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Programming in C End Term: 10 May 2026 (January 2026 term)
The IIT Madras BS Programming in C (Programming in C) End Term paper sat on 10 May 2026, in the January 2026 term: 23 questions for 95 marks in 180 minutes. Every question is below with its answer. Take it as a timed mock test to be marked, or read it through first.
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- 4
- 5
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Question 2
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Question 3
Consider the following C program:
What will be the output?
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Garbage value
Compilation error
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Question 4
Consider the code:
What will be the value of c?
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Question 5
What is the correct way to access a structure member using a pointer to a structure?
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Question 6
We want to dynamically allocate memory at runtime for 10 integer elements and store the returned address in a pointer. Which of the following statements is correct?
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Question 7
Concatenates two tokens
Compares two tokens
Excludes a token
Multiplies two tokens
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Concatenates two tokens
Question 8
Consider the following C program:
What will be the output?
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Garbage value
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Question 9
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Question 10
Consider the following code:
What will be the output?
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Question 11
What will be the output of the given code?
1 3 4 5
0 3 3 4
0 1 2 3
0 3 4 5
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0 3 4 5
Question 12
(A figure from the original paper is missing from the source site.)
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Question 13
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Question 14
Consider the C program below.
What will be the output of the above C program?
63
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27
Question 15
Consider the following C program:
Which of the following statements are correct?
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Question 16
Which of the following statements about arrays in C are correct?
Array elements are stored in contiguous memory locations.
Array size can be changed after declaration.
The array name acts like a pointer to the first element in most expressions.
Arrays can store elements of different data types.
Array indexing starts from 0.
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Array elements are stored in contiguous memory locations.
The array name acts like a pointer to the first element in most expressions.
Array indexing starts from 0.
Question 17
All members share the same memory location
Each member has its own separate memory
Only one member can hold a valid value at a time
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All members share the same memory location
Only one member can hold a valid value at a time
Question 18
Which of the following file modes delete the existing content of a file when opened?
"w"
"w+"
"r+"
"a"
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"w"
"w+"
Question 19
Consider the following computation steps:
1. R[0] = 2 2. R[1] = 3 3. R[1] = R[1] + R[0] 4. R[0] = R[0] + 1 5. If R[0] ≤ 5 go to step-3, otherwise, go to step-6 6. R[2] = R[1]
What is the final value of R[2] at the end of computation?
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Question 20
Consider the following C program:
What will be the output printed on the screen?
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Question 21
Consider the following C program:
What will be the output printed on the screen?
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Question 22
Consider the following C code:
What will be the output?
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Question 23
Consider the following C code snippet. What will be the output?
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Correct answer: 7