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*** Step 1: Basics of Programming ***
If-Else Statements
Concept: Learn how to control the flow of your program using conditional statements.
Sample Questions:
- Write a program to check if a given number is even or odd.
- Create a program that determines the largest of three numbers.
- Write a program to check if a given year is a leap year.
Loops (for, while, do-while)
Concept: Master different types of loops to perform repetitive tasks.
Sample Questions:
- Write a program to print numbers from 1 to N.
- Calculate the sum of the first N natural numbers.
- Reverse a given number (e.g., Input: 123 to Output: 321).
- Count the number of digits in a number using loops.
Functions & Recursion
Concept: Understand how to create reusable functions and the basics of recursion.
Sample Questions:
- Write a function to calculate the factorial of a number using recursion.
- Implement a recursive function to generate the Fibonacci series.
- Create a function to check if a number is prime using recursion.
- Compute the greatest common divisor (GCD) recursively.
*** Step 2: Basic Data Structures ***
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Arrays (1D & 2D)
Concept: Learn array declaration, initialization, traversal, searching, and sorting.
Sample Questions:
- Write a program to find the maximum and minimum element in an array.
- Reverse the elements of an array.
- Check whether an array is sorted in ascending order.
- Implement linear search and binary search on an array.
Strings
Concept: Understand basic string operations such as concatenation, substring extraction, and
manipulation.
Sample Questions:
- Reverse a given string.
- Check if a string is a palindrome.
- Find the first non-repeating character in a string.
- Count the number of vowels and consonants in a string.
Vectors
Concept: Get familiar with dynamic arrays using vectors, including operations like push_back,
pop_back, and iteration.
Sample Questions:
- Insert elements into a vector and display them.
- Sort a vector using standard library functions.
- Remove duplicate elements from a vector.
- Find the maximum element in a vector using built-in functions.
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*** Step 3: Advanced Data Structures & Algorithms ***
Hashmaps & Sets
Concept: Utilize key-value data structures for efficient data storage and retrieval.
Sample Questions:
- Given an array, use a hashmap to count the frequency of each element.
- Find the first recurring element in an array using a set.
- Check if two strings are anagrams by comparing character frequencies with a hashmap.
Stacks & Queues
Concept: Learn the Last-In-First-Out (LIFO) and First-In-First-Out (FIFO) structures along with their
applications.
Sample Questions:
- Implement a stack using arrays and perform basic operations (push, pop, peek).
- Evaluate a postfix expression using a stack.
- Create a queue using an array or linked list and demonstrate enqueue and dequeue operations.
- Use a stack to check for balanced parentheses in an expression.
Linked Lists
Concept: Understand the creation and manipulation of linked lists.
Sample Questions:
- Write a program to reverse a linked list.
- Detect a cycle in a linked list using Floyd's Cycle-Finding Algorithm.
- Merge two sorted linked lists into one sorted list.
- Find the middle element of a linked list.
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Trees & Graphs
Concept: Explore hierarchical (trees) and network (graphs) data structures, including various
traversal techniques.
Sample Questions:
- Perform inorder, preorder, and postorder traversals of a binary tree.
- Determine the height of a binary tree.
- Implement Breadth-First Search (BFS) and Depth-First Search (DFS) on a graph.
- Use Dijkstra's algorithm to find the shortest path in a weighted graph.
Dynamic Programming
Concept: Solve complex problems by breaking them down into simpler sub-problems and storing
intermediate results.
Sample Questions:
- Implement the Fibonacci sequence using dynamic programming.
- Solve the 0/1 Knapsack problem using dynamic programming.
- Find the Longest Increasing Subsequence (LIS) in an array.
- Determine the Longest Common Subsequence (LCS) between two strings.
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