue Statement in C
 go to Statement in C .etc
 Array in C Language
 Single Dimensional Array
 Multi-Dimensional Array in C .etc
 String & String functions in C
 All String Functions
 strcat() function
 strncat() function
 strcpy() function
 strncpy() function
 strlen() function
 strcmp() function.etc
 Function in C Language
 Function in C
 Function Calling in C
 return type in Function
 Call by Value in C
 User Define Function
 Predefined Functions. etc
 Recursion in c
 Introduction to Recursion
 Direct and Indirect Recursion, etc
Pointer in C Language
 Pointer in C
 types of pointer
 NULL pointer
 Pointer and Array
 Strings as pointers
 Pointer to Function.etc
 Structure in C Language
 Structure in C
 Nested Structure in C
 Array of Structures in C
 Pointer to Structure
 Structure to Function in C
 typedef in C, etc
 Union in C Language  Dynamic Memory Allocation
 Union in C
 C Precedence Table

Description Operator Associativity

Function expression () Left to right
Array expression [] Left to Right
Structure operator -> Left to Right
Structure operator . Left to Right
Unary minus - Right to Left
Increments Decrement ++ -- Right to Left
One’s complement  Right to Left
Negation ! Right to Left
Address of & Right to Left
Value of address * Right to left
Type cast (type) Right to Left
Size in byte: size of Right to left
Multiplication * Left to right
Division / Left to Right
Modulus % Left to Right
Addition + Left to Right
Subtractions - Left to Right
Left shift << Left to Right
Right shift >> Left to Right
Less than < Left to right
Less than or equal to <= Left to Right
Greater than > Left to right
Greater than or equal to >= Left to Right
Equal to == Left to right
Not equal to != Left to Right
Description Operator Assciativity
Bitwise AND & Left to Right
Bitwise exclusive OR  Left to right
Bitwise inclusive OR | Left to Right
Logical AND && Left to Right
Logical OR || Left to Right
Conditional ?: Right to Left
= <<= >>= Right to Left

*= /= %= Right to Left

Assignment += -= &= Right to Left

= \= Right to Left

<<= >>= Right to left

Comma , Right to Left
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Q1. Consider the following C program.
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
char num = '\011';
printf("%d", num);
return 0;
}
What will be the output of above code?
(a)3
(b)6
(c)8
(d)9

Q2. Consider the following C program.

#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
int EXAM = 10;
printf("%d", exam);
return 0;
}
What will be the output of above code?
(a)No-output
(b)10
(c)0
(d)Compilation Error

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Q3. Consider the following C program.
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
void sum=10;
printf("%v", sum);
return 0;
}
What will be the output of above code?
(a)1
(b)2
(c)10
(d)Compilation Error

Q4. Consider the following program.

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a, b, c, d;
scanf("%2d %3d", &a, &b);
printf("%d %d %d", a, b, a%b);
return 0;
}
What is the output of the program if the input to the program is 12345 and 0?
(a) 12 345 12
(b) 12345 0 12345
(c) compile time error
(d) run time error

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Q5. What is the output of the following C code?
#include <stdio.h>
extern int a, b;
extern int c;
extern float f;

int main () {

int a, b;
int c;
float f;

a = 5;
b = 15;

c = a + b;
printf("value of c : %d \n", c);

f = 80/2.0;
printf("value of f : %f \n", f);

return 0;
}
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these.
20 20.0 20.000000
40.000000 40.0 40.000000

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Q6. What is the output of the following code?
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) {
int a=10;
if (a){
a+=5;
int a=20;
a+=10;
printf("%d ", a);}
printf("%d ", a);
return 0;}
(a)10 30
(b)30 20
(c)30 30
(d)30 15

Q7. What is output of following program?_________

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int a=10,b=2,x=0;
x=a+b*a+10/2*a;
printf("value is =%d", x);
}

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Q8. Consider the following C code:
#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
unsigned short var='B';
var+=2;
var++;
printf("var : %c , %d ", var,var);
}
What will be the output of above code:
(a) var : B , 66
(b) var : E , 69
(c) var : E , 68
(d)None of these

Q9. What will be the output of the following code? _______

#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
char val=250;
int ans;
ans= val+ !val + ~val + ++val;
printf("%d", ans);
return 0;
}

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Q10. What will be the output of the following code? ______
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a;
a = (1, 2, 3);
printf("%d", a);
return 0;
}
What will be the output of above code:
(a)1 (b)2 (c)3 (d)Compilation Error.
Q11. Consider the following C code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
unsigned int num = -5;
printf("%d", ~num);
return 0;
}
What will be the output of above code:
(a)5 (b)4 (c)Compilation Error (d)Some Garbage Value.
Q12. What will be the output of the C program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a = 4, b = 5, c = 3;
printf("a|b&c = %d\n", a|b&c);
return 0;
}
(a)4 (b)5 (c)6 (d)7

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Q13. What will be the output of the C program?
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int x = 5;
int y = 11;
int z = 0;

z = x & y;
printf("AND - Value of z is %d\n", z );

z = x | y;
printf("OR - Value of z is %d\n", z );

z = x ^ y;
printf("Exclusive-OR - Value of z is %d\n", z );

getch();
}
(a) AND - Value of z is 1
OR - Value of z is 15
Exclusive-OR - Value of z is 14
(b)
AND - Value of z is 1
OR - Value of z is 5
Exclusive-OR - Value of z is 15
(c) AND - Value of z is 5
OR - Value of z is 5
Exclusive-OR - Value of z is 14
(d) Compilation Error

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Q14. What will be the output of the C program?_____
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int a = 10;
int c = 0;
c = a << 2;
c = a >> 1;
printf("Value of c is %d\n", c );
return 0;
}
Q15. What is output of following program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int m=1, n=2;
for(int j=1;j<=2;j=j+1)
{
m=m+1;
n=n*j;
printf("%d, %d", m, n);
}
}
(a) 2,2,3,4
(b) 2,23,4
(c) 2234
(d) compile time error

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Q16. What is output of following program?
#include <stdio.h>
int main( )
{
int x = 10, y = 2, z;
for(z = 0; z<x; )
z = z++ +y;
printf("%d\n", z) ;
return 0;
}
(a)8
(b) 10
(c)12
(d) compile time error
Q17. What is the output produced by the following code fragment:
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
int counter;
for ( counter = 0; counter < 5; ++counter )
{
if ( counter < 2 || counter > 3 )
{
printf("yes ");}
else { printf("no ");}
}
}
(a) no yes yes yes no
(b) yes yes yes no no
(c) no no yes yes yes
(d) yes yes no no yes

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Q18. What will be printed by the following code? __________
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i=5,j=5;
while(i+1?--i:j++)
printf("%d", i);
return 0;
}
Q19. What will be the output of following C program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a=25;

while(a <= 27)

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

return 0;
}
(a)25 26 27
(b)25 26
(c)25 26 27 28
(d) 25

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Q20. What will be the output of the C program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a = 1;
while(printf("%d", 4) == 2 == a)
{
printf("Loop Hole ");
}
return 0;
}
(a)Loop Hole
(b)4
(c)1
(d)Infinite loop
Q21. What will be the output of following C program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
while(!!4)
printf("Hari");
return 0;
}
(a)No Output
(b)Hari Hari Hari Hari
(c)Compilation Error
(d)Infinite Loop

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Q22. What will be the output of following C program?

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a=20;

do
{
printf("%d ", a);
a++;
if(a > 24)
break;
}while(1);

return 0;
}
(a)20 21 22 23
(b)20 21 22 23 24 25
(c) 20 21 22 23 24
(d)20 21 22

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Q23. What will be the output of following C program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i[3] = {1, 4, 0};
while(i[1] == i[3])
{
if(i[3])
printf("While Loop ");
else
break;
}
return 0;
}
(a)While Loop (b)0
(c)No output (d)Compilation Error
Q24. What will be the output of following C program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
while(sizeof(0))
{
printf("Loop ");
if(sizeof(0))
break;
else
continue;
}
return 0;
}
(a)4 (b)Loop
(c)Infinite loop (d)No output

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Q25. What will be the output of the C program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int size = sizeof(volatile) + sizeof(const);
printf("%d",++size);
return 0;
}
(a)8
(b)10
(c)9
(d)Compilation Error
Q26. What will be output when you will execute following c code? ______
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
int a=3,b=2,c;
a=a==b==0;
switch(1)
{
case 1: a=a+10;
break;
default:
break;
}
c = sizeof(a++);
printf("%d\n", a);
return 0;
}

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Q27. What will the following lines of code print?
#include<stdio.h>
#define z 2^5
int main()
{
int students;
students = z*z+z;
printf("%d", students);
return 0;
}
(a) 10 (b) 1056 (c) Compilation error (d) Run time error
Q28. What will be output when you will execute following c code?
#include<stdio.h>
#define label 10
int main(){
int money=10;
switch(money, money*2)
{
case label: printf("first floor");
break;
case label*2:printf("second floor");
break;
case label*3:printf("third floor");
break;
default: printf("ground or top");
case label*4:printf("fourth floor");
break;
}
return 0;
}
(a) first floor (b) second floor (c) third floor (d) None of these

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Q29. Consider the following code:
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int a[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
printf("%d", *(++a));
return 0;
}
What will be the output of above code:
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) Compile-time Error
(d) Run-time Error

Q30. What will be the output of the C program?

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int s[3] = {'\0', '\0'};
int x[3] = {'\0', '\0'};
int c = s[1] + x[0];
printf("%d",c);
return 0;
}
(a)0
(b) ‘\0’
(c)Garbage Error
(d) Null

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Q31. What will be the output of following C program?
#include <stdio.h>
int x=60;
void main()
{
{
auto int x;
{
int x=10;
{
volatile unsigned x=20;
printf("%d\t",x);
}
printf("%d\t",x);
}
printf("%d\t",x);
}

}
(a )Compilation Error (b) 20 10 0
(c) 20 20 10 (d)20 100 100
Q32. What will be the output of the given program?
#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{
int a[] = {2, 1, 6, 9, 5};
int i, j, m;
i = ++a[1];
j = a[1]++;
m = a[i++];
printf("%d, %d, %d, %d", j, i, m, a[1]);
return 0;
}
(a) 1,2,6,3 (b)2,3,6,3
(c) 1,6,2,3 (d) 2,3,6,3

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Q33. Consider the following code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a[10] = {1, 2, 3, [8]=5, 6,};
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
printf("%d", a[i])
return 0;
}
(a) 0000000000 (b) 123000056
(c) 1230000056 (d) Compiler Error
Q34. Consider the following code:. What is the value printed by the below code?_______
# include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
char s1[] = "Hello";
char s2[] = {'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'};
printf("%ld", sizeof(s1)/sizeof(s1[0]))*(sizeof(s2)/sizeof(s2[0]));
return 0;
}
Q35. Consider the following code (assuming the size of integer as 4 bytes):
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i = 12;
int j = sizeof(i++);
printf("i: %d j: %d", i, j);
return 0;
}
(a) i: 12 j: 4 (b) i: 13 j: 4
(c) Compile-time Error (d) None of these.

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Q36. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
int c=0, d=5,e=10,a;
a=c>1?d>1||e>1?100:200:300;
printf("a=%d", a);
}
What is the output of the above C code?
(a) a=300 (b) a=100 (c) a=200 (d) None of these
Q37. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int x = 2;
(x & 1) ? printf("true") : printf("false");
return 0;
}
What is the output of the above C code?
(a)true (b)false (c)0 (d)1
Q38. What will be the value of x after executing the program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main ( )
{
int x;
x = printf("India's best institute for Gate CS&IT");
printf("\nx = % d" , x);
return 0;
}
(a) x= 32 (b) x = 37 (c)Garbage value (d) Error

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Q39. Find the output for the following C program? _____
int fun ( int n ) {

int x = 1, k ;

if ( n == 1) return x ;

for( k = 1 ; k < n ; ++ k )

x = x + fun( k ) * fun( n - 2 ) ;

return x ;

}
int main()
{ int x;
x=fun(4);
printf("%d", x);
}
Q40. Consider the following code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a[][3] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9};
printf("Hello");
return 0;
}
(a) Hello (b) Compiler Error (c) Runtime Error (d) None of the above

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Q41. What will be the output of following C program?
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int ary[][2][3] =
{
{{1,2,3},{4,5,6}},
{{7,8,9},{10,11,12}}
};
printf("%d %d", ary[0][0][0], ary[1][1][1]);
return 0;
}
(a)1 12 (b)1 10 (c)1 11 (d)4 12
Q42. Consider the following code:
#include <stdio.h>
void fun()
{
int i = 10;
printf(“%d”, i);
}
int main ()
{
fun;
printf(“12”);
return 0;
}
(a) 10 12 (b) 12 (c) Compiler Error (d) 10

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Q43. What will be output when you will execute following c code? _______
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a=3,b=2,c;
a=a==b==0;
switch(1)
{
case 1: a=a+10;
break;
default:
break;
}
c = sizeof(a++);
printf("%d\n", a);
return 0;
}
Q44. [MSQ]
Consider the following pseudo code fragment, where y is an integer that has been
initialized.
int i = 1
int j = 1
while (i < 10)
j=j*i
i=i+1
if (i==y)
break
end if
end while
Which of the following statements is/are TRUE at the end of the while loop? Choose
from the following options.
(a) (i == 10) or (i == y) (b) If y > 10, then i == 10
(c) If j = 6, then y == 4 (d) None of these.

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Q45. Consider the following C program, if input to getchar is ‘c’ when what will be the
output of given code.
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
char ch;
while(1)
{
ch=getchar();
if(ch=='n')
{
break;
}
printf("hello");
}
return 0;
}
(a)hello (b)no output (c)hellohello (d)infinite loop
Q46. What will be the output of given C code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
int i=1;
for(i=3;i<=10;i++){
if(i==5)
{

continue;
}
printf("%d \t", i);
}
return 0;
}
(a)It will print numbers from 1 to 10
(b)1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(c)3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(d)3 4 6 7 8 9 10

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Q47. What will be the output of following C program?
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i, j, k;
{
for(j=0;j<3;j++)
{
for(k=0;k<1;k++)
{
printf("%d %d\n", j, k);
if(j == 2)
{
goto out;
}
}
}
}
out:
printf("came out of the loop");
}
(a) (b) (c) (d)Compilation
00 00 00 Error
10 01 10
20 10 20
came out of the 11
loop 20
21
22
came out of the
loop

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Q48. What will be the output of following C program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i = 2, j = 3;
for(--i && j++ ; i<=10; i+=2)
{
printf("loop ");
}
return 0;
}
(a)loop loop loop loop (b) loop loop loop loop loop
(c)Compilation Error (d)Infinite loop
Q49. Consider the following program modifying an n × n square matrix A:
for i = 1 to n:
for j = 1 to n:
temp = A[i][j] + 10
A[i][j] = A[j][i]
A[j][i] = temp - 10
end for
end for
Which of the following statements about the contents of the matrix A at the end of
this program must be TRUE ?
(a) The new A is the transpose of the old A.
(b)All elements above the diagonal have their values increased by 10 and all values
below have their values decreased by 10.
(c) All elements above the diagonal have their values decreased by 10 and all values
below have their values increased by 10.
(d) A remains unchanged

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Q50. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
#define SQUARE(X) X * X
void main ( )
{
printf ("\n Square = %d" , SQUARE(10+2) );
return 0;
}
What is the output of the above C code?
(a) Square = 144
(b) Square =32
(c) Square =122
(d) Square =12
Q51. What is sum of the values printed by following program? _________
#include <stdio.h>
void m();
int main()
{m(); m(); return 0;}
void m()
{
static int x = 5;
x++;
printf("%d\n", x);
}

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Q52. Consider the following C code:
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
static int a = 5;
if(a--)
{
printf("%d", a);
main(a);
}
}
What will be the output of above code.
(a) 43210 (b) 00000 (c) -1-1-1-1-1 (d) 01234
Q53. Consider the following C Code:
#include <stdio.h>
void count(void);
static int countseq = 4;
void main() {

while(countseq--) {
count();
}
return 0;
}
void count( void ) {
static int i = 3;
i++;
printf("i is %d and count is %d\n", i, countseq);
}

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 What will be the output of above code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
i is 4 and count is i is 3 and count is i is 4 and count is i is 4 and count is
4 i is 5 and count i 4 i is 2 and count i 3 i is 5 and count i 3 i is 5 and count i
s 5 i is 6 and count s 5 i is 1 and count s 2 i is 6 and count s 2 i is 6 and count
is 6 i is 7 and cou is 6 i is 0 and cou is 1 i is 7 and cou is 1 i is 7 and cou
nt is 7 nt is 7 nt is 0 nt is 0
i is 8 and count is
-1

Q54. Consider a structure defined as follows:

struct student {
int rollNo, marks;
char name[30], course[30];
} s, *sp;
Which of the following is the correct way to access the members of the structure?
(a) sp.marks (b) sp -> rollNo
(c) student.course (d) s -> name
Q55. What will be the output of following C program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
struct exam
{
char *subject;
int marks;
};
struct exam l1 = {"C-programming", 100};
struct exam l2 = l1;
printf("%s %d", l2.subject, l1.marks);
}
(a) C-programming 100 (b) C-programming
(c)100 (d)Compilation Error

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Q56. Consider the following C code (for 32 bit machine)
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
struct node
{
int a; //Assume integer is 4 bytes long
char b; //Assume character is 1 bytes long
double c; //Assume double is 8 bytes long
float d; //Assume float is 4 bytes long
}s;
printf("%d", sizeof(s));
return 0;
}
What is the output of the above code?________
Q57. Consider the following C code:
#include <stdio.h>
struct zeal
{
int x;
int y;
};
void foo(struct zeal*);
int main()
{
struct zeal p1[] = {1, 2, 3, 4};
foo(p1);
}

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 void foo(struct zeal p[])
{
printf("%d\n", p[1].x);
}
What is the output of the above code?
(a) Compile time error (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
Q58. What will be the output of following C program?
#include<stdio.h>
struct AIR2022
{
char *name;
char street[10];
int pin;
}obj={"INDIGO","SPICE-JET",452009},*p=&obj;
int main()
{
printf("%s %s", p->name,(*p).street);
return 0;
}
(a) Compilation Error (b) INDIGO SPICE-JET
(c)Null Null (d) INDIGO
Q59. Consider the following C code:
#include<stdio.h>
struct classroom
{
int students[7];
};
int main()

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 {
struct classroom c1 = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11};
int *ptr;
ptr = (int *)&c1;
printf("%d",*(ptr + 4));
return 0;
}
What is the output of the above code?
(a)11 (b)7 (c)9 (d)Compilation Error
Q60. What will be the output of following C program?
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int *ptr;
int a;

ptr = &a;
*ptr = 0;
printf(" a = %d", a);
printf(" *ptr = %d", *ptr);

*ptr += 4;
printf(" a = %d,", a);
printf(" *ptr = %d,", *ptr);

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

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 return 0;
}
(a) a = 0, *ptr = 0, a = 4 ,*ptr = 4 , a = 5 ,*ptr = 5.
(b) a = garbage value, *ptr = 0, a = garbage value ,*ptr = 4 , a = 5 ,*ptr = 5.
(c) a = 0,*ptr = 0, a = garbage value ,*ptr = 4 , a = 4 ,*ptr = garbage value.
(d) a = 0, *ptr = 0, a = 0 ,*ptr = 0 , a = 0 ,*ptr = 0.
Q61. What will be the output of following C program?
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
union demo
{
char x;
int i;
float f;
long double y;
};
int main( )
{
union demo d1;
printf( " %d\n", sizeof(d1));
return 0;
}
(a)4
(b)8
(c)16
(d)20

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Q62. What will be the output of following C program?
#include "stdio.h"
typedef enum{
Male, Female, Transgender
}Gender;

int main()
{
Gender var =Transgender ;
printf("%d",var);
return 0;

}
(a) Transgender (b)3 (c)2 (d)1
Q63. Consider the following code (Assume size of pointer be 4 bytes):
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a[] = {1, 2, 3, 4};
int *p = &a+1;
printf("%d", *(p-1));
return 0;
}

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

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Q64. Consider the following code:
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
printf("%d", *(a+1));
return 0;
}
What will be the output of the above code.
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) Compile-time Error
(d) Run-time Error
Q65. Consider the following C Code:
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int *p, x = 20;
p = &x;
*p += 1;
printf("%d, %d\n", *p, x);
}
What is the output of this C code?

(a)20, 20
(b) 20, 21
(c) 21, 20
(d) 21, 21

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Q66. Fill the question mark to get "Null pointer" as an output?
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
char *ptr = "Null pointer";
void *vptr;
vptr = &ptr;
printf ("%s”, ?);
return 0;
}
(a)*(char **)vptr
(b) (char **)vptr
(c) *(char *)vptr
(d) (char *)vptr
Q67. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i = 100;
int *p1, *p2;
p1 = &i;
p2 = ++p1;
--p1;
printf("diff : %u\n", p2-p1);
return 0;
}
What is the output of above C code?
(a) diff : 0
(b) diff :1
(c) diff : 2
(d) Garbage value

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Q68. What will be output of following program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
int a = 10;
void *p = &a;
sizeof(a++);
int *ptr = p;
printf("%u",*ptr);
return 0;
}

(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) Address of a
(d) Compilation Error
Q69. Consider the following C Code:
#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int i = 2;
int a[5] = {10,20,30,40,50};
int *ptr1;
int *ptr2;
ptr2 = &i;
ptr1 = a;
printf("%u\n", *(ptr1-- + (*ptr2)--) + ++*ptr2 + 2);
}
What is the output of above C code?___________

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Q70. Consider the following code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
void *a[10];
printf("Hello");
return 0;
}
(a) Hello
(b) Compiler Error
(c) Runtime Error
(d) None of the above
Q71. What will be the output of following C program?
Add a statement in the function fun () such that address of a get stored in X.
main()
{
int *X;
void fun(int**)
fun(&X);
}
void fun(int**Y)
{
int a = 20;
/* Add Statement */
}
(a)X=&a
(b) *Y=&a
(c) *x=&a
(d) Y=&a

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Q72. What will be the output of following C program?
#include<stdio.h>
void function(char**);
int main()
{
char *arr[] = { "ADA", "CN", "DBMS", "DISCRETE", "ALGEBRA" };
function(arr);
return 0;
}
void function(char **ptr)
{
char *ptr1;
ptr1 = (ptr += sizeof(int))[-2];
printf("%s\n", ptr1);
}
(a)ADA (b)DBMS (c) TOC (d) ALGEBRA
Q73. What will be the output of following program?
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int arr[]={10,11,12,13,14,16,18};
int *ptr, ZONE;
//initialize ptr
ptr = arr;
//printing the elements
for(ZONE=2; ZONE<8; ZONE++)
printf("arr[%d]: %d\n",ZONE,*(ptr+ZONE));
return 0;
}

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 a) b) c) d)
arr[0]: 10 arr[2]: 12 arr[0]: 11 arr[2]: 10
arr[1]: 11 arr[3]: 13 arr[1]: 12 arr[3]: 12
arr[2]: 12 arr[4]: 14 arr[2]: 13 arr[4]: 13
arr[3]: 13 arr[5]: 16 arr[3]: 14 arr[5]: 14
arr[4]: 14 arr[6]: 18 arr[4]: 15 arr[6]: 11
arr[5]:15 arr[7]:0 arr[7]:0
arr[6]:16

Q74. What will be the output of following program?

int main()
{
char* str = "INDORE M.P";
printf("%c\n", *&*str++);
return 0;

}
(a) Compilation Error (b)G
(c)A (d)I
Q75. What will be the output of following program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int x[6]={10,20,30,40,50,60};
int *ptr =x;
printf("%u\n",*ptr +3 );
printf("%u\n",*(ptr +2) +5 );
printf("%u\n",*(ptr +3)- 10 );
printf("%o\n",0123 );
return 0;
}

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 a) Compilation b) 13 c) 10 d)13
Error 35 20 25
30 30 40
123 40 0123

Q76. What will the following lines of code print?

#include<stdio.h>
extern int z = 20 ;
int main()
{
int *x = &z;
printf("%d",*x);
return 0;
}
(a) Garbage (b) 20 (c) compile time error (d) run time error
Q77. What will the following lines of code print?
#include<stdio.h>
extern int z = 20 ;
void testfun();
int main()
{
int z;
z = z + 5;
testfun();
printf("%d",z);
return 0;
}
void testfun()
{
printf("%d,", z);
}
(a) 20, garbage
(b) 20,25
(c) 20, 5
(d) Compile Time Error

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Q78. What will be the output of following program?
#include<stdio.h>
void fun(int *a, int *b)
{
++b; a[2] = a[1] + 6;
}
int main()
{
char A[5] = {'0','1','7','3','4'};
fun(A, A[2]);
printf("%d", A[2]);
return 0;
}
(a) Compilation Error (b) 55 (c)7 (d)1
Q79. Consider the following C Code:
#include <stdio.h>
void main()

{
int i = 5;
int *j = &i;
int **k = &j;
printf("%d, %d, %d\n", i, ++*j, *k++);
}
What is the output of above C code?

(a) 5, 6, garbage value (b) 6, 6, 5

(c) 6, garbage value, garbage value (d) 6, 6, garbage value

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Q80. What will be the output of following C program?
#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{
int xyz[] = { 23, 90,91 };
int *xyz_ptr = &xyz;
printf("%i\n", xyz_ptr[1]);
return 0;
}
(a)91 (b) 90 (c)23 (d) Compilation Error
Q81. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
char
*s[]={"sunday","monday","tuesday","wednesday","thursday","friday","saturday"};
char **ptr[] = {s+3, s+2, s+1, s, s+6, s+5, s+4};
char ***p;
p = ptr;
p+1;
printf("%c", *(*(*++p+1))+3);
printf("%c", *(*(s+2)+2));
printf("%c", *(*(*ptr+3)+1));
printf("%c", *(*(s+1))-1);
return 0;
}
What is the output of above C code?
(a) zeal (b) weal (c) zeel (d) None of these

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Q82. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
short a[3][2]={3,6,9,12,15,18};
printf("%d %d",*(a+1)[1],**(a+2));
return 0;
}
What is the output of above C code?
(a) 15, 9 (b) 15, 15 (c) 9, 15 (d) 6, 18
Q83. #include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a[5] = {1,2,3,4,5};
int *ptr = (int*)(&a+1);
printf("%d %d", *(a+1), *(ptr-1));
return 0;
}
(a) 2 5 (b) Garbage Value (c) Compiler Error (d) Segmentation Fault
Q84. What is the output of the following c code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
int i;
int *ptr = (int *) malloc(5 * sizeof(int));
for (i=0; i<5; i++)

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 *(ptr + i) = i;

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

printf("%d ", (*ptr)++);
printf("%d ", *ptr);
printf("%d ", *++ptr);
printf("%d ", ++*ptr);
}
(a) Compiler Error (b) 0 1 2 2 3 (c) 0 1 2 3 4 (d) 1 2 3 4 5

Q85. In the context of the below program snippet, pick the best answer.
#include<stdio.h>
int arr[10][10][10];
int main()
{
arr[5][5][5] = 123;
printf("%d",arr[5][5][5]); // 1
printf("%d",*(*(*(arr+5)+5)+5)); // 2
printf("%d",(*(*(arr+5)+5))[5]); // 3
printf("%d",*((*(arr+5))[5]+5)); // 4
return 0;
}
Which of the given printf statement(s) would be able to print arr[5][5][5]?
(a)Both (1) and (2) would compile and both would print 123.
(b) Only (1), (2) and (3) would compile and all three would print 123.
(c) All (1), (2), (3) and (4) would compile but only (1) and (2) would print 123.
(d) All (1), (2), (3) and (4) would compile and all would print 123.

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Q86. Which of the following defines a variable ‘a’ as an array of pointers to integers?
(a) int *b[10], a[10]; (b) int *b, a[10];
(c) int b, *a[10]; (d) int b, (*a)[10];
Q87. What will be output of following program?
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
static char *s[] = {"black", "white", "pink", "violet"};
char **ptr[] = {s+3, s+2, s+1, s}, ***p;
p = ptr;
p++;
printf("%s", *(*p+1));
return 0;
}
(a) ink (b) violet (c) black (d) compilation error
Q88. What would be the last value printed by this program? ________
#include <stdio.h>
int x = 10;
int main()
{
int *ptr;
ptr = &x;
printf(" x = %d\n", x);
*ptr *= 5;
printf(" x = %d\n", x);
(*ptr)++;
printf(" x = %d\n", x);
return 0;
}

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Q89. What is the output of the following program?
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 8, 9};
int *p = arr+4;
--*p;
p -= 2;
printf("%d", *p+1);
return 0;
}
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 4 (d) None of these
Q90. Consider the following code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a[][3] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9};
printf("%d", *(a[1]+0));
return 0;
}
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
Q91. Consider the following C Code:
#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int a[5] = {10,20,30,40,50};
int *ptr;
ptr = a;

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 printf("%u ", *++ptr + 3);
printf("%u ", *(ptr--+ 2) + 5);
printf("%u ", *(ptr+3)-10);
}
What is the output of above C code?
(a) 23, 35, 30 (b) 14, 45, 30 (c) 23, 45, 30 (d) 14, 35, 30
Q92. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a[5][2] = {{1, 2},{3, 4},{5, 6},{7, 8},{9, 10}};
int i, j;
for(j=0; j<=4; j++)
printf("%d ",*(*(a)+j));
}
What is the output of above C code?
(a) 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 (b) 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
(c) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (d) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Q93. What will be the output of following program?
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
int x[2 ][3]={1,2,3,4,5,6};
printf("%d",*(*(1+x)+1));
return 0;
}
(a)5 (b)6 (c)7 (d)8

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Q94. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
void main()
{
char p[20];
char *s = "GATEATZEAL";
int l = strlen(s);
int i;
for (i = 0; i<=l; i++)
p[i] = *(s + --l - i);
printf("%s", p);
}
What is the output of above C code?
(a) LEAZTAETAG (b) LETEA (c) AZATG (d) None of these
Q95. What is the output of above C code?
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
int main()
{
char *str = "abc";
int i;
for(i = 0; i < strlen(str); i++)
printf("%s", str++);
return 0;
}
(a)abcbc (b)bcabc (c)abc (d)cba

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Q96. Consider the following C Code:
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
int x;

x = 0;
do {
printf( "Hello world!\n" );
} while ( x != 0 );

}
What is the output of above C code?
(a)Hello world (b)No output
(c)Compilation Error (d)Run time Error.
Q97. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
/* assume array begins at location 1002
and the size of integer is 2 bytes */
int a[][4] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12};
printf("%u, %u, %u", a[0]+ 1,*( a[0]+ 1),*(*(a + 0 )+ 1 ));
return 0;
}
What is the output of above C code?
(a) 2, 2, 2 (b)Garbage value, 2, 2 (c) 1004, 2, 2 (d)None of these

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Q98. What is the output of the following program ?
#include <stdio.h>
int a = 200;
int main()
{
float a=345,b=0,c=24;
float *p=&a;
float **q=&p;
a=200;
printf("%.2f",**(q));
return 0;
}
(a) 200
(b) 200.00
(c) Compiler error
(d) runs time error
Q99. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
/* assume array begins at location 1002
and the size of integer is 2 bytes*/
int a[3][2][4]={{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8},{9,1,1,2,2,1,4,7},{6,7,8,9,0,0,0,0}};
printf("%d", *(*(*a+2)+1)+3);
return 0;
}
What is the output of above C code?_______

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Q100. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
char *s[] = {"Red", "Blue", "Green", "Violet"};
char *ptr[] = {s+3,s+2,s+1,s};
char ***p = ptr;
printf("%s",**++p);
printf("%s", *p[-1]+2);
printf("%s", p[-1][-2]+ 1);
return 0;
}
What is the output of above C code?
(a) Greenletlue
(b) Violetletlue
(c) Greenoletlue
(d) None of these
Q101. What will be the output of following program?
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
char a[4] = { 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E' };
char* ppp = &a[0];
*ppp++;
printf("%d ", *++ppp + *ppp);
}
(a)133
(b)131
(c) 130
(d)136

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Q102. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a[3][2][2] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12};
int *ptr1, *ptr2;
ptr1 = &a[2][0][1];
ptr2 = (int*)a;
printf("%d, %d ", *ptr1, *ptr2);
return 0;
}
What is the output of the above C code?
(a) 1, 10 (b) 10, 1 (c) 8, 10 (d) both a and b possible
Q103. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a[][2] = {1, 2, 3, 4};
int i, j;
int *p[] = {a, a+1, a+2};
for(i=0; i<2; i++)
for(j=0; j<2; j++)
printf("%d, %d, %d, %d\n", *(*(p+i)+j), *(*(j+p)+i), *(*(i+p)+j), *(*(p+j)+i));
return 0;
}
What is the output of above C code?

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 1, 1, 1, 1 1, 2, 1, 2 1, 1, 1, 1 1, 2, 3, 4
2, 3, 2, 3 (b) 2, 3, 2, 3 2, 2, 2, 2 2, 3, 4, 1
(a) (c) (d)
3, 2, 3, 2 3, 4, 3, 4 2, 2, 2, 2 3, 4, 1, 2
4, 4, 4, 4 4, 2, 4, 2 3, 3, 3, 3 4, 1, 2, 3

Q104. Consider the following C Code:

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int array[3] = {4,9,3};
int *ptr1,*ptr2,*ptrs[3];
ptr1 = &array[2];
ptr2 = &array[0];
ptrs[0]=ptr1;
ptrs[1]=ptr2;
ptrs[2]=&array[1];
printf("%d%d%d",*ptrs[0],*ptrs[1],*ptrs[2]);
return 0;
}
What is the output of the above C code?________
Q105. #include<stdio.h>
struct p
{
int x;
char y;
};
int main()
{
struct p p1[] = {1, 92, 3, 94, 5, 96};

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 struct p *ptr1 = p1;
int x = (sizeof(p1) / 3);
printf("%d\t", x);
if (x == sizeof(int) + sizeof(char))
printf("%d\n", ptr1->x);
else
printf("false");
}
What is the output of the C code?
(a) Compile time error (b) 8 (c) Undefined behaviour (d)8 false

Q106. Consider the following C code:

int main()
{
struct value
{
int Gate1:1;
int Gate2:4;
int Gate3:4;
}Zeal={1, 2, 13};
printf("%d, %d, %d\n", Zeal.Gate1, Zeal.Gate2, Zeal.Gate3);
return 0;
}
What is the output of the C code?
(a) 1, 2, 13
(b) 1, 4, 4
(c) -1, 2, -3
(d) -1, -2, -13

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Q107. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
static int GATE[]={100,200,300,400,500};
static int *p = {GATE+2,GATE,GATE+3,GATE+4,GATE+1};
int **ptr = p;
ptr++;
printf("%d", *ptr);
return 0;
}
What is the output of the above C code?_______

Q108. Consider the following C code:

#include <stdio.h>
struct p
{
int x;
int y;
};
int main()
{
struct p p1[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6};
struct p *ptr1 = p1;
printf("%d %d\n", ptr1->x, (ptr1 + 2)->x);
}
What is the output of the C code?
(a) 1 5 (b) 1 3
(c) Compile time error (d) 1 4

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Q109. What will be the output of following C program?
#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
int (*a)[5];
int arr[3][5]={ {10,65,30,40,50},{10,20,30,40,50} };
a = arr;
++a ;
char *ptr = (char*)*a;
++a ;
printf("%d %d %d",**a,*arr[1],*ptr);
return 0;
}
(a)0 10 10
(b)0 30 30
(c)0 40 50
(d)0 10 20
Q110. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
char s[20] = "GATECSIT2019";
char *p = s;
printf("%s", p + *(p+6) - *(p+1));
}
What is the output of above C code?
(a) GATECSIT2019
(b) TECSIT2019
(c) CSIT2019
(d) 2019

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Q111. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int ary[2][2][3] =
{
{{1,2,3},{4,5,6}},
{{7,8,9},{10,11,12}}
};
int *p;
p = &ary;
printf("%d %d",*p, *p+11);
return 0;
}
What is the output of above C code?
(a)2 4 (b)1 11 (c)1 12 (d)2 11
Q112. Consider the following C Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
void *p;
char i=74, *j="ZEAL";
int k=65;
p=&i;
printf("%c", *(char*)p);
p=&k;
printf("%c", *(int*)p);
p=j;
printf("%s", (char*)p+2);
return 0;
}
What is the output of the above C code?
(a) ZEAL (b) Z65L (c) ZAAL (d) JAAL

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