Online C Programming Test

Test Description

Subject = C Programming
No of Questions = 20
Time = 30 mins
Total Marks = 20

Correct Answer = 1 mark
Wrong Answer = - 0.25 mark (negative)

Question 1: What is the output of the following C program?
int main(){
int i=5;
printf("%d %d %d %d %d",i++,i--,++i,--i,i);
}
(A) 45554
(B) 45545
(C) 56655
(D) Undefined results

Correct Answer is B.
Explanation:
The arguments in a function are pushed into the stack from left to right.
The evaluation is by popping out from the stack.
So, the evaluation is from right to left.
Hence, the order of execution is as follows: i, --i, ++i, i-- and finally i++

Question 2: What is the output of the following C program?
#define a 10
int main(){
#define a 50
int i=5;
printf("%d",a);
}
(A) 10
(B) 50
(C) Compiler Error
(D) Unexpected results

Correct Answer is B.
Explanation:
After executing #define a 10
main(){
#define 10 50
printf("%d",10); }

After executing next #define 10 50
main(){
printf("%d",50); }

Question 3: What is the output of the following C program?
int main(){
int i = -3, j = 2, k = 0, m;
m = ++i && ++j || ++k;
printf("%d %d %d %d",i,j,k,m);
}
(A) -2 3 0 1
(B) -3 3 0 1
(C) -2 3 1 1
(D) -3 3 1 1

Correct Answer is A.
Explanation:
Here the priority of && is greater than || so && will be executed first
m = (( ++i && ++j ) || ++k)
1st the value of i & j will be incremented by 1. But as because left of || becomes true, irrespective of the value of right side, the value of the total expression will be true. So value of k will not be incremented.

Question 4: What is the output of the following C program?
int main(){
int i = 4, j = 2;
int *p = &i, *q = &j;
int k = *p/*q;
printf("%d",k);
}
(A) 2
(B) 0
(C) Compiler Error
(D) Runtime Error

Correct Answer is C.
Explanation:
Compiler Error: Unexpected end of file in a comment
There should be space between / and * in line 4

Question 5: What error would the following function give on compilation?
f(int a, int b){
int a;
a = 20;
return a;
}
(A) Missing Parenthesis in return statement
(B) The function should be defined as int f(int a, intb)
(C) Redeclaration of a
(D) No Error

Correct Answer is C.
Explanation:
Compiler Error: variable a is declared twice.
One in formal arguments and another in body.
So, Complier Error: Redeclaration of a

Question 6: If n set the value 2, then the statement a[++n] = n++; will assign
(A) 3 to a[4]
(B) 2 to a[4]
(C) 3 to a[3]
(D) 4 to a[3]

Correct Answer is B.
Explanation:
a[++n] = n++;
Here post increment operator will return value of n 1st.
then n is incremented by 1
Now pre-increment operator increments the value of n by 1 first and then return it.
so here 2 will be assigned to a[4]

Question 7: What will be the output of the following C function?
printf("xy","ab","mn");
(A) xy
(B) xy ab mn
(C) garbage value
(D) Compiler error

Correct Answer is A.
Explanation:
It will only print "xy"
Other terms will not be printed.

Question 8: What will be the output of the following C program?
main(){
unsigned i = 3;
if(i>-1) printf("I like Qualitycoding");
else printf("I love QualityCoding");
}
(A) I like QualityCoding
(B) I love QualityCoding
(C) Compiler Error
(D) Unexpected Results

Correct Answer is B.
Explanation:
Comparison is to be done with both numbers as unsigned.
Unsigned representation of -1 is 32769

Question 9: What will be the output of the following C program?
main(){
printf(5+"Intelligent");
}
(A) Error
(B) Intelligent
(C) ligent
(D) Intell

Correct Answer is C.
Explanation:
printf function will print ligent.
first 5 charecters will not be printed.

Question 10: What will be the output of the following C program?
main(){
while(1) {
if( printf("%d", printf("%d") ) )
break;
else continue;
}
(A) Compilation Error
(B) Runtime Error
(C) Garbage Value
(D) prints nothing

Correct Answer is C.
Explanation:
As 'printf' is declared within a 'printf' it will print some garbage value. And as it is non zero value, so it will be executed and it will come out of the while loop.

Question 11: What will be the output of the following C program?
#define prod(a,b) a*b
main(){
int x=3, y=4;
printf("%d", prod(x+2, y-1) );
}
(A) 10
(B) 15
(C) 12
(D) Compilation Error

Correct Answer is A.
Explanation:
here prod(x+2,y-1) will be substituted by macro as x + 2 * y - 1 = 10

Question 12: What will be the output of the following C program?
main(){
printf("%d %d",sizeof(NULL), sizeof(" ") );
}
(A) 4 2
(B) 2 2
(C) 4 4
(D) 2 4

Correct Answer is A.
Explanation:
In stdio.h header file NULL is defined as 0. So sizeof(0) is 4.
But sizeof(" ") is 2. " " means two charecters space i.e. ' ' and null charecter '\0'

Question 13: What will be the output of the following C program?
main(){
char str1[]="Hello";
char str2[]="Hello";
if(str1==str2)
printf("equal");
else
printf("unequal");
}
(A) equal
(B) unequal
(C) Compilation Error
(D) Runtime Error

Correct Answer is B.
Explanation:
As str1 and str2 are comparing their base addresses and base addresses cann't be equal. So it will print 'unequal'.

Question 14: What will be the output of the following C program?
main(){
printf("%c",3["beautiful"]);
}
(A) 3rd charecter from left i.e. prints a
(B) 3rd charecter from right i.e. prints f
(C) 4th charecter from left i.e. prints u
(D) 4th charecter from right i.e. prints i

Correct Answer is C.
Explanation:
prints 4th charecter from left i.e. prints u.
3["beautiful"] is equivalent to "beautiful"[3]

Question 15: What will be the output of the following C program?
main(){
float a=2.2, c=2.5;
if(a==2.2) printf("Hello,");
if(c==2.5) printf("How are you");
}
(A) Hello, How are you
(B) Hello,
(C) How are you
(D) prints nothing

Correct Answer is C.
Explanation:
comparing floating point value with == operator always gives false value except when fractional part is either .5 or .0

Question 16: What will be the output of the following C program?
main(){
if(0,1,2,3)
printf("I like QualityCoding");
else
printf("I love QualityCoding");
}
(A) I like QualityCoding
(B) I love QualityCoding
(C) Compilation Error
(D) Runtime Error

Correct Answer is A.
Explanation:
The condition if(0,1,2,3) will evaluated to if(3) which is true because 3!=0 is true.
Comma operator will return 3 here i.e. the right most value.

Question 17: What will be the output of the following C program?
main(){
printf("%s",0);
}
(A) (false)
(B) 0
(C) (null)
(D) Compilation Error

Correct Answer is C.
Explanation:
It will print (null).

Question 18: What will be the output of the following C program?
main(){
int i, a[]={000,001,010,011,100,101,110,111};
for(i=0;i<8;i++)
printf("%d ",a[i]);
}
(A) 0 1 10 11 100 101 110 111
(B) 0 1 8 9 64 65 72 73
(C) 0 1 8 9 64 65 110 111
(D) 0 1 8 9 100 101 110 111

Correct Answer is D.
Explanation:
The value of 010 and 011 will be 8 and 9. because these two numbers 010 and 011 are in octal i.e. preceeded by 0.
So, after storing it into the array, it will be converted into decimal value.

Question 19: What will be the output of the following C program?
main(){
int i=5;
printf("%d ",i++++++i);
}
(A) 10
(B) 11
(C) Unexpected result
(D) Compiler Error

Correct Answer is D.
Explanation:
The expression is parsed as i++ ++ + i which is illegal. So, compiler error.

Question 20: What will be the output of the following C program?
main(){
int i=10,*p=&i;
int c=i/*p; /*Result of division operation is stored in variable c*/;
printf("%d",c);
}
(A) 1
(B) 10
(C) unexpected results
(D) Compiler Error

Correct Answer is B.
Explanation:
line 3 will get evaluated as int c=i;
comment line in line 3 is /*p; /*Result of division operation is stored in variable c*/
After this comment line there is a semi-colon(;). Hence, answer is 10