C Programming MCQ with Answers [ SET - 5 ] | Multiple Choice Questions on C Programming with Answers

 

1. Which of the following function gives the current position in the file

A)  putw()
B) ftell()
C) fseek()
D) getw()

ANSWER= (B) ftell()

 

2. A pointer to a pointer is a form of

A)  Multiple indirections
B) A chain of pointers
C) Both a and b
D) None of these

ANSWER= (C) Both a and b

 

3. The 'continue' statement is used to continue - 

A) to the next statement of the current function 
B)  to the next statement of the calling function 
C) to the begin of the current statement 
D)  none of these.

ANSWER= (D)  none of these.

 

4. Continue statement is used

A) to go to the next iteration in a loop
B)  come out of a loop
C) exit and return to the main function
D) restarts iterations from the beginning of the loop

ANSWER= (A) to go to the next iteration in a loop

 

5. The following program segment in C++

const int m =10;

int &n = m;

n=11;

count << m << n; will give result

A) Compile time error
B) run time error
C) prints 1111
D)  print 1011

ANSWER= (A) Compile time error

 

6. What will be the output of the following program?

void main() 

{ char x = 'd' ; 

switch (x) 

{ case 'b' : puts ("01 001");

break; 

default: puts ("1 2 3"); 

break

case 'R' puts ("I II III" );

}

}

A)  123
B) 01 001
C) I II III
D) none of these

ANSWER= (A) 123

 

7. The following statement in‘C’ language : int **a ;

A) is illegal
B) is legal but meaningless
C) syntactically and semantically is correct
D) none of these

ANSWER= (C) syntactically and semantically is correct

 

8. What will be the output of the following statement ?

printf( 3 + “goodbye”);

A) goodbye
B) odbye
C) bye
D) dbye

ANSWER= (D) dbye

 

9.What will be the output of the following statements ?

long int a = scanf(“%ld%ld”,&a,&a); printf(“%ld”,a);

A) error
B) garbage value
C) 0
D) 2

ANSWER= (B) garbage value

 

10. The escape sequence '\n' means

A) new line, 
B)  variable tab,
C) vertical tab,
D) horizontal tab

ANSWER= (A) new line, 

 

11. Which header file is used for dynamic memory allocation in C

A) math.h
B) stdio.h
C) conio.h
D) stdlib.h

ANSWER= (D) stdlib.h

 

12.What is the output?: 

void main() {

int a 1, b=0; 

if (a, b) { 

printf("EXAM"); 

}

}

A) exam is printed,
B) EXAM is printed,
C)  compiler error, 
D) nothing is printed.

ANSWER= (D) nothing is printed.

 

13. The keyword used to transfer control from a function back to the calling function is -

A)  switch 
B) goto
C)  go back
D) return 

ANSWER= (D) return 

 

14. Write the output of the following program segment:

void main()

(int i=1, j=1; 

for (;;) {

if (i>5) break; else j+-i; printf("%d",j); i+=j;

A) 2 5
B) 32
C) 33
D) compilation error

ANSWER= (A)  Output will be '2 5'

 

15. What is the valid range of numbers for int type of data?

A) 0 to 256
B) -32768 to +32767
C)  -65536 to +65536
D)  No specific range

ANSWER= (B)  -32768 to +32767

 

16. Write down the output of the following program segment(s): 

void main() 

{

 int i; 

for (i=0;i<=10; i++); printf("%d", i); 

}

A)  display 1 to 10 
B) 10
C) 11
D)  compilation error

ANSWER= (C) 11

 

17. A C program is a combination of.?

A) Statements
B)  Functions
C) Variables
D)  All of the above

ANSWER= (D)  All of the above

 

18. If an integer needs two bytes of storage then maximum value of a signed interger is

A) 216 – 1
B)  215 – 1
C) 216
D) 215

ANSWER= (B) 215 – 1

 

19. An array cannot be initialized provided it is - 

A) automatic 
B) external 
C) static
D) both b & c

ANSWER= (D) both b & c

 

20. C language is used in the development of .?

A) Databases
B) Graphic applications
C) Word Processors
D) All of the above

ANSWER= (D) All of the above

 

21. printf (‘’% d’’, p r I n t f (‘’ tim’’) ) ;

A)  results in a syntax error
B) outputs t i m3
C) outputs garbage
D)  prints t i m and terminates abruptly

ANSWER= (B)  outputs t i m3

 

22. C language was invented to develop which Operating System.?

A) Android
B) Linux
C) Ubuntu
D) Unix

ANSWER= (D) Unix

 

23. The number of possible value of m, such that m & 0x3f equals 0x23 is

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

ANSWER= (D) 4

 

24. The string terminator in C-language is - 

A)  '\b'
B) '\&'
C)  '\c'
D)  '\0'

ANSWER= (D)  '\0'

 

25.  The statement p r I n t f ( ‘’% d’’, sizeof (‘’ ‘’)); prints

A) an error message
B) 0
C) garbage
D) 1

ANSWER= (A) 1

 

26. A pointer is

A) address of a variable
B)  a variable for sorting address
C) data type of an address variable
D) indication of the variable to be accessed next

ANSWER= (B)  a variable for sorting address

 

27. Which of the following is allowed in a C Arithmetic instruction

A) []
B) {}
C) ()
D) none of the above

ANSWER= (C)  ()

 

28. The library function strcmp("abc","ABC"); returns -

A) 32 
B) -32 
C) 1
D) -1

ANSWER= (A) 32

 

29. A. int constant var =10;

A)  b. int
B) onst var = 10;
C)  const int var = 10;
D)  b & c both

ANSWER= (D) b & c both

 

30. Which of the following is not a data type in c

A) Primary data type
B)  Secondary data type
C) Derived data type
D) User defined data type

ANSWER= (B) Secondary data type

 

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