Question Paper of PROGRAMMING IN C, M.Sc. (IT)/PGDCA (102) (New) (Semester. -1st) Paper ID [A0402], PTU Question Paper

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Paper ID [A0402]

M.Sc. (IT)/PGDCA (102) (New) (Sem. -1^st)

PROGRAMMING IN C

Time: 3 hours                                                              Maximum Marks:75

Instruction to Candidates:

1)      Section-A is Compulsory.

2)      Attempt any Nine questions from Section-B.

Section-A

(15 x 2=30)

Q1.

a)     What do you understand by pseudo codes?

b)    Differentiate between compiler and interpreter.

c)     What are short-circuit operators in C?

d)    Differentiate between break and continue.

e)     What is the significance of ternary operators?

f)      List advantages of arrays.

g)     Is array index out of bounds allowed in C? Justify your answer.

h)    What are the advantages of recursion?

i)       Briefly state the association of parameter passing in functions with  stacks in C with example.

j)       What is dynamic memory allocation?

k)    List the applications of pointers in C.

l)       What are the conditions to perform recursion?

m)  What are the limitations of union?

n)    What are the advantages of data file over other data types?

o)    What are the advantages of structures?

Section-B

(9 x 5=45)

Q2. Explain basic data types available in C with the help of example.

Q3.Explain with example arithmetic expression and its evaluation.

Q4. Write the algorithm and draw the flow chart to find roots of a quadratic equation.

Q5. Explain briefly various character input/output  functions with examples.

Q6. Discuss various string handling functions with examples.

Q7. Write a program using recursion to find GCD and LCM of two numbers.

Q8. Discuss various techniques of parameter passing in C.

Q9. Explain the concept of passing array to functions  with example.

Q10. Explain differences between structure and  union with example.

Q11. Discuss pointer arithmetic with examples.

Q12. Write a short note on Random Access Files.

Q13. Explain with example arrays of structures.