Dr.G.R.

Damodaran College of Science

(Autonomous, affiliated to the Bharathiar University, recognized by the UGC)Re-accredited at the 'A' Grade Level by the NAAC and ISO
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I BCA [2015-2018]
Semester I
Core: C Programming 106A
Multiple Choice Questions.
1. The C language has been developed by__________.
A. Patrick Naughton.
B. Dennis Ritchie.
C. Ken Thompson.
D. Martin Richards.
ANSWER: B
2. The C is a ______________.
A. high level language.
B. low-level language.
C. middle level language.
D. assembly language.
ANSWER: A
3. The C program is converted to machine language using _____________.
A. an assembler.
B. a compiler.
C. an interpreter.
D. an operating system.
ANSWER: B
4. The C language was developed in the year ______________.
A. 1972.
B. 1960.
C. 1975.
D. 1971.
ANSWER: B

5. The C language was developed at ____________.

A. AT and T Bell labs, USA
B. IBM, USA
C. Borland International, USA
D. Sun Microsystems
ANSWER: A
6. The _________ function is used to get input from the user.
A. scanf ( ).
B. printf ( ).
C. void ( ).
D. main ( ).
ANSWER: A
7. The role of a compiler is to translate source program statements to _________.
A. object code.
B. octal code.
C. decimal code.
D. binary code.
ANSWER: A
8. Which bitwise operator is suitable for turning off a particular bit in a number?
A. && operator
B. & operator
C. || operator
D. ! operator
ANSWER: B
9. An escape sequence commences with _____________.
A. V
B. %
C. &
D. \
ANSWER: D
10. The C language is closely associated with __________.
A. MS-DOS.
B. Linux.
C. UNIX.
D. MS-Windows.
ANSWER: C

11. C programs are highly portable. It means that the _________.

A. same programs executes on different computers.
B. program executes only on the same computers.
C. program needs a lot of modification to run.
D. Same programs executes on same computers.
ANSWER: A
12. Which among the following is odd one out?
A. printf
B. fprintf
C. putchar
D. scanf
ANSWER: D
13. Which one of the following statements is correct?
A. A compiler compiles the source program.
B. An assembler takes an assembly program as input.
C. A compiler does the same type of function as interpreter.
D. A compiler does not compile the source program.
ANSWER: A
14. Every C program requires a __________ function.
A. scanf( ).
B. printf( ).
C. void( ).
D. main( ).
ANSWER: D
15. The program which translates high level program into its equivalent machine language program is called _______________.
A. transformer.
B. language processor.
C. converter.
D. assembler.
ANSWER: D
16. What is meant by type casting?
A. Conversion of data item.
B. Conversion of variables.
C. Fix the value of the data item.
D. None of the above.
ANSWER: A

17. An interpreter reads the source code of a program __________.

A. one line at a time.
B. two lines at a time.
C. complete program in one stroke.
D. complete program in two strokes.
ANSWER: A
18. The usage of the ________ keyword should be avoided as it usually violates the normal flow of execution
A. Goto
B. Switch
C. Break
D. Continue
ANSWER: A
19. A character variable can store only __________characters.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8
ANSWER: A
20. C variable cannot start with __________.
A. an underscore
B. a character.
C. an alphabet.
D. a number.
ANSWER: D
21. A short integer variable occupies memory of ___________ bytes.
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
ANSWER: A
22. The position of the element inside the array is represented by a _________.
A. variable.
B. index.
C. identifier.
D. constant.
ANSWER: B

23. The declaration of C variable can be done _________.

A. anywhere in the program.
B. in declaration part.
C. in executable part.
D. at the end of the program.
ANSWER: B
24. In C one statement can declare _________.
A. only one variable.
B. two variables.
C. . ten variables
D. any number of variables.
ANSWER: D
25. The word 'int' is a __________.
A. keyword.
B. password.
C. header file.
D. statement.
ANSWER: A
26. Smallest element of array's index is called
A. lower bound
B. upper bound
C. range
D. Extraction
ANSWER: A
27. By default a real number is treated as a
A. float
B. double
C. long double
D. far double
ANSWER: B
28. The keyword 'const' keeps the value of a variable _________.
A. constant.
B. mutable.
C. variant.
D. different
ANSWER: A

29. Identifiers are __________.

A. reserved keywords.
B. user-defined names.
C. C statements.
D. tokens
ANSWER: B
30. In C every variable has ____________.
A. value
B. type
C. name
D. size
ANSWER: B
31. The range of character data type is _________.
A. -128 to 127.
B. 0 to 255.
C. 0 to 32767.
D. 126 to 275.
ANSWER: A
32. Which is the incorrect variable name?
A. else
B. name
C. charac
D. age
ANSWER: A
33. The value of EOF is_____.
A. -1
B. 0
C. 1
D. 10
ANSWER: A
34. How many variables can be initialized at a time?
A. one.
B. two.
C. five.
D. any number of variables.
ANSWER: D

35. Which of the following statement is valid?

A. 5+5=a;.
B. ss=12.25;.
C. st='m' x 'b';.
D. is = ++;.
ANSWER: B
36. The ANSI standard recognizes the maximum length up of a variable up to ________.
A. 31 characters
B. 8 characters.
C. 25 characters.
D. unlimited characters.
ANSWER: A
37. Floating point numbers are stored in ___________ bits.
A. 8.
B. 14.
C. 16.
D. 32.
ANSWER: D
38. What is the value of !(0) ?
A. 1
B. 0
C. -1
D. -2
ANSWER: A
39. How would you round off a value from 1.66 to 2.0?
A. ceil(1.66)
B. floor(1.66)
C. roundup(1.66)
D. roundto(1.66)
ANSWER: A
40. The '&' operator displays __________.
A. addition of the variable.
B. result of the variable.
C. value of the variable.
D. address of the variable.
ANSWER: D

41. Addition of two numbers is performed using __________.

A. arithmetic operator.
B. logical operator.
C. unary operator.
D. comma operator.
ANSWER: A
42. What is the value of 10%8?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
ANSWER: B
43. What is the result of the expression (10/3)*3+5%3?
A. 11
B. 10
C. 8
D. 1
ANSWER: A
44. What is the result of the expression (23*2) % (int) 5.5?
A. 3
B. 1
C. 2
D. 0
ANSWER: B
45. What is the result of 16>>2?
A. 4
B. 8
C. 2
D. 5
ANSWER: A
46. Recursive functions are executed in which order
A. Parallel order
B. Iterative order
C. Last in first out
D. Random order
ANSWER: C

47. Which function is appropriate for accepting a string?

A. gets().
B. getch().
C. getche().
D. scanf().
ANSWER: A
48. What is the ASCII range for 0 to 9 digits?
A. 48 to 57.
B. 65 to 90.
C. 97 to 122.
D. 86 to 93.
ANSWER: A
49. What is the ASCII range for A to Z letters?
A. 65 to 90.
B. 48 to 57.
C. 97 to 122.
D. 86 to 98.
ANSWER: A
50. The indirection operator in C is the ____________.
A. @.
B. &.
C. *.
D. !
ANSWER: C
51. Which is the correct statement for finding the cube of 2?
A. pow(2,3);
B. pow(3,2);
C. pow(3);
D. pow(2);
ANSWER: A
52. The abs() function displays __________.
A. negative value.
B. absolute value.
C. zero value
D. positive value.
ANSWER: B

53. The switch statement is a _________ statement.

A. switch between functions in a program.
B. switch from one variable to another variable.
C. multiple branching.
D. use switching variables
ANSWER: C
54. The default statement is executed when ___________.
A. all the case statements are true. .
B. one of the case is true.
C. one of the case is false.
D. all the case statements are false
ANSWER: D
55. Which of the following cannot be checked in a switch-case statement?
A. Character
B. Integer
C. Float
D. enum
ANSWER: C
56. The ____ is called the member operator.
A. ,
B. ->
C. .
D. *
ANSWER: B
57. The variable which has been declared before the main is called __________ variable.
A. local.
B. Global.
C. Static.
D. Auto
ANSWER: B
58. An array is a collection of _________.
A. alpha data types.
B. same data types.
C. multiple data types.
D. number data type
ANSWER: B

59. Which of the following can also be used in place of num[i]?

A. * (num + i)
B. I[num]
C. * (i + num)
D. All of the above.
ANSWER: D
60. If you delete array without stating the elements it will be set to __________.
A. a null value.
B. zero.
C. garbage value.
D. no value.
ANSWER: A
61. Length of the string ''corrects'' is __________.
A. 8.
B. 7.
C. 6.
D. implementation dependant.
ANSWER: A
62. An array index starts with the __________ position.
A. 4
B. 3
C. 0
D. -1
ANSWER: C
63. The string always ends with ____________.
A. '\0' character.
B. \n' character.
C. '0\' character.
D. '\\0' character.
ANSWER: A
64. Which of the following is the correct way to access the last element of the array arr, if arr is declared as int arr[3][3][4]? .
A. *(*( (arr + 2 ) + 2) + 4)
B. *(*( *(arr + 3 ) + 3) + 4)
C. *(*( *(arr + 2 ) + 3) + 4)
D. *(*( *(arr + 2 ) + 2) + 3)
ANSWER: D

65. Which is the correct way to delete a pointer?

A. int *ptr;.
B. * int ptr;.
C. int ptr*;.
D. int _ptr x;.
ANSWER: B
66. Arrays are passed as arguments to a function by ___________.
A. value.
B. reference.
C. constant.
D. recursion.
ANSWER: B
67. The version C is also referred to as __________.
A. C10.
B. C70.
C. C89.
D. C90.
ANSWER: C
68. Recursion is a process in which a function calls __________.
A. sub program.
B. main( ) function.
C. another function.
D. itself.
ANSWER: D
69. What are the correct syntaxes to send an array as a parameter to function?
A. func(array[size]);
B. func(*array);
C. func(&array);
D. None
ANSWER: C
70. The meaning of keyword void before the function name means __________.
A. function should not return any value.
B. function should return a value.
C. no arguments are passed.
D. some arguments are passed.
ANSWER: A

71. When we mention the prototype of a function?

A. Defining
B. Declaring
C. Prototyping
D. Calling
ANSWER: B
72. A global pointer can access variable of ____________.
A. all user-defined functions.
B. only main() function.
C. only library functions.
D. external functions.
ANSWER: D
73. The main() is a ___________.
A. user-defined function.
B. library function.
C. keyword.
D. reserved words.
ANSWER: A
74. A static variable is one that __________.
A. retains its value throughout the life of the program.
B. cannot be initialized.
C. is initialized once at the commencement of the execution and cannot be changed at the run time.
D. is same as an automatic variable but is placed at the head of the program.
ANSWER: C
75. An external variable is one __________.
A. which is globally accessible by all functions.
B. which is declared outside the body of any function.
C. which resides in the memory till the end of the program.
D. which is locally accessible by all functions.
ANSWER: A
76. If a storage class is not mentioned in the declaration then default storage class is ___________.
A. automatic.
B. static.
C. external.
D. register.
ANSWER: A

77. The variable are stored directly in CPU are called __________ variable.
A. automatic.
B. static.
C. external.
D. register.
ANSWER: D
78. In array the lowest address corresponds to ___________.
A. first element.
B. last element.
C. middle element.
D. all elements in array.
ANSWER: A
79. The member variable of structure is accessed by using __________.
A. dot (.) operator.
B. arrow (->) operator.
C. asterisk * operator.
D. ampersand & operator.
ANSWER: A
80. The structure combines variables of _______________.
A. dissimilar data types.
B. similar data types.
C. unsigned data types.
D. signed data types.
ANSWER: A
81. The union holds __________.
A. one object at a time.
B. multiple objects.
C. many objects.
D. two objects.
ANSWER: A
82. The fscanf () statements reads data from __________.
A. keyboard.
B. put.
C. file.
D. get.
ANSWER: C

83. When fopen() fails to open a file it returns _________.

A. NULL.
B. 1.
C. 0.
D. -1.
ANSWER: A
84. A file opened in w+ mode can be __________.
A. only read.
B. only write.
C. only close.
D. read/write.
ANSWER: D
85. Command line arguments are used to accept argument from _________.
A. through scanf( ) statement.
B. input command.
C. command prompt of operating system.
D. through printf() statement.
ANSWER: C
86. The amount of storage required to hold an array is directly related to its ________ and _________.
A. type, memory space available.
B. type, size.
C. type, length of the program.
D. size, memory space available.
ANSWER: B
87. When a function is recursively called all automatic variables are _______.
A. stored in stack.
B. stored in queue.
C. stored in array.
D. stored in linked list.
ANSWER: A
88. Pointer variable may be assigned ___________.
A. an address value represented in hexadecimal.
B. an address value represented in octal.
C. the address of another variable.
D. an address value represented in binary.
ANSWER: C

89. Associativity of the size-of() operator is _.

A. up to down
B. right to left
C. down to up
D. different for each expression
ANSWER: B
90. Identify the wrong declaration statement.
A. int *p, a=10.
B. int a=10,*p=&a.
C. int *p=&a, =10.
D. options 1 and 2.
ANSWER: C
91. The operator %d can be applied only to __________.
A. float values.
B. double values.
C. character values.
D. integer values.
ANSWER: D
92. The number of arguments used in malloc ( ) is _________.
A. 0.
B. 1.
C. 2.
D. 3.
ANSWER: B
93. The function used for dynamic deallocation of memory is __________.
A. destroy ( ).
B. delete ( ).
C. free ( ).
D. remove ( ).
ANSWER: C
94. Which one of the following function releases allocated memory?
A. unalloc().
B. dropmem().
C. dealloc().
D. free().
ANSWER: D

95. Which one of the following is logical AND?

A. @@.
B. ||.
C. AND.
D. &&.
ANSWER: D
96. The arguments argc in main( ) counts _________________. the number of command line strings including the execution command.
A. the number of command line strings
B. excluding the execution command.
C. the number of lines in a program.
D. the number of characters in a program.
ANSWER: A
97. There are only _____ that the user can use on pointers.
A. 3 logical operations.
B. 2 logical operations.
C. 3 arithmetic operations.
D. 2 arithmetic operations.
ANSWER: D
98. Which of the following would compute the square of x in C?
A. pow(2,x);
B. pow(x,2);
C. x**2;
D. powe(x,2);
ANSWER: B
99. Pointer, point to another pointer is known as ___________.
A. memory address.
B. declaration error.
C. pointer initialization.
D. multiple indirection.
ANSWER: D
100. Which of the following is one's complement operator?
A. ~.
B. +.
C. @.
D. $.
ANSWER: A

101. Which of the following function flush out the unwanted character?
A. fflush().
B. delete().
C. clean().
D. dealloc().
ANSWER: A
102. Local variables are also known as ___________.
A. global.
B. register.
C. automatic.
D. public.
ANSWER: C
103. Which of the following is an entry control loop statement?
A. while.. and for .
B. do..while.
C. for.
D. goto.
ANSWER: A
104. __________ is an exit control loop Statement.
A. while- do.
B. for.
C. do-while.
D. switch.
ANSWER: C
105. Global and static local pointers are automatically initialized to _____.
A. null.
B. 1.
C. 2.
D. 5.
ANSWER: A
106. A structure can have______________.
A. pointers as its members.
B. scalar data type as its members.
C. structure as its member.
D. all the above.
ANSWER: C

107. Iteration statements are also called _______________.

A. cycle.
B. repeat.
C. loops.
D. many.
ANSWER: C
108. All statements in the declaration and executable parts end with a __________.
A. comma.
B. bracket.
C. parenthesis.
D. semicolon.
ANSWER: D
109. The process of giving initial values to the variables is called __________.
A. initialization.
B. declaration.
C. user friendly.
D. signed.
ANSWER: A
110. A __________ operator can be used to link the related expressions together.
A. comma.
B. AND.
C. conditional.
D. bitwise.
ANSWER: A
111. The function strcpy(s1,s2) does __________.
A. copies s2 into s1.
B. copies s1 into s2.
C. concatenates s2 onto the end of of s1.
D. concatenates s1 onto the end of of s2.
ANSWER: A
112. 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.
ANSWER: B

113. The void type returns ___________ values.

A. all the value.
B. no.
C. correct.
D. specific.
ANSWER: B
114. The __________ class provides information about their location and visibility.
A. storage.
B. structure.
C. union.
D. function.
ANSWER: A
115. The global variable is also known as a ____________ variable.
A. local.
B. global.
C. static.
D. external.
ANSWER: D
116. An arithmetic operation involving only real operands are called _______.
A. integer arithmetic.
B. real arithmetic.
C. mixed mode arithmetic.
D. constant arithmetic.
ANSWER: B
117. Comparison of two quantities can be done using ____________ operators. logical.
A. logical.
B. relational.
C. conditional.
D. arithmetic.
ANSWER: B
118. strstr(s1,s2) function returns ________.
A. a pointer to the first occurrence of ch in s1.
B. a pointer to the first occurrence of s2 in s1.
C. a pointer to the first occurrence of s1in ch.
D. a pointer to the first occurrence of s1 in s2.
ANSWER: B

119. In a multi-dimensional array the exact limit is determined by the ________.

A. interpreter.
B. compiler.
C. CPU.
D. ALU.
ANSWER: B
120. The function strcat(s1,s2) in string.h __________.
A. copies s1 to s2.
B. copies s2 to s1.
C. appends s1 to end of s2.
D. appends s2 to end of s1..
ANSWER: D
121. The character string in an array is terminated with a _________ character.
A. slash.
B. null.
C. end.
D. stop.
ANSWER: B
122. A file pointer is a pointer to a structure of type _______.
A. void.
B. pointer.
C. FILE.
D. int.
ANSWER: C
123. Function declaration is also called as ___________.
A. Function Definition.
B. Function Prototype.
C. Function call.
D. None of the above.
ANSWER: B
124. Conditional operator is also known as _____________.
A. check operator.
B. AND operator.
C. OR operator.
D. ternary operator.
ANSWER: D

125. _______ function returns the current file position.

A. fseek().
B. feof().
C. fflush().
D. ftell().
ANSWER: D
126. Backslash character constant is also known as __________.
A. escape sequence.
B. correct sequence.
C. in correct sequence.
D. no sequence.
ANSWER: A
127. 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. ->
ANSWER: D
128. The following statement, printf ("%f", (float) 9/5); prints.
A. 1.8.
B. 1.6.
C. 1.4.
D. 1.0.
ANSWER: A
129. A pointer is _________.
A. A keyword used to create variables
B. A variable that stores address of an instruction
C. A variable that stores address of other variable
D. All of the above
ANSWER: C
130. What is (void*) 0?
A. Representation of Null Pointer.
B. Representation of void pointer.
C. Error.
D. None of above.
ANSWER: A

131. 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.
ANSWER: C
132. Which function resets the file position indicator to the beginning of the file?
A. fflush().
B. rewind().
C. remove().
D. feof().
ANSWER: B
133. x-=y+1; means ________.
A. x=x-y+1.
B. x=-x-x-1.
C. x=-x+y+1.
D. x=x-y-1.
ANSWER: D
134. Which of the following mode create a binary file for read / write?
A. w+b.
B. w+.
C. r+b.
D. a+b.
ANSWER: A
135. Pick the operators that cannot associates from the left.
A. +.
B. ,.
C. = =.
D. <.
ANSWER: C
136. Why we use the exit () method in c?
A. To change the method.
B. To stop the execution.
C. To stop compilation.
D. None.
ANSWER: B

137. Which statement is used to skip current iteration in loop?

A. break.
B. Jump.
C. exit.
D. continue.
ANSWER: D
138. The syntax of if statement is __________.
A. if expression then program-statement.
B. if(expression) program-statement.
C. if(expression) then program-statement.
D. if expression {program-statement}.
ANSWER: B
139. The value of an automatic variable that is declared but not initialized will be.
A. 0.
B. -1.
C. unpredictable.
D. predictable.
ANSWER: C
140. Integral division results in _________.
A. truncation.
B. rounding.
C. overflow.
D. assigning.
ANSWER: A
141. Which of the following comments are not true?
A. C provides no input-output features.
B. C provides no file access feature.
C. C borrowed most of its ideas from BCPL.
D. C provides features to manipulate composite objects.
ANSWER: D
142. Which of the following mode append or create a binary file for read / write?
A. a+b.
B. w+b.
C. r+b.
D. a.
ANSWER: A

143. The break statement is used to _________.

A. continue the next iteration of a loop construct.
B. exit the block where it exists and continues further sequentially.
C. exit the outermost block even if it occurs inside the innermost block and continues further sequentially.
D. terminate the program.
ANSWER: B
144. Infinite loop is ____________.
A. useful for time delay.
B. useless.
C. used to terminate execution.
D. not possible.
ANSWER: A
145. The minimum number of times the while loop is executed is _________.
A. 0.
B. 1.
C. 2.
D. cannot be predicted.
ANSWER: A
146. Literal means ___________.
A. string.
B. a string constant.
C. a character.
D. an alphabet.
ANSWER: B
147. If integer needs two bytes of storage, then maximum value of an unsigned integer is___________.
A. 2.
B. 3.
C. 4.
D. 5.
ANSWER: C
148. ________ is known as compound statement.
A. Block.
B. If.
C. FOR.
D. While.
ANSWER: A

149. The expression salary [10] represents the ____________.

A. salary of the 10th employee.
B. array with 10 elements.
C. salary of 10 employees.
D. invalid expression.
ANSWER: A
150. The ___________ function erases the specified file.
A. remove().
B. erase().
C. rewind().
D. fflush().
ANSWER: A

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