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Section II - C Programming

1. Which of the following about the following two
declaration is true

i ) int *F()
ii) int (*F)()
Choice :
a) Both are identical
b) The first is a correct declaration and the second is wrong
c) The first declaraion is a function returning a pointer to an
integer and the second is a pointer to function returning int
d) Both are different ways of declarin pointer to a function
Answer : c) The first de...

2. What are the values printed by the following program?

#define dprintf(expr) printf(#expr "=%d\n",expr)
main()
{
int x=7;
int y=3;
dprintf(x/y);
}
Choice:
a) #2 = 2 b) expr=2 c) x/y=2 d) none
Answer: c)x/y=2
3. Which of the following is true of the followingprogram
main()
{
char *c;
int *p;
c =(char *)malloc(100);
p=(int *)c;
free(p);
}
ans: The code functions properly releasing all the
memory
allocated
4.output of the following.
main()
{
int i;
char *p;
i=0X89;
p=(char *)i;
p++;
printf("%x %x\n",p,i);
ans:0X8A
5.which of the following is not a ANSI C languagekeyword?
ans:Function.
6. When an array is passed as parameter to a function,which of the following statement is correct
choice:
a) The function can change values in the originalarray
b) In C parameters are passed by value. The funcitoncannot change
the original value in the array
c) It results in compilation error when the function tries to access the
elements in the array
d) Results in a run time error when the funtion tries

to access the elements in the array
Answer: a) The fu...
7. The type of the controlling expression of a switch
Statement cannot be of the type
a) int b) char c) short d)float e) none
Answer : d)float
8.What is the value of the expression (3^6) + (a^a)?
a) 3 b) 5 c) 6 d) a+18 e) None
Answer : 5
9. What is the value assigned to the variable X if b is 7 ?
X = b>8 ? b <<3 : b>4 ? b>>1:b;
a) 7 b) 28 c) 3 d) 14 e) None
ans: 3;
10. Which is the output produced by the following
program
main()

{

int n=2;

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

}

a) 3,6 b) 3,4 c) 2,4 d) cannot determine
Answer : b) 3,4
11. What is th output of the following program?
int x= 0x65;
main()
{
char x;
printf("%d\n",x);
}
a) compilation error b) 'A' c) 65 d)
unidentified
12. What is the output of the following program
main()
{
int a=10;
int b=6;
if(a=3)
b++;
printf("%d %d\n",a,b++);
}
a) 10,6 b)10,7 c) 3,6 d) 3,7 e) none
Answer : d) 3,7
13. What can be said of the following program?
main()
{
enum Months {JAN =1,FEB,MAR,APR};
Months X = JAN;
if(X==1)
{
printf("Jan is the first month");
}
}
a) Does not print anything
b) Prints : Jan is the first month
c) Generates compilation error
d) Results in runtime error
Answer: b) Prints : Jan..
14. What is the output of the following program?
main()
{
char *src = "Hello World";
char dst[100];
strcpy(src,dst);
printf("%s",dst);
}
strcpy(char *dst,char *src)
{
while(*src) *dst++ = *src++;
}
a) "Hello World" b)"Hello" c)"World" d) NULL e)
unidentified
Answer: d) NULL
15. What is the output of the following program?
main()
{
int l=6;
switch(l)
{ default : l+=2;
case 4: l=4;
case 5: l++;
break;
}
printf("%d",l);
}
a)8 b)6 c)5 d)4 e)none
Answer : c)5
16. What is the output of the following program?
main()
{
int x=20;
int y=10;
swap(x,y);
printf("%d %d",y,x+2);
}
swap(int x,int y)
{
int temp;
temp =x;
x=y;
y=temp;
}
a)10,20 b) 20,12 c) 22,10 d)10,22 e)none
Answer:d)10,22
17. What is the output of the f
ollowing problem ?
#define INC(X) X++
main()
{
int X=4;
printf("%d",INC(X++));
}
a)4 b)5 c)6 d)compilation error e) runtime error
Answer : d) compilation error
18. what can be said of the following
struct Node {
char *word;
int count;
struct Node left;
struct Node right;
}
a) Incorrect definition
b) structures cannot refer to other structure
c) Structures can refer to themselves. Hence the
statement is OK
d) Structures can refer to maximum of one other
structure
Answer :c)

19. What is the size of the following union.
Assume that the size of int =2, size of float =4 and size of char
=1.
Union Tag{
int a;
flaot b;
char c;
};
a)2 b)4 c)1 d) 7
20) What is the output of the following program? (.
has been used
to
indicate a space)
main()
{
char s[]="Hello,.world";

printf(%15.10s",s);

}

a)Hello,.World...

b)....Hello,.Wor

c)Hello,.Wor....

d)None of the above

(1) The combined length of the longer two pieces of

rope is 12

metres.

(2) The combined length of the shorter two pieces of

rope is 11

metres.

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

10) A certain company paid bonuses of Rs. 125 to each
of its
executive
emplyees and Rs 75 to each of its nonexecutive
employees. If 100
of the employees were nonexecutive, how many were
executive?
1) The company has a total of 120 employees
2) The total amount that the company paid in bonuses
to its
employees was
Rs.10,000
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
11. What fraction of his salary did Mr. Johnson putinto savings last week ?
1) Last week Mr.Johnson put Rs 17 into savings.
2) Last week Mr.Johnson put 5% of his salary into
savings.
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
12. Each M-type memory unit will increase the base memory capacityof a certain computer by 3 megabytes. What is the basememory
capacity,
in megabytes, of the computer ?
1) 2 M-type memory units will increase the computer's
base memory
capacity

by 300%
2) The memory capacity of the computer after 2-M type memory units are added to the base memory capacity, is 1.6 timesthe memory capacity of the computer after 1 M-type unit is added to the base memory capacity.

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

13. What fractional part of the total surface area of cube C is red?
1) Each of 3 faces of C is exactly 1/2 red
2) Each of 3 faces of C is entirely white

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

SECTION C

Instructions ALL NUMBER USED ARE REAL NUMBERS

FOLLOWING

EACH QUESTIONS ARE FIVE POSSIBLE ANSWERS LABELED

A).B).C).D)&E).TICK THE BEST CHOICE.

14. How many of the integers between 25 and 45 are even ?

(A)21 (B)20 (C)11 (D)10 (E)9

Answer:d)10

15. If taxi fares were Rs 1.00 for the first 1/5 mile and Rs 0.20 for each 1/5 miles thereafter. The taxi fare for a 3-mile ride was

(A)Rs 1.56 (B)Rs 2.40 (C)RS 3.00 (D)Rs 3.80 (E)Rs 4.20

Answer :d)Rs 3.80

16. A computer routine was developed to generate two numbers
(x,y)
the first being a random number between 0 and 100 inclusive, and the second being less than or equal to the square root of the first.
Each of the following pair satisfies the routine
EXCEPT

(A) (99.10) (B) (85.9) (C) (50.7) (D) (1.1) (E)

(1.0)
Answer : A) (99.10)
17. A warehouse had a square floor with area 10,000 sq.meters. A rectangular addition was built along one entire side of the warehouse that increased the floor by one-half as much as the original floor.

How many meters did the addition extend beyond the original buildings ?

(A)10 (B)20 (C)50 (D)200 (E)500

Answer: c)50

18. A digital wristwatch