Question Bank 2024-25

GIFT (Autonomous) Bhubaneswar

Basic Programming Skills - I (BTBS-T-BS-103)
MODULAR TEST –I Question Bank

Questions Marks CO BTL

1 What is an algorithm? 2 1 1

2 What are language translators? 2 1 1

3 Differentiate compiler and interpreter. 2 1 1

4 Define a computer program. 2 1 1

5 List out benefits of C programming language. 2 1 1

6 List out the steps involved for a typical C program. 2 1 1

7 What are C tokens? 2 1 1

8 Write a C program to find square root of a number. 2 1

9 What are variables? 2 1

10 List out keywords used in C. 2 1 1

11 What is an identifiers? List out different forms of identifiers used in C 2 1 1

program.

12 What are fundamental datatypes available in C? Discuss briefly. 2 1 1

13 What is a literal? List out different types of literals available in C. 2 1 1

14 Define an operator with example. 2 1 1

15 What are unary, binary and ternary operators. Give example. 2 1 1

16 List out all the types of operators based on purpose. 2 1 1

17 What are escape sequences? List out few escape sequences with example. 2 1 1

18 Discuss conditional operator with example. 2 1 1

19 What are different types of errors? Give example. 2 1 1

20 How pre-increment and post-increment operators are working? Give suitable 2 1 1

example.
21 Discuss break and continue statements. 2 1 1

22 What is an infinite loop? Why does it happed? 2 1 1

23 Give truth table for logical AND and logical OR operators. 2 1 1

24 Discuss shift operators. 2 1 1

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25 How multiple if statement is differening from nest if statements. Give 2 1 1
example.

26 What are operator precedence and associativity? 2 1 1

27 What is a header file. 2 1 1

28 List out any 8 header file names with their purpose. 2 1 1

29 What are pre-tested and post-tested loops. 2 1 1

30 Discuss printf() and scanf() statements in detail. 2 1 1

31 Discuss goto statement. 2 1 1

32 What are nested loops? 2 1 1

33 What is nested if statement? 2 1 1

34 What is if...else...if ladder. 2 1 1

35 Can we design a switch...case statement without default keyword? Justify. 2 1 1

36 What is a flowchart? Give an example. 2 1 1

37 What is a pseudo-code? Give an example. 2 1 1

38 What is the purpose of an algorithm? 2 1 1

39 What are pre-processor directives? 2 1 1

40 Briefly present the history of C programming. 2 1 1

41 Find out valid and invalid identifiers from the given list: n1, 1n, __1__, ___, 2 1 1
123, n 1, n1n, n%n, auto, AVERAGE.
42 Convert the numbers into binnary: -456, 1234567. 2 1 1

43 Find 2's compliment of -45 2 1 1

44 What is C library? Discuss. 2 1 1

45 What is the importance of main() function? 2 1 1

46 What are documentations? 2 1 1

47 List out and briefly discuss all the relational operators. 2 1 1

48 Discuss boolean values in C. 2 1 1

49 Write a C program to swap two numbers. 2 1 1

50 List out the shapes used to design a flow chart. 2 1 1

51 What are memories? 2 1 1

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52 Justify that a computer understands binary language only. 2 1 1

53 Differentiate High Level Programs and Low Level Programs. 2 1 1

54 List out different types of statements used in C and discuss briefly. 2 1 1

55 What is the role of break and default keywords used in switch...case 2 1 1

statements.
56 What is format strings/format specifiers used in C? 2 1 1

57 What are the different ways to represent floating point literals? Describe with 2 1 1
examples.
58 What is a function in C? How does it differ from a program? 2 1 1

59 How does a preprocessor statement differ from an actual processing statement. 2 1 1

60 Differentiate algorithm and computer program. 2 1 1

Section B BTL

1 What are different data types available in C. Discuss briefly. 6

2 What is an identifier? List out rules for a valid identifier with example. 6 1 2

3 Discuss switch...case statement in detail. 6 1 2

4 Discuss for loop in detail. 6 1 2

5 Differentiate while and do...while with example. 6 1 2

6 Design the following pattern: 6 1 2

1
10
101
1010
10101

7 With a suitable and correct example, identify all the sections of a typical C program. 6 1 2

8 Write a C program to check a number is palindrome number or not. 6 1 2

9 Write a C program to check a number is prime or not. 6 1 2

10 Differentiate compiler time errors and runtime errors. 6 1 2

11 What are complex logical expressions? What are the operators involved in it describe 6 1 2
with examples?

12 How nested if statement differs from simple if statement with a condition using 6 1 2
logical AND (&&) operators. Discuss with example.

13 Write a C program to find first n terms of Fibonacci series. 6 1 2

14 Write a C program to check a number is Armstrong number or not. 6 1 2

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15 Write a C program to check a number is perfect number or not. 6 1 2

16 Discuss bitwise and (&), bitwise or (|) and bitwise xor (^) operator in detail. 6 1 2

17 Design an algorithm to reverse a number. 6 1 2

18 Design a flow chart to check a number is prime number or not. 6 1 2

19 Design a pseudo-code to input a number and count number of odd and even digits. 6 1 2

20 Discuss arithmetic and assignment operators in C. 6 1 2

21 Define the terms expression, operator and operand. And explain. 6 1 2

22 List out all the operators used in C starting from highest precedence value in 6 1 2
decreasing order.

23 What is a nested loop? In which situation a nested loop is required? Describe with an 6 1 2
example.

24 Write a C program to find reverse of a number till users interest. 6 1 2

25 Write a C program to find the sum of an entered number with its reverse number. 6 1 2

26 Write a C program to find the sum of digits of an entered number. 6 1 2

27 What are the input/output statements used in a C program? Discuss how to use it. 6 1 2

28 Write a C program to reverse a number using goto statement. (Don't use loop). 6 1 2

29 Write a C program to input a number and display the number in the following 6 1 2
pattern.
input: 345254

output:
345254
34525
3452
345
34
3

30 Write a C program to find sum of even digitd and odd digits separately. 6 1 2

Section C 2 or 3

1 Write a C program to find n terms of a Fibonacci series. 8 1 3

2 Discuss all the types of if statements with their usage. 8 1 3

3 Write a C program to list all strong numbers in between 1 to 1000. 8 1 3

4 Discuss bitwise operators. 8 1 3

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 5 Write a C program to find grade of a student from the entered marks for few subjects of 8 1 3

6 Design the following pattern:

the student using switch...case.

1
8 1 3

121
12321
1234321
123454321
1234321
12321
121
1

7 Write a C program to find the difference between greatest and smallest number out 8 1 3
of some entered numbers.
8 Discuss all the types of if statements with proper justification. 8 1 3

9 Describe all the types literals with appropriate illustration. 8 1

10 What are pseudo-code and flow chart? Describe with examples. 8 1

11 Design a pseudo-code to input a number and find the largest and smallest digit and 8 1
their occurrences.
Section D 4,5,6

1 Discuss all the types of loops in C in detail. 10 1 4

2 Discuss the structure of a typical C program with an example. 10 1 4

3 What are different types of conditional statements used in C? Explain sufficiently. 10 1 4

4 Briefly discuss all the types of operators in C with example. 10 1 4

5 Discuss C tokens. 10 1 4

** BTL: Bloom’s Taxonomy Level

** CO: Course Outcomes

BTL are:

1. Remembering
2. Understanding,
3. Applying,
4. Analysing,
5. Evaluating
6. Creating

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