C Programming Multiple Choice Question - Structure And Loops

This section focuses on the "Structure And Loops" of the C programming. These Multiple Choice Questions (mcq) should be practiced to improve the C programming skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.

1. In the following loop construct, which one is executed only once always.    for(exp1; exp2; exp3)

A. exp1
B. exp3
C. exp1 and exp3
D. exp1, exp2 and exp3

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2. The continue statment cannot be used with

A. for
B. while
C. do while
D. switch

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3. Which keyword can be used for coming out of recursion?

A. return
B. break
C. exit
D. both A and B

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4. goto can be used to jump from main to within a function?

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. May Be
D. Can't Say

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5. Which of the following is an invalid if-else statement?

A. if (if (a == 1)){}
B. if (a){}
C. if ((char) a){}
D. if (func1 (a)){}

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6. Switch statement accepts.

A. int
B. char
C. long
D. All of the above

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7. Which loop is guaranteed to execute at least one time.

A. for
B. while
C. do while
D. None of the above

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8. A labeled statement consist of an identifier followed by

A. ;
B. :
C. ,
D. =

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9. do-while loop terminates when conditional expression returns?

A. One
B. Zero
C. Non - zero
D. None of the above

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10. c = (n) ? a : b; can be rewritten asexp1 ? exp2 : exp3;

A. if(n){c = a;}else{c = b;}
B. if(!n){c = a;}else{c = b;}
C. if(n){c = b;}else{c = a;}
D. None of the above

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11. For loop in a C program, if the condition is missing?

A. it is assumed to be present and taken to be false
B. it is assumed to be present and taken to the true
C. it result in a syntax error
D. execution will be terminated abruptly

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12. Which of the following statement about for loop is true ?

A. Index value is retained outside the loop
B. Index value can be changed from within the loop
C. Goto can be used to jump, out of the loop
D. All of these

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13. Using goto inside for loop is equivalent to using

A. Continue
B. Break
C. Return
D. None of the above

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14. If switch feature is used, then

A. Default case must be present
B. Default case, if used, should be the last case
C. Default case, if used, can be placed anywhere
D. None of the above

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15. Which of the following comments about for loop are correct ?

A. Using break is equivalent to using a goto that jumps to the statement immediately following the loop
B. Continue is used to by-pass the remainder of the current pass of the loop
C. If comma operator is used, then the value returned is the value of the right operand
D. All of the above

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16. In the context of "break" and "continue" statements in C, pick the best statement.

A. "break" and "continue" can be used in "for", "while", "do-while" loop body and "switch" body.
B. "break" and "continue" can be used in "for", "while" and "do-while" loop body. But only "break" can be used in "switch" body.
C. "break" and "continue" can be used in "for", "while" and "do-while" loop body. Besides, "continue" and "break" can be used in "switch" and "if-else" body.
D. "break" can be used in "for", "while" and "do-while" loop body.

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17. In _______, the bodies of the two loops are merged together to form a single loop provided that they do not make any references to each other.

A. Loop unrolling
B. Strength reduction
C. Loop concatenation
D. Loop jamming

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18. What is the output of this program?

        
void main()
{
    if(!printf(""))
        printf("hello");
    else
        printf("world");
}

A. hello
B. world
C. Compilation Error
D. None of the above

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19. What is the output of this program?

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
    int a=10;
    if(a=5)
        printf("YES");
    else
        printf("NO");
}

A. YES
B. NO
C. Error
D. None of the above

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20. What is correct about the given program?

#include <stdio.h>
int x;
void main()
{
    if (x);
    else
        printf("Else");
}

A. if block will be executed
B. else block will be executed
C. Depends on value of x since it is undeclared
D. Compilation Error

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21. What is the output of this program?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
    int a = 5;
    if (a == 6); a = 0;
    if (a == 5)
    a++;
    else a += 2;
    printf("%d", a);
    return 0;
}

A. 6
B. 8
C. 5
D. 2

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22. What is the output of this program?

    #include <stdio.h>
    int main()
    {
        int a = 1, b = 0;
        int c = (a++, b++) ? b : a;
        printf("%d", c);
        return 0; 
    }

A. 2
B. 1
C. 0
D. 3

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23. What is the output of this program?

int main()
{
 
    int a = 1, b = 0;
    int c = a%2 ? a++ : a-- ? a=0 : ++b ? b = 2 : b++ ;
    printf("%d", c);
    return 0;
}

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 0

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24. What will be the output of the program in 16 bit platform ?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
 
    int a=2, b=1, c=2;
    switch(a)
    {
        case b:
        printf("You are in b ");
        break;
        case c:
        printf("You are in c ");
        break;
        default:printf("You are in default");
    }
    return 0;
}

A. You are in b
B. You are in c
C. You are in default
D. Compilation Error

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25. What will be output when you will execute following c code?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
 
    int a=2;
    switch(a,a+1)
    {
        case 2:
            printf("You are in b ");
            break;
        case 3:
            printf("You are in c ");
            break;
        default:
            printf("You are in default");
    }
    return 0;
}

A. You are in b
B. You are in c
C. You are in default
D. Compilation Error

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26. What is the output of this program?

#include <stdio.h>
void main() {
    float a = 0.7;
    if ( a < 0.7 )
        printf( "Yes" );
    else
        printf( "No" );
}

A. Yes
B. No
C. Compilation Error
D. None of these

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27. What is the output of this program?

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{   char a=0;
    for(a=0;a<=127;a++)
    {
        printf("%d ",a);
    }
}

A. 0 1 2 ... 127
B. 0 1 2 ... infinite times
C. Compilation Error
D. None of the above

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28. How many times the loop will execute ?

for(int i = 0 ; i < 10 ; i++)
{
    i  =  i*2;
    i--;
}

A. 10
B. 5
C. 0
D. Infinite

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29. What is the output of this program?

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
  int j = -5;
  for(;j;printf("%d ", j++));
}

A. -5 to -1
B. -5 to 0
C. -5 to infinity
D. Compilation Error

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30. What is the output of this program?

  
void main()
{
    int x=0;
    for(;;)
    {
        if(x==3)
            break;
        printf("%d ",++x);
    }

}

A. 1 2 3
B. 0 1 2 3
C. 1 2
D. Compilation Error

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31. How many times letsfindcourse will be printed?

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
    int i = -5;
    while (i <= 5)
    {
        if (i >= 0)
            break;
        else
        {
            i += 1;
            continue;
        }
        printf("letsfindcourse");
    }
    return 0;
}

A. 5 times
B. 10 times
C. 0 times
D. Infinite times

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32. What is the output of this program?

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
    int a = 3;
    while (a--)
    {
        int a = 10;
        a--;
        printf("%d ", a);
    }
}

A. 9 9 9
B. 9 8 7
C. 2 1 0
D. Infinite loop

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33. Which of the given statment is true about the given code ?

int main()
{
 int i = 0;
 for ( ; i < 5 ; )
 { 
   if (i < 5)
     printf("Hello", i++);
   else
     continue;
   printf("World");
 }
 return 0;
}

A. It will print hello 5 times followed by World one time
B. It will print helloWorld 5 times
C. It will print helloWorld infinite times
D. Compilation Error

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34. How many times value of j is checked in the below code ?

#include 
    int main()
    {
        int j = 0;
        do {
            j++;
            printf("");
        } while (j < 5);
    }

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 1

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35. What is the output of the following code?

int main()
{
    int i = 0;
    switch(i)
    {
    case 0 : i++;
    case 1 : i+++2;
    case 2 : ++i;
    }
    pritnf("%d",i++);

    return 0;
}

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

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36. How many x are printed?

    for(i=0,j=10;i < j;i++,j--) 
        printf("x");

A. 10
B. 5
C. 4
D. 6

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37. How many x are printed?

    for(i=-2,j=5;i < j;i++,j--) 
        printf("x");

A. 10
B. 5
C. 4
D. 6

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38. What will be the output of the program?

 int a=0,b=2;
 if(a=0) b=0;
 else b*=10;

A. 0
B. 20
C. 2
D. None of the above

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39. What will be the output of the program?

 int a=2,b=2;
 if(a!=0) 
    b=0;
 else 
    b*=10;
 printf("%d",b);

A. 0
B. 20
C. 2
D. None of the above

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40. What will be the output of the program?

 int a=2,b=2;
 if(a && 0) 
     b=0;
 else 
     b*=10;
  printf("%d",b);

A. 0
B. 20
C. 2
D. None of the above

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