1. Who is the father of C language?

a) Steve Jobs
b) James Gosling
c) Dennis Ritchie
d) Rasmus Lerdorf

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

a) int number;
b) float rate;
c) int variable_count;
d) int $main;

3. All keywords in C are in ____________

a) LowerCase letters
b) UpperCase letters
c) CamelCase letters
d) None of the mentioned

4. 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

5. 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;

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

a) volatile
b) true
c) friend
d) export

7. What is short int in C programming?

a) The basic data type of C
b) Qualifier
c) Short is the qualifier and int is the basic data type
d) All of the mentioned

8. Which of the following declaration is not supported by C language?

a) String str;
b) char *str;
c) float str = 3e2;
d) Both “String str;” and “float str = 3e2;”

9. Which keyword is used to prevent any changes in the variable within a C program?
a) immutable
b) mutable
c) const
d) volatile

10. What is the result of logical or relational expression in C?

a) True or False
b) 0 or 1
c) 0 if an expression is false and any positive number if an expression is true
d) None of the mentioned

11. Which of the following typecasting is accepted by C language?

a) Widening conversions
b) Narrowing conversions
c) Widening & Narrowing conversions
d) None of the mentioned

12. Where in C the order of precedence of operators do not exist?

a) Within conditional statements, if, else
b) Within while, do-while
c) Within a macro definition
d) None of the mentioned

13. Which of the following is NOT possible with any 2 operators in C?

a) Different precedence, same associativity
b) Different precedence, different associativity
c) Same precedence, different associativity
d) All of the mentioned

14. What is an example of iteration in C?

a) for
b) while
c) do-while
d) all of the mentioned

15. Functions can return enumeration constants in C?

a) true
b) false
c) depends on the compiler
d) depends on the standard
16. Functions in C Language are always _________
a) Internal
b) External
c) Both Internal and External
d) External and Internal are not valid terms for functions

17. Which of following is not accepted in C?

a) static a = 10; //static as
b) static int func (int); //parameter as static
c) static static int a; //a static variable prefixed with static
d) all of the mentioned

18. 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

19. What is #include <stdio.h>?

a) Preprocessor directive
b) Inclusion directive
c) File inclusion directive
d) None of the mentioned

20. C preprocessors can have compiler specific features.

a) True
b) False
c) Depends on the standard
d) Depends on the platform

21. Which of the following are C preprocessors?

a) #ifdef
b) #define
c) #endif
d) all of the mentioned

22. The C-preprocessors are specified with _________ symbol.

a) #
b) $
c) ” ”
d) &

23. How is search done in #include and #include “somelibrary.h” according to C

standard?
a) When former is used, current directory is searched and when latter is used,
standard directory is searched
b) When former is used, standard directory is searched and when latter is used,
current directory is searched
c) When former is used, search is done in implementation defined manner and when
latter is used, current directory is searched
d) For both, search for ‘somelibrary’ is done in implementation-defined places

24. How many number of pointer (*) does C have against a pointer variable
declaration?
a) 7
b) 127
c) 255
d) No limits

25. Which of the following is not possible statically in C language?

a) Jagged Array
b) Rectangular Array
c) Cuboidal Array
d) Multidimensional Array

26. Which of the following return-type cannot be used for a function in C?

a) char *
b) struct
c) void
d) none of the mentioned

27. The standard header _______ is used for variable list arguments (…) in C.
a) <stdio.h >
b) <stdlib.h>
c) <math.h>
d) <stdarg.h>

28. When a C program is started, O.S environment is responsible for opening file and
providing pointer for that file?
a) Standard input
b) Standard output
c) Standard error
d) All of the mentioned

29. In C language, FILE is of which data type?

a) int
b) char *
c) struct
d) None of the mentioned
30. What is the sizeof(char) in a 32-bit C compiler?
a) 1 bit
b) 2 bits
c) 1 Byte
d) 2 Bytes

31. Which of the following is not an operator in C?

a) ,
b) sizeof()
c) ~
d) None of the mentioned

32. scanf() is a predefined function in______header file.

a) stdlib. h
b) ctype. h
c) stdio. h
d) stdarg. H

33. What is meant by ‘a’ in the following C operation?

fp = fopen("Random.txt", "a");

a) Attach
b) Append
c) Apprehend
d) Add

34. What will be the output of the following 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
35. What will happen if the following C code 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

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

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

signed char chr;

chr = 128;

printf("%d\n", chr);

return 0;

a) 128
b) -128
c) Depends on the compiler
d) None of the mentioned

37. What will be the output of the following C code on a 64 bit machine?

#include <stdio.h>

union Sti

int nu;
 char m;

};

int main()

union Sti s;

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

return 0;

a) 8
b) 5
c) 9
d) 4

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

#include <stdio.h>

enum birds {SPARROW, PEACOCK, PARROT};

enum animals {TIGER = 8, LION, RABBIT, ZEBRA};

int main()

enum birds m = TIGER;

int k;

k = m;

printf("%d\n", k);

return 0;

}
a) 0
b) Compile time error
c) 1
d) 8

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

#include <stdio.h>

int const print()

printf("Sanfoundry.com");

return 0;

void main()

print();

a) Error because function name cannot be preceded by const

b) Sanfoundry.com
c) Sanfoundry.com is printed infinite times
d) Blank screen, no output

40. Will the following C code compile without any error?

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

for (int k = 0; k < 10; k++);

return 0;

a) Yes
b) No
c) Depends on the C standard implemented by compilers
d) Error

41. What will be the final value of x in the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>
 void main()

int x = 5 * 9 / 3 + 9;

a) 3.75
b) Depends on compiler
c) 24
d) 3

42. What will be the output of the following C code? (Initial values: x= 7, y = 8)

#include <stdio.h>

void main()

float x;

int y;

printf("enter two numbers \n");

scanf("%f %f", &x, &y);

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

a) 7.000000, 7
b) Run time error
c) 7.000000, junk
d) Varies

43. What will be the output of the following C code considering the size of a short int is
2, char is 1 and int is 4 bytes?

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

short int i = 20;

char c = 97;

printf("%d, %d, %d\n", sizeof(i), sizeof(c), sizeof(c + i));

return 0;

}
a) 2, 1, 2
b) 2, 1, 1
c) 2, 1, 4
d) 2, 2, 8

44. What is the difference between the following 2 C codes?

#include <stdio.h> //Program 1

int main()

int d, a = 1, b = 2;

d= a++ + ++b;

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

#include <stdio.h> //Program 2

int main()

int d, a = 1, b = 2;

d= a++ +++b;

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

a) No difference as space doesn’t make any difference, values of a, b, d are same in

both the case
b) Space does make a difference, values of a, b, d are different
c) Program 1 has syntax error, program 2 is not
d) Program 2 has syntax error, program 1 is not

45. What will be the output of the following C code snippet?

#include <stdio.h>

void main()

1 < 2 ? return 1: return 2;

a) returns 1
b) returns 2
c) Varies
d) Compile time error

46. What will be the value of the following assignment expression?

(x = foo())!= 1 considering foo() returns 2

a) 2
b) True
c) 1
d) 0

47. What will be the output of the following C function?

#include <stdio.h>

void reverse(int i);

int main()

reverse(1);

void reverse(int i)

if (i > 5)

return ;

printf("%d ", i);

return reverse((i++, i));

a) 1 2 3 4 5
b) Segmentation fault
c) Compilation error
d) Undefined behaviour

48. What will be the final values of i and j in the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>

int x = 0;

int f()

{
 if (x == 0)

return x + 1;

else

return x - 1;

int g()

return x++;

int main()

int i = (f() + g()) | g(); //bitwise or

int j = g() | (f() + g()); //bitwise or

a) i value is 1 and j value is 1

b) i value is 0 and j value is 0
c) i value is 1 and j value is undefined
d) i and j value are undefined

49. Comment on the following C statement.

n = 1;

printf("%d, %dn", 3*n, n++);

a) Output will be 3, 2
b) Output will be 3, 1
c) Output will be 6, 1
d) Output is compiler dependent

50. How many times i value is checked in the following C program?

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

int i = 0;

while (i < 3)
 i++;

printf("In while loop\n");

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

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

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

int i = 0;

do

i++;

if (i == 2)

continue;

printf("In while loop ");

} while (i < 2);

printf("%d\n", i);

a) In while loop 2
b) In while loop in while loop 3
c) In while loop 3
d) Infinite loop

52. What will be the data type returned for the following C function?

#include <stdio.h>

int func()

return (double)(char)5.0;

}
a) char
b) int
c) double
d) multiple type-casting in return is illegal

53. What is the problem in the following C declarations?

int func(int);

double func(int);

int func(float);

a) A function with same name cannot have different signatures

b) A function with same name cannot have different return types
c) A function with same name cannot have different number of parameters
d) All of the mentioned

54. Which option should be selected to work the following C expression?

string p = "HELLO";

a) typedef char [] string;

b) typedef char *string;
c) typedef char [] string; and typedef char *string;
d) Such expression cannot be generated in C

55. What is the meaning of the following C statement?

printf(“%10s”, state);

a) 10 spaces before the string state is printed

b) Print empty spaces if the string state is less than 10 characters
c) Print the last 10 characters of the string
d) None of the mentioned

56. What are the elements present in the array of the following C code?

int array[5] = {5};

a) 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
b) 5, 0, 0, 0, 0
c) 5, (garbage), (garbage), (garbage), (garbage)
d) (garbage), (garbage), (garbage), (garbage), 5

57. What will be the output of the following C function when EOF returns?

int fputs(char *line, FILE *fp)

a) ‘� ’ character of array line is encountered
b) ‘n’ character in array line is encountered
c) ‘t’ character in array line is encountered
d) When an error occurs

58. Which part of the program address space is p stored in the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>

int *p;

int main()

int i = 0;

p = &i;

return 0;

a) Code/text segment
b) Data segment
c) Bss segment
d) Stack

59. Which of the following sequences are unaccepted in C language?

a)

#if

#else

#endif

b)

#if

#elif

#endif

c)

#if

#if

#endif

d)
 #if

#undef

#endif

59. Comment on the output of following C code.

#include <stdio.h>

main()

char *p = 0;

*p = 'a';

printf("value in pointer p is %c\n", *p);

a) It will print a
b) It will print 0
c) Compile time error
d) Run time error

60. What is the output of this C code?

#include <stdio.h>

main()

if (sizeof(int) > -1)

printf("True");

else

printf("False");

a) True
b) False

61. What is the output of this C code?

#include <stdio.h>

main()
 {

char *p = "Sanfoundry C-Test";

p[0] = 'a';

p[1] = 'b';

printf("%s", p);

a) abnfoundry C-Test
b) Sanfoundry C-Test
c) Compile time error
d) Run time error

62. What is the output of this C code?

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

float f = 0.1;

if (f == 0.1)

printf("True");

else

printf("False");

a) True
b) False

63. What is the output of this C code?

#include <stdio.h>

main()

int n = 0, m = 0;

if (n > 0)

if (m > 0)

printf("True");

else
 printf("False");

a) True
b) False
c) No Output will be printed
d) Run Time Error

1. Which is an indirection operator among the following?

a) &
b) *
c) ->
d) .

Answer: b
Explanation: None.

2. Which of the following does not initialize ptr to null (assuming variable declaration of
a as int a=0;)?
a) int *ptr = &a;
b) int *ptr = &a – &a;
c) int *ptr = a – a;
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: None.

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

#include <stdio.h>

int x = 0;

void main()

int *ptr = &x;

printf("%p\n", ptr);

x++;

printf("%p\n ", ptr);

a) Same address
b) Different address
c) Compile time error
d) Varies
 Answer: a
Explanation: None.

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

#include <stdio.h>

int x = 0;

void main()

int *const ptr = &x;

printf("%p\n", ptr);

ptr++;

printf("%p\n ", ptr);

a) 0 1
b) Compile time error
c) 0xbfd605e8 0xbfd605ec
d) 0xbfd605e8 0xbfd605e8

Answer: b
Explanation: None.

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

#include <stdio.h>

void main()

int x = 0;

int *ptr = &x;

printf("%p\n", ptr);

ptr++;

printf("%p\n ", ptr);

a) 0xbfd605e8 0xbfd605ec
b) 0xbfd605e8 0cbfd60520
c) 0xbfd605e8 0xbfd605e9
d) Run time error

Answer: a
Explanation: None.

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

#include <stdio.h>

void main()

int x = 0;

int *ptr = &5;

printf("%p\n", ptr);

a) 5
b) Address of 5
c) Nothing
d) Compile time error

Answer: d
Explanation: None.

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

#include <stdio.h>

void main()

int x = 0;

int *ptr = &x;

printf("%d\n", *ptr);

a) Address of x
b) Junk value
c) 0
d) Run time error

Answer: c
Explanation: None.
5. Which of the following structure declaration will throw an error?
a)

struct temp{}s;

main(){}

b)

struct temp{};

struct temp s;

main(){}

c)

struct temp s;

struct temp{};

main(){}

d) None of the mentioned

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

#include <stdio.h>

struct student

int no;

char name[20];

void main()

struct student s;

s.no = 8;

printf("hello");

a) Compile time error

b) Nothing
c) hello
d) Varies
7. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include <stdio.h>

struct student

int no = 5;

char name[20];

};

void main()

struct student s;

s.no = 8;

printf("hello");

a) Nothing
b) Compile time error
c) hello
d) Varies

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

#include <stdio.h>

struct student

int no;

char name[20];

};

void main()

student s;

s.no = 8;

printf("hello");

}
a) Nothing
b) hello
c) Compile time error
d) Varies

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

#include <stdio.h>

void main()

struct student

int no;

char name[20];

};

struct student s;

s.no = 8;

printf("%d", s.no);

a) Nothing
b) Compile time error
c) Junk
d) 8

10. Can the following C code be compiled successfully?

#include <stdio.h>

struct p

int k;

char c;

float f;

};

int main()

{
 struct p x = {.c = 97, .f = 3, .k = 1};

printf("%f\n", x.f);

a) Yes
b) No
c) Depends on the standard
d) Depends on the platform

1. Which is the correct syntax to use typedef for struct?

a)

typedef struct temp

int a;

}TEMP;

b)

typedef struct

int a;

}TEMP;

c)

struct temp

int a;

};

typedef struct temp TEMP;

d) All of the mentioned

2. Which option should be selected to work the following C expression?

string p = "HELLO";

a) typedef char [] string;

b) typedef char *string;
c) typedef char [] string; and typedef char *string;
d) Such expression cannot be generated in C
3. Which of the given option is the correct method for initialization?

typedef char *string;

a) *string *p = “Hello”;
b) string p = “Hello”;
c) *string p = ‘A’;
d) Not more than one space should be given when using typedef

4. Which of the following is false about typedef?

a) typedef follow scope rules
b) typedef defined substitutes can be redefined again. (Eg: typedef char a; typedef int
a;)
c) You cannot typedef a typedef with other term
d) All of the mentioned

5. Which of the following may create problem in the typedef program?

a) ;
b) printf/scanf
c) Arithmetic operators
d) All of the mentioned

6. typedef int (*PFI)(char *, char *)creates ___________

a) type PFI, for pointer to function (of two char * arguments) returning int
b) error
c) type PFI, function (of two char * arguments) returning int
d) type PFI, for pointer

7. What is typedef declaration?

a) Does not create a new type
b) It merely adds a new name for some existing type
c) Does not create a new type, It merely adds a new name for some existing type
d) None of the mentioned

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

#include <stdio.h>

typedef struct student

char *a;

}stu;

void main()

{
 stu s;

s.a = "hi";

printf("%s", s.a);

}s

a) Compile time error

b) Varies
c) hi
d) h

1. Local variables are stored in an area called ___________

a) Heap
b) Permanent storage area
c) Free memory
d) Stack

Answer: d
Explanation: Local variables are stored in an area called stack. Global variables,
static variables and program instructions are stored in the permanent storage area.
The memory space between these two regions is known a heap.

2. The size of both stack and heap remains the same during run time.
a) True
b) False

3. Choose the statement which is incorrect with respect to dynamic memory allocation.
a) Memory is allocated in a less structured area of memory, known as heap
b) Used for unpredictable memory requirements
c) Execution of the program is faster than that of static memory allocation
d) Allocated memory can be changed during the run time of the program based on the
requirement of the program

4. Which of the following header files must necessarily be included to use dynamic
memory allocation functions?
a) stdlib.h
b) stdio.h
c) memory.h
d) dos.h

5. The type of linked list in which the node does not contain any pointer or reference to
the previous node is _____________
a) Circularly singly linked list
b) Singly linked list
c) Circular doubly linked list
d) Doubly linked list
6. Which of the following is an example for non linear data type?
a) Tree
b) Array
c) Linked list
d) Queue

7. Queue data structure works on the principle of ____________

a) Last In First Out (LIF0)
b) First In Last Out (FILO)
c) First In First Out (FIFO)
d) Last In Last Out (LILO)

8. Which of the following is an example of static memory allocation?

a) Linked list
b) Stack
c) Queue
d) Array

9. Array is preferred over linked list for the implementation of ________

a) Radix sort
b) Insertion sort
c) Binary search
d) Polynomial evaluation

10. The advantage of using linked lists over arrays is that ________
a) Linked list is an example of linear data structure
b) Insertion and deletion of an element can be done at any position in a linked list
c) Linked list can be used to store a collection of homogenous and heterogeneous
data types
d) The size of a linked list is fixed
1. What will be the output of the following C code?

#include<stdio.h>#define max 100

main(){

#ifdef max

printf("hello");}

a) 100
b) hello
c) “hello”
d) error

2. _______________ is the preprocessor directive which is used to end the scope of

#ifdef.
a) #elif
b) #ifndef
c) #endif
d) #if

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

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

#ifndef max

printf("hello");

#endif

printf("hi");}

a) hello
b) hellohi
c) error
d) hi

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

#include<stdio.h>#define san 557int main(){

#ifndef san

printf("yes");

#endif

printf("no");}

a) error
b) yes
c) no
d) yesno

5. The preprocessor directive which checks whether a constant expression results in

a zero or non-zero value __________
a) #if
b) #ifdef
c) #undef
d) #ifndef

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

#include<stdio.h>#define max 100void main(){

#if(max%10)

printf("san");
 #endif

printf("foundry");}

a) error
b) san
c) foundry
d) sanfoundry

7. The preprocessor directive which is used to remove the definition of an identifier

which was previously defined with #define?
a) #ifdef
b) #undef
c) #ifndef
d) #def

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

#include<stdio.h>#define hello 10void main(){

printf("%d",hello);

#undef hello

printf("%d",hello);}

a) 10
b) hello
c) error
d) 1010

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

#include <stdio.h>#define a 2

main(){

int r;

#define a 5

r=a*2;

printf("%d",r);}

a) 10
b) 4
c) 2
d) 5

10. What will be the output of the following C code if the value of ‘p’ is 10 and that of
‘q’ is 15?
#include<stdio.h>int main(){

int p,q;

printf("Enter two numbers\n");

scanf("%d",&p);

scanf("%d",&q);

#if(4<2)

printf("%d",p);

#elif(2>-1)

printf("%d",q);

#else

printf("bye");

#endif}

a) 10
b) 15
c) bye
d) error

1. A user defined data type, which is used to assign names to integral constants is
called ____________
a) Union
b) Array
c) Structure
d) Enum

Answer: d
Explanation: Enumeration (enum) is a user defined data type in C. It is used to
assign names to integral constants. The names make a program easy to read and
maintain.

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

#include<stdio.h>enum colour{

blue, red, yellow};

main(){

enum colour c;

c=yellow;
 printf("%d",c);}

a) 1
b) 2
c) 0
d) Error

Answer: b
Explanation: Enum variables are automatically assigned values if no value is
specified. The compiler by default assigns values starting from 0. Therefore, in the
above code, blue gets 0, red gets 1 and yellow gets 2.

3. Point out the error (if any) in the following C code?

#include<stdio.h>enum hello{

a,b,c;};

main(){

enum hello m;

printf("%d",m);}

a) No error
b) Error in the statement: a,b,c;
c) Error in the statement: enum hello m;
d) Error in the statement: printf(“%d”,m);

Answer: b
Explanation: In the above code, there is a semi colon given at the end of the list of
variables. This results in an error. Semi colon is to be put only after the closing
brace of the enum, not after the list of variables.

4. String handling functions such as strcmp(), strcpy() etc can be used with
enumerated types.
a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Explanation: Enumerated types are not strings. Hence it is not possible to use
string handling functions with enumerated data types.

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

#include<stdio.h>enum hello{

a,b=99,c,d=-1};

main(){
 enum hello m;

printf("%d\n%d\n%d\n%d\n",a,b,c,d);}

a)

99

100

-1

b) Error
c)

99

100

-1

d)

Answer: c
Explanation: We can assign values to some of the symbol names in any order. All
unassigned names get the value as the value of previous name plus one.

6. Pick the incorrect statement with respect to enums.

a) Two enum symbols cannot have the same value
b) Only integer constants are allowed in enums
c) It is not possible to change the value of enum symbols
d) Enum variables are automatically assigned values if no value is specified
 Answer: a
Explanation: The statement that two enum symbols cannot have the same value is
incorrect. Any number of enum symbols can have the same value.

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

#include<stdio.h>enum sanfoundry{

a=2,b=3.56};enum sanfoundry s;

main(){

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

a) 2 3
b) 0 1
c) 2 3.56
d) Error

Answer: d
Explanation: The above code will result in an error because 3.56 is not an integer
constant. Only integer constants are allowed in enums.

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

#include<stdio.h>enum class{

a,b,c};enum class m;

main(){

printf("%d",sizeof(m));}

a) 3
b) Same as the size of an integer
c) 3 times the size of an integer
d) Error

Answer: b
Explanation: The output will be the same as the size of an integer, that is 4 on a 32
bit platform.

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

#include<stdio.h>enum hi{a,b,c};enum hello{c,d,e};

main(){

enum hi h;

h=b;
 printf("%d",h);

return 0;}

a) 2
b) 1
c) Error
d) 0

Answer: c
Explanation: The code shown above results in an error: re-declaration of
enumerator ‘c’. All enumerator constants should be unique in their scope.

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

#include<stdio.h>enum sanfoundry{

a,b,c=5};enum sanfoundry s;

main(){

c++;

printf("%d",c);}

a) Error
b) 5
c) 6
d) 2

Answer: a
Explanation: The above code results in an error because it is not possible to modify
the value of enum constants. In the above code, we have tried to increment the
value of c. This results in an error.