1. Which of the following is true for variable names in C?

A ) They can contain alphanumeric characters as well as special characters B ) It is not an error to
declare a variable to be one of the keywords(like goto, static) C ) Variable names cannot start with a
digit D ) Variable can be of any length

2. All keywords in C are in

A ) LowerCase letters B ) UpperCase letters C ) CamelCase letters D ) None

3. 2. What is the output of this C code? #include <stdio.h> int main() { printf(“Hello World! %d \n”, x);
return 0; }

A ) Hello World! x; B ) Hello World! followed by a junk value C ) Compile time error D ) Hello
World!

4. Consider on following declaration: (i) short i=10; (ii) static i=10; (iii) unsigned i=10; (iv)
const i=10;

A ) Only (iv) is incorrect B ) Only (ii) and (iv) are incorrect C ) Only (ii),(iii) and (iv) are correct D )
All are correct declaration

5. What will happen if the below program is executed? #include <stdio.h> int main() { int main = 3;
printf(“%d”, main); return 0; }

A ) It will cause a compile-time error B ) It will cause a run-time error C ) It will run without any
error and prints 3 D ) It will experience infinite looping

6. Which of the following is not a valid variable name declaration?

A ) float PI = 3.14; B ) double PI = 3.14; C ) int PI = 3.14; D ) #define PI 3.14;

7. Which is valid C expression?

A ) int my_num = 100,000; B ) int my_num = 100000; C ) int my num = 1000; D ) int $my_num
= 10000;

8. What is the size of an int data type?

A ) 4 Bytes B ) 8 Bytes C ) Depends on the system/compiler D ) Cannot be determined

9. Which data type is most suitable for storing a number 65000 in a 32-bit system?

A ) short B ) int C ) long D ) double

10. The format identifier ‘%i’ is also used for _____ data type?

A ) char B ) int C ) float D ) double

11. Variable name resolving (number of significant characters for uniqueness of variable) depends on

A ) Compiler and linker implementations B ) Assemblers and loaders implementations C ) C

language D ) None

12. Comment on the output of this C code? #include <stdio.h> int main() { float f1 = 0.1; if (f1 == 0.1)
printf(“equal\n”); else printf(“not equal\n”); }

A ) equal B ) not equal C ) Output depends on compiler D ) None of the mentioned

1 points

13. Which of the following is not a valid C variable name?

A ) int variable_count B ) int number C ) float rate D ) int $main

14. What is the output of this C code? #include <stdio.h> int main() { char chr; chr = 128; printf(“%d\n”,
chr); return 0; }

A ) 128 B ) -128 C ) Depends on the compiler D ) None of the mentioned

15. What is the output of this C code? #include <stdio.h> int main() { int y = 10000; int y = 34;
printf(“Hello World! %d\n”, y); return 0; }

A ) Compile time error B ) Hello World! 34 C ) Hello World! 1000 D ) Hello World! followed by a
junk value

16. Which of the following cannot be a variable name in C?

A ) Volatile B ) true C ) friend D ) export

17. Which is correct with respect to size of the datatypes?

A ) char > int > float B ) int > char > float C ) char < int < double D ) double > char > int

18. Literal means ?

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

19. What is the output of this C code? #include <stdio.h> int main() { float x = ‘a’; printf(“%f”, x); return 0;
}

A ) a B ) run time error C ) a.0000000 D ) 97.000000

20. Which of the following is a User-defined data type?

A ) typedef int Boolean; B ) typedef enum {Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri} Workdays; C ) struct {char
name[10], int age}; D ) all of the mentioned
SET B

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

A ) printf(); B ) scanf(); C ) gets(); D ) puts();

2. What will the SWAP macro in the following program be expanded to on preprocessing? will the code
compile? #include<stdio.h> #define SWAP(a, b, c)(c t; t=a, a=b, b=t) int main() { int x=10, y=20; SWAP(x,
y, int); printf(“%d %d\n”, x, y); return 0; }

A ) It compiles B ) Compiles with an warning C ) Not compile D ) Compiles and print nothing

3. In the following code what is ‘P’? typedef char *charp; const charp P;

A ) P is a constant B ) P is a character constant C ) P is character type D ) None of above

4. Which library function used to find the last occurrence of a character in a string ?

A ) strnstr() B ) laststr() C ) strrchr() D ) strstr()

5. How will you free the allocated memory ?

A ) remove(var-name); B ) free(var-name); C ) delete(var-name); D ) dalloc(var-name);

6. In which stage the following code #include<stdio.h> gets replaced by the contents of the file stdio.h

A ) During editing B ) During linking C ) During execution D ) During preprocessing

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

A ) -1 B ) 1 C ) 0 D ) Yes

8. Which loop is most suitable to first perform the operation and then test the condition?

A ) for loop B ) while loop C ) do-while loop D ) None of the mentioned

9. What is the output of this C code? #include <stdio.h> void main() { int i = 2; do { printf(“Hi”); } while (i
< 2) }

A ) Compile time error B ) Hi Hi C ) Hi D ) No output

10. In C, if you pass an array as an argument to a function, what actually gets passed?

A ) Value of elements in array B ) First element of the array C ) Base address of the array D )
Address of the last element of array

11. In the following code, the P2 is Integer Pointer or Integer? typedef int *ptr; ptr p1, p2;

A ) Integer B ) Integer pointer C ) Error in declaration D ) None of above

12. What will happen if in a C program you assign a value to an array element whose subscript exceeds
the size of array?

A ) The element will be set to 0. B ) The compiler would report an error. C ) The program may
crash if some important data gets overwritten. D ) The array size would appropriately grow.

13. What is the output of this C code? #include <stdio.h> int main() { int i = 0; do { i++; printf(“In while
loop\n”); } while (i < 3); }

A ) In while loop In while loop In while loop B ) In while loop In while loop C ) Depends on the
compiler D ) Compile time error

14. Which keyword is used to transfer control from a function back to the calling function ?

A ) switch B ) goto C ) go back D ) return

15. What is the output of this C code? #include <stdio.h> int main() { int i = 0, j = 0; while (i < 5, j < 10) { i+
+; j++; } printf(“%d, %d\n”, i, j); }

A ) 5, 5 B ) 5, 10 C ) 10,10 D ) Syntax error

16. What is the output of this C code? #include <stdio.h> int main() { for (int i = 0;i < 1; i++) printf(“In for
loop\n”); }

A ) Compile time error B ) In for loop C ) Depends on the standard compiler implements D ) Run
time error

17. What would be the size of the following union declaration? #include <stdio.h> union uTemp { double
a; int b[10]; char c; }u; (Assuming size of double = 8, size of int = 4, size of char = 1)

A ) 4 B ) 8 C ) 40 D ) 80

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

A ) stdio.h B ) stddef.h C ) stdio.h and stddef.h D ) math.h

19. What does the following declaration mean? int (*ptr)[10];

A ) ptr is array of pointers to 10 integers B ) ptr is a pointer to an array of 10 integers C ) ptr is an

array of 10 integers D ) ptr is an pointer to array

20. 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 ) ->