SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CSE
U23CPR205-PROGRAMMING IN C
QUESTION BANK

Questions

1. Explain the basic structure of a C program with an example

2. Explain the block structure of a C program

3. Write the general structure of C. Explain with an example
4. Write and explain the basic concepts of a C program
5. What is an identifier (variable)? What are the rules to construct identifier (varible)? Classify the
following as valid/invalid Identifiers.
6. i) num2 ii) $num1 iii) +add iv) a_2 v) 199_space vi) _apple vii)#12
7. What is variable? List the restrictions on the variable names
8. Define variable. Explain the rules for constricting variables in C language.
9. Define i)variable ii) Constant iii) Associativity iv)Precedence
10. Explain with example, the various constants available in „C‟ language
11. List all the operators used in C. Give examples
12. Explain any five operators used in C language
13. What is an operator? List and explain various types of operators
14. Explain the following operators in C language
15. i) Relational ii) Logical iii) Conditional
16. What is an assignment statement? Give the general form of an assignment
17. statement
18. What are basic data types available in „C‟? Write the significance of each data
19. type
20. Write a C program that computes the size of int, float, double and char variables
21. What is type conversion? Explain two types of conversion with examples
22. What are the formatted input and output functions. Explain with examples
23. Write the guidelines to use scanf() and printf() functions in C language
24. What is the purpose of scanf() and printf() statement ?
25. Write a C program in C to find the area and perimeter of a circle
26. Write a program in C to print the numbers from 4 to 9 and their squares
27. Write a C program in C to find the area and perimeter of a rectangle
28. Write a C program which takes as input p,t,r. Compute the simple interest and
29. display the result
30. Write a C program to find the area of triangle when we know the lengths of all
31. three of its sides
32. Write a C program to find the largest of three numbers using ternary operator
33. What is an expression? Evaluate the following expressions
i) 100 % 20 < = 20 – 5 + 100 % 10 – 20 = = 5 > = 1 != 20
34. ii) a + = b * = C - = 5 where a=3 b=5 and c=8
35. Convert the following mathematical expression into C equivalent
36. area= s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)
37. x = -b + b2-4ac
38. List all conditional control statements used in C. Explain any two with syntax
39. and example
40. Write a C program that reads from the user an arithmetic operator and two
41. operands, perform the corresponding arithmetic operation on the operands using switch statement
42. Implement a C program to find the reverse of an integer number and check whether it is palindrome or
not
43. What are unconditional control statements? Explain any two with syntax and example
44. Write a C program to find the biggest of three numbers
45. Explain switch statement with syntax and example
46. List the differences between while loop and do-while loop. write a C program
47. to find sum of Natura numbers from 1 to N using for loop
48. Write a C program to find the factorial of a number using do-while ,where the number n is entered by
user.
49. What is two way selection statements? Explain if, if else, and cascaded if-else with examples.
50. Write a C program that takes from user an arithmetic operator („+‟, „-„, „*‟, or „/‟) and two operands
. Perform corresponding arithmetic operation on the operands using switch statement
51. Explain with example ,the meaning of statement and block in a „C‟ program
52. Write a „C‟ program to demonstrate the use of unconditional goto statement
53. Explain with syntax ,if, if-else and nested if-else statements in „C‟ program
54. Explain with syntax , the different loops used in „C‟ program
55. Write a program in „C‟ to find the sum of „n‟ natural numbers without using any loops
56. Write a C program that takes three coefficients (a,b,and c) of a quadtatic equation ; (ax2+bx+c) as
input and compute all possible roots and print them with appropriate messages.
57. Show how break and continue statements are used in a C program, with example
58. Explain with examples formatted input output statements in C
59. Write a C program to find GCD of two numbers using ternary operator and for loop
60. Write a calculator program in C language to do simple operations like addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division. Use switch statement in your program
61. What is dangling else problem? Explain how to handle this in C programming
62. What is array ? Explain the declaration and initialization of one dimensional and two dimensional
array with an example
63. Define array.Explain with suitable example how to declare and initialize 1D array
64. Write a C program to read N integers into an array A and to find the (i)sum of odd numbers,(ii) sum of
even numbers,(iii) average of all numbers. Output the results computed with appropriate headings
65. Write a C program to search an element using linear and binary techniques
66. Write a C program for [consider integer data] (i) Bubble sort (ii) Linear search
67. Write a C program to read N numbers into an array & perform Linear search
68. Write an algorithm and develop a C program that reads N integer numbers and
69. arrange them in ascending order using selection Sort
70. Write an algorithm and develop a C program to search an integer from N numbers in ascending order
using binary searching technique
71. Write a C program to find the transpose of a given matrix
72. Write a C program that accepts (3×3 ordered matrices A and B),and compute
73. the following (i)summation of Two numbers (ii) Subtraction of Two numbers
74. Write a C program to find the sum and average of n integer numbers
75. Write a C program to find the largest element in an array
76. Write a C program to find the greatest number from two dimensional array
77. Write a C program to sort the elements by passing array as function argument
78. Define string. How string is declared and initialized ? Explain string input/output functions with an
example
79. What is string ? Write a C program that reads a sentence and prints the frequency of each of the vowels
and total count of consonants?
80. Write a C program to eliminate multiple spaces from a sentence and make it single
81. Explain with syntax and example ,the different string manipulation library functions with example
82. Define a string. Explain any 4 string library functions with syntax and example
83. Explain string manipulation library functions with their syntaxes
84. Define string. List out all string manipulation function. Explain any two with example
85. Write a C Program to implement string copy operation STRCOPY(str1,str2) that copies string str1 to
another string str2 without using library function
86. Write a C program to copy a string ( combination of digits and alphabet ) to another string (only
alphabets)
87. Write a program to replace each constant in a string with the text one except letter „z‟ „Z‟ and „a‟ „A‟
. Thus the string “Programming in C is fun” should be modified as “Qsphsannjoh jo D jt gvo”.
88. Write a C program to concatenate two strings without using built-in function strcat()
89. Explain with example (i) Character string (ii) String literal (iii) storage classes
90. How string is declared and initialized? Explain any four string manipulation functions with examples
91. Write a C program to check whether the given string is palindrome or not without using in built
function
92. Write a C program to search a name in a given list using binary search technique
93. What is function ? Explain the difference between user defined and library functions
94. Explain the different elements of user defined functions in detail
95. Explain function call, function definition and function prototype with examples
96. What is function? Write a function to find the sum of two numbers
97. Explain two categories/types of argument passing techniques, with examples
98. Differentiate between call by value and call by reference with examples
99. Explain the classification of user defined functions
100. Define a function. List and explain the categories of user defined functions
101. What is function? Explain the type of functions based on parameters
102. What is function? Explain different classification of user defined functions
103. based on parameter passing and return type with examples
104. Write a C function isprime(num) that accepts an integer argument and returns 1 if the
argument is a prime or 0 otherwise. Write a program that invokes this function to generate prime
numbers between the given ranges
105. Write a c-program using function to check whether the given number is prime
106. or not.
107. Write a program in „C‟ using functions to swap two numbers
108. Write a program in C using functions to swap two numbers using global
109. variables concept and call by reference concept.
110. What are actual parameters and formal parameters? Illustrate with example
111. Write a C program to find the factorial of a number using functions
112. Write a program to find GCD and LCM of two numbers using concept of functions
113. Give the scope and life time of the following
114. (i)External variable (ii) Static variable (iii) Automatic variable (iv) Register variable
115. What are the three possibilities of defining a user defined functions in „C‟?
116. What is Recursion? Write a C program to compute polynomial co-efficient nCr using recursion
117. Write a C program for evaluating the binomial coefficients using a function factorial(n)
118. Write a C program to find the binomial co-efficient a number using recursion
119. Define a recursion . Write a C recursive function for multiplying two integers
120. where a function call is passed with two integers m and n
121. Write a C program to check a number is a prime or not using recursion
122. Write a C program to find the factorial of a number using recursion
123. Explain recursion. and write a program to find nth term of Fibonacci series
124. What is structure? Explain the C syntax of structure declaration with example
125. Explain array of structure and structure within a structure with an example
126. Write a C program to maintain a record of „n‟ students details using an array of structures with
four fields(roll no,name,marks,and grade).Assume appropriate data type for each field. Print the marks
of the student given the student name as input.
127. Write a C program to pass structure variable as function argument
128. Write a C program to store and print name, USN, subject and IA marks of students
129. using structure
130. Explain the difference between array and structures
131. Explain with example how to create a structure using „typedef‟
132. Write a program to maintain a record of „n‟ employee detail using an array of structures with
three fields(id, name , salary) and print the details of employees whose salary is above 5000
133. What is pointer ? Explain how the pointer variable declared and initialized?
134. Explain the array of pointes with example? or Explain how pointers and arrays are related with
example
135. What is a pointer? Write a C program to find the sum and mean of all elements in an array
using pointer
136. Write a C program to swap two numbers using call by address(pointers or reference) method
137. Write a C program using pointers to compute the Sum, Mean and Standard deviation of all
elements stored in an array of „n‟ real numbers
138. What is pointer? give the advantages and disadvantages of pointer data type
139. What is preprocessor directive? Explain #define and #include preprocessor directives
140. Explain any five preprocessor directives in C
141. List and explain compiler control directives
142. What is a macro ?Write a macro to determine whether the given number is odd or even
143. Write a „C” program to define macros for logical operators
144. What is a file?Mention the types of file
145. List out the file functions in C With example
146. What are the basic file operation in C?
147. Explain the inbuilt file handling functions
148. Explain all modes of file operations.
149. Difference between fprintf() ,fputc(),fputs().
150. Write a C program to read to content of one file and to copy the same into the other file.
151. Write a C program to store and read the records of the student(Stud_id,name,submarks) in a file
using structure.
152. What is sequential and random access file with example?
153. Write a C program to add 2 numbers using command line argument and explain appropriately