GODAVARI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

(AUTONOMOUS)
NH-16, Chaitanya Knowledge City, Rajahmundry
Department of Computer Science & Engineering

I B.TECH (COMMON TO ALL)

PROBLEM SOLVING & PROGRAMMING IN C
BIT BANK
UNIT-I
1. Property which allows to produce different executable for different platforms in C is called?
A. File inclusion
B. Selective inclusion
C. Conditional compilation
D. Recursive macros
Answer: Option C
2. #include is called
A. Preprocessor directive
B. Inclusion directive
C. File inclusion directive
D. None of the mentioned
Answer: Option A
3. C preprocessors can have compiler specific features.
A. true
B. false
C. Depends on the standard
D. Depends on the platform
Answer: Option A
4. C preprocessor is conceptually the first step during compilation.
A. true
B. false
C. Depends on the compiler
D. Depends on the standard
Answer: Option A
5. #include are _______ files and #include “somefile.h” ________ files.
A. Library, Library
B. Library, user-created header
C. User-created header, library
D. They can include all types of file
Answer: Option D
6. A preprocessor is a program.
A. That processes its input data to produce output that is used as input to another program
B. That is nothing but a loader
C. That links various source files
D. All of the mentioned
Answer: Option A
7. #include statement must be written.
A. Before main()
B. Before any scanf/printf
C. After main()
D. It can be written anywhere
Answer: Option B
8. Comment on the output of this C code?

int main()
{
int a[5] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 5; i++)
if ((char)a[i] == '5')
printf("%d\n", a[i]);
else
printf("FAIL\n");
}
A. The compiler will flag an error
B. Program will compile and print the output 5
C. Program will compile and print the ASCII value of 5
D. Program will compile and print FAIL for 5 times
Answer: Option D

9. The format identifier „%i‟ is also used for _____ data type?
A. char
B. int
C. float
D. double
Answer: Option B
10. Which data type is most suitable for storing a number 65000 in a 32-bit system?
A. short
B. int
C. long
D. double
Answer: Option A
11. 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
Answer: Option D
12. 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.
Answer: Option C
13. What is the output of this C code?

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
Answer: Option B

14. Comment on the output of this C code?

int main()
{
char c;
int i = 0;
FILE *file;
file = fopen("test.txt", "w+");
fprintf(file, "%c", 'a');
fprintf(file, "%c", -1);
fprintf(file, "%c", 'b');
fclose(file);
file = fopen("test.txt", "r");
while ((c = fgetc(file)) != -1)
printf("%c", c);
return 0;
}
A. a
B. Infinite loop
C. Depends on what fgetc returns
D. Depends on the compiler
Answer: Option A
15. What is short int in C programming?
A. Basic data type of C
B. Qualifier
C. short is the qualifier and int is the basic datatype
D. All of the mentioned.
Answer: Option C
16. Comment on the output of this C code?

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
Answer: Option B
17. Comment on the output of this C code?

int main()
{
float f1 = 0.1;
if (f1 == 0.1f)
printf("equal\n");
else
printf("not equal\n");
}
 A. equal
B. not equal
C. Output depends on compiler
D. None of the mentioned
Answer: Option A
18. What is the output of this C code (on a 32-bit machine)?

int main()
{
int x = 10000;
double y = 56;
int *p = &x;
double *q = &y;
printf("p and q are %d and %d", sizeof(p), sizeof(q));
return 0;
}
A. p and q are 4 and 4
B. p and q are 4 and 8
C. Compiler error
D. p and q are 2 and 8
Answer: Option A
19. 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
Answer: Option C
20. What is the output of this C code?

int main()
{
float x = 'a';
printf("%f", x);
return 0;
}
A. a
B. run time error
C. a.0000000
D. 97.000000
Answer: Option D
21. Which of the following is not a valid variable name declaration?
A. int __a3;
B. int __3a;
C. int __A3;
D. None of the mentioned.
Answer: Option D
22. Variable names beginning with underscore is not encouraged. Why?
A. It is not standardized
B. To avoid conflicts since assemblers and loaders use such names
C. To avoid conflicts since library routines use such names
D. To avoid conflicts with environment variables of an operating system
Answer: Option C

23. All keywords in C are in?

A. Lower Case letters
 B. Upper Case letters
C. Camel Case letters
D. None
Answer: Option A
24. 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
Answer: Option A
25. Which of the following is not a valid C variable name?
A. int number;
B. float rate;
C. int variable_count;
D. int $main;
Answer: Option D
26. 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.
Answer: Option C
27. 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;
Answer: Option B
28. What is the output of this C code?

int main()
{
printf("Hello World! %d \n", x);
return 0;a
}
A. Hello World! x;
B. Hello World! followed by a junk value
C. Compile time error
D. Hello World!
Answer: Option C
29. What is the output of this C code?

int main()
{
int y = 10000;
int y = 34;
printf("Hello World! %d\n", y);
return 0;
}
A. Compile time error
B. Hello World! 34
Answer: Option A
30. 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
Answer: Option D
31. Which of the following cannot be a variable name in C?
A. Volatile
B. True
C. friend
D. export
Answer: Option A
32. What is the value of x in this C code?

void main()
{
int x = 4 *5 / 2 + 9;
}
A. 6.75
B. 1.85
C. 19
D. 3
Answer: Option C
33. What is the value of x in this C code?

void main()
{
int x = 4 *5 / 2 + 9;
}
A. 6.75
B. 1.85
C. 19
D. 3
Answer: Option C
34. MS-Word is an example of _____
A) An operating system
B) A processing device
C) Application software
D) An input device

Answer Option : C
35. Which of the following is a popular programming language for developing multimedia webpages.
A) COBOL
B) Java
C) BASIC
D) Assembler

Answer Option : B

36. The first computer was programmed using .......

A) Assembly language
B) Machine language
C) Spaghetti code
D) Source code

Answer Option: B
37. The computer's processor consists of the following parts
A) CPU and Main Memory
B) Hard Disk and Floppy Drive
C) Control Unit and ALU
D) Operating System and Application
Answer Option: C

38. he smallest unit in a digital system is a.........

A) Bit
B) Byte
C) Character
D) Kilobyte

Answer Option: A

39. A ........ is approximately one billion bytes

A) Megabyte
B) Gigabyte
C) Terabyte
D) None of these

Answer Option: B

40. C, BASIC, COBOL, and Java are examples of ............language

A) low-level
B) programming
C) computer
D) high-level

Answer Option: D
UNIT-II
1. What is the output of this C code?

int main()
{
int x = 1;
short int i = 2;
float f = 3;
if (sizeof((x == 2) ? f : i) == sizeof(float))
printf("float\n");
else if (sizeof((x == 2) ? f : i) == sizeof(short int))
printf("short int\n");
}
A. float
B. short int
C. Undefined behaviour
D. Compile time error
Answer: Option A
2. What is the output of this C code?

int main()
{
int a = 2;
int b = 0;
int y = (b == 0) ? a :(a > b) ? (b = 1): a;
printf("%d\n", y);
}
A. Compile time error
B. 1
C. 2
D. Undefined behaviour
Answer: Option C
3. What is the output of this C code?

int main()
{
int a = 0, i = 0, b;
for (i = 0;i < 5; i++)
{
a++;
if (i == 3)
break;
}
}
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: Option D
4. The keyword „break‟ cannot be simply used within:
A. do-while
B. if-else
C. for
 D. while
Answer: Option B
5. Which keyword is used to come out of a loop only for that iteration?
A. break
B. continue
C. return
D. None of the mentioned
Answer: Option B
6. What is the output of this C code?

void main()
{
int i = 0, j = 0;
for (i = 0;i < 5; i++)
{
for (j = 0;j < 4; j++)
{
if (i > 1)
break;
}
printf("Hi \n");
}
}
A. Hi is printed 5 times
B. Hi is printed 9 times
C. Hi is printed 7 times
D. Hi is printed 4 times
Answer: Option A
7. What is the output of this C code?

int main()
{
printf("before continue ");
continue;
printf("after continue\n");
}
A. Before continue after continue
B. Before continue
C. after continue
D. Compile time error
Answer: Option D

8. For a typical program, the input is taken using.

A. scanf
B. Files
C. Command-line
D. None of the mentioned.
Answer: Option A

9.What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int x = 5;
if (x < 1)
 printf("hello");
if (x == 5)
printf("hi");
else
printf("no");
}
a) hi
b) hello
c) no
d) error
Answer: Option A

10.What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
int x;
void main()
{
if (x)
printf("hi");
else
printf("how are u");
}
a) hi
b) how are you
c) compile time error
d) error
Answer: Option B

11. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int x = 5;
if (true);
printf("hello");
}
a) It will display hello
b) It will throw an error
c) Nothing will be displayed
d) Compiler dependent
Answer: Option B

12. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int x = 0;
if (x == 0)
printf("hi");
else
printf("how are u");
printf("hello");
}
a) hi
b) how are you
c) hello
d) hihello
Answer: Option D

13. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int x = 5;
if (x < 1);
printf("Hello");

}
a) Nothing
b) Run time error
c) Hello
d) Varies
Answer: Option C

14. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int x = 1;
if (x > 0)
printf("inside if\n");
else if (x > 0)
printf("inside elseif\n");
}
a) inside if
b) inside elseif
c)inside if
inside elseif
d) compile time error
Answer: Option A

15. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int x = 0;
if (x++)
printf("true\n");
else if (x == 1)
printf("false\n");
}
a) true
b) false
c) compile time error
d) undefined behaviour

Answer: Option B
16. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int x = 0;
if (x == 0)
printf("true, ");
else if (x = 10)
printf("false, ");
printf("%d\n", x);
}
a) false, 0
b) true, 0
c) true, 10
d) compile time error
Answer: Option B

17.Which of the following is an invalid if-else statement?

a) if (if (a == 1)){}
b) if (func1 (a)){}
c) if (a){}
d) if ((char) a){}
Answer: Option A

18. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
if (printf("%d", printf(")))
printf("We are Happy");
else if (printf("1"))
printf("We are Sad");
}
a) 0We are Happy
b) 1We are Happy
c) 1We are Sad
d) compile time error
Answer: Option D

19. What will be the output of the following C code? (Assuming that we have entered the value 1 in the
standard input)

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
double ch;
printf("enter a value between 1 to 2:");
scanf("%lf", &ch);
switch (ch)
{
case 1:
printf("1");
 break;
case 2:
printf("2");
break;
}
}
a) Compile time error
b) 1
c) 2
d) Varies
Answer: Option A

20. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
float f = 1;
switch (f)
{
case 1.0:
printf("yes\n");
break;
default:
printf("default\n");
}
}
a) yes
b) yes default
c) Undefined behaviour
d) Compile time error
Answer: Option D

21. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
switch (ch)
{
case 'a':
case 'A':
printf("true");
}
a) if (ch == „a‟ && ch == „A‟) printf(“true”);
b)if (ch == 'a')
if (ch == 'a') printf("true");
c) if (ch == „a‟ || ch == „A‟) printf(“true”);
d) none of the mentioned
Answer: Option C

22. The C code „for(;;)‟ represents an infinite loop. It can be terminated by ___________
a) break
b) exit(0)
c) abort()
d) terminate
Answer: Option A
23. What will be the correct syntax for running two variable for loop simultaneously?
a) for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
for (j = 0; j < n; j += 5)
b) for (i = 0, j = 0; i < n, j < n; i++, j += 5)
c) for (i = 0; i < n;i++){}
for (j = 0; j < n;j += 5){}
d) none of the mentioned
Answer: Option B

24. Which for loop has range of similar indexes of „i‟ used in for (i = 0;i < n; i++)?
a) for (i = n; i>0; i–)
b) for (i = n; i >= 0; i–)
c) for (i = n-1; i>0; i–)
d) for (i = n-1; i>-1; i–)
Answer: Option D

25. Which of the following cannot be used as LHS of the expression in for (exp1;exp2; exp3)?
a) variable
b) function
c) typedef
d) macros
Answer: Option D

26. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
short i;
for (i = 1; i >= 0; i++)
printf("%d\n", i);

}
a) The control won‟t fall into the for loop
b) Numbers will be displayed until the signed limit of short and throw a runtime error
c) Numbers will be displayed until the signed limit of short and program will successfully terminate
d) This program will get into an infinite loop and keep printing numbers with no errors
Answer: Option D

27. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int k = 0;
for (k)
printf("Hello");
}
a) Compile time error
b) hello
c) Nothing
d) Varies
Answer: Option D
28.What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int k = 0;
for (k < 3; k++)
printf("Hello");
}
a) Compile time error
b) Hello is printed thrice
c) Nothing
d) Varies
Answer: Option A

29. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
double k = 0;
for (k = 0.0; k < 3.0; k++)
printf("Hello");
}
a) Run time error
b) Hello is printed thrice
c) Hello is printed twice
d) Hello is printed infinitely
Answer: Option A

30. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i = 0;
for (; ; ;)
printf("In for loop\n");
printf("After loop\n");
}
a) Compile time error
b) Infinite loop
c) After loop
d) Undefined behaviour
Answer: Option A

31. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
while ()
printf("In while loop ");
printf("After loop\n");
}
a) In while loop after loop
b) After loop
c) Compile time error
d) Infinite loop
Answer: Option C

32. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int i = 0;
while (i = 0)
printf("True\n");
printf("False\n");
}

a) True (infinite time)

b) True (1 time) False
c) False
d) Compiler dependent
Answer: Option C

33.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
Answer: Option C

34. Which keyword is used to come out of a loop only for that iteration?
a) break
b) continue
c) return
d) none of the mentioned
Answer: Option B

35. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("before continue ");
continue;
printf("after continue\n");
}
a) Before continue after continue
b) Before continue
c) After continue
d) Compile time error
Answer: Option D

36. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("%d ", 1);
 goto l1;
printf("%d ", 2);
l1:goto l2;
printf("%d ", 3);
l2:printf("%d ", 4);
}
a) 1 4
b) Compilation error
c) 1 2 4
d) 1 3 4
Answer: Option A

37. putchar(c) function/macro always outputs character c to the __________

a) screen
b) standard output
c) depends on the compiler
d) depends on the standard
Answer: Option B

38. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int i = 5, k;
if (i == 0)
goto label;
label: printf("%d", i);
printf("Hey");
}
a) 5
b) Hey
c) 5 Hey
d) Nothing
Answer: Option C

39. goto can be used to jump from main() to within a function.

a) true
b) false
c) depends
d) varies
Answer: Option B

39. 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
Answer: Option C

40. What is the use of getchar()?

A. The next input character each time it is called
B. EOF when it encounters end of file.
C. Both a & b
D. None of the mentioned
Answer: Option C