BOI C questions 1998

The 1998 BOI Technical paper consisted of three parts.

#1> Proficiency in C.
Number of questions: 20. Time: 40 minutes.
#2> Proficiency in Database Management.
Number of questions: 15. Time: 20 minutes.
#3> Proficiency in Object Oriented Concepts
Number of questions: 15. Time: 15 minutes.
1. Given below are two sets of statements:(a) & (b). Select the correct
observation:
a> const char *p="Hello"; p="World";
b> char * const p="Hello"; p[1]='P';
A.
in
B.
.
C.
D.

Both a & b are correct since non-const data/pointer is being

changed
both cases.
Both a & b are wrong since const data/pointer cannot be changed once assigned
a is correct, b is wrong.
a is wrong, b is correct.

2. int height=34;
void main()
{
int height=height;
cout << height;
}
A.
B.
C.
D.
3.
{

34
0
Undefined
Error
void main()
int a[3]={ 1,2,3 };
int i=1;
cout << a[i];
cout << i[a];

}
Is there a problem here? If not, what is the output?
4.
{

void main()
"Bunka"[2]='P';

}
Select the correct statement:
A. Error: lvalue required
B. Error: A string literal is a const char * and hence cannot be modified direct
ly.
C. A string literal has the data type char * and hence cannot be modified.
D. The code compiles but memory access error at run-time.

5.

Write is the output?

void foo()

{
static int i=5;
for(int j=i+3; i<j; i++)
printf("%3d",i);
printf("\n");
}
void main()
{
for(int i=0; i<3; i++)
foo();
}
6. # define MAX(a,b)a>b?a:b
void main()
{
int a=3,b=4;
printf("a=%d b=%d MAX=%d", a, b, MAX(a++,b++));
}
Select the correct output from the following:
A. a=4,b=5,MAX=5
B. a=4,b=5,MAX=6
C. a=5,b=6,MAX=5
D. a=4,b=6,MAX=5

6. What is the output?

void main()
{
union
{
int a;
char c;
} num;
num.a=325;
printf("%d",num.c);
}
Select the correct output:
A. 69
B. 25
C. 45
D. -39
8.
{

void main()
union
{
int a;

struct
{
char b;
char c;
}ch;
}num;
num.a=300;
num.ch.c++;
printf("%d",num.a);
}
Select the correct output:
A. 456
B. 565
C. 556
D. 645
9. # include <conio.h>
# include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
static int a[]= { 0,1,2,3 };
static int *p[] = { a, a+1, a+2, a+3};
int **ptr=p;
*++*ptr;
printf("%d %d %d",ptr-p, *ptr-a, **ptr);
}
Select the corect output:
A. 110
B. 221
C. 011
D. 210
10. What is the output?
void main()
{
int n=4;
printf("%d %d %d", ++n, ++n, ++n);
}
A.
B.
C.
D.

567
765
444
555

11. int func(int p, int q)

{
return (p+q);
}
void main()
{
int x=1, y=2, z=3;

printf("%d",func((x+3,y+=1),z--) );
}
Select the correct output from the above code
A. 6
B. 5
C. Compiler Error, Type mismatch
D. Compiles, but undefined behavior
12. What is the result of the following program?
void main()
{
char i;
for( i=0; i<200; i++)
{
}
printf("%d",i);
}
13. Write the output
void DoubleBoth(int i, int *j)
{
i*=2;
*j *=2;
}
void main()
{
int i=3,j=4;
DoubleBoth(i,&j);
printf("%d %d",i,j);
}
A.
B.
C.
D.

6
3
3
6

8
4
8
4

14. What is the output of the code?

int bitmagic(unsigned x, unsigned y, unsigned z)
{
return (((~(1<<z)) &x) | ((1<<z) &y));
}
void main()
{
printf("%d", bitmagic(2,4,2));
}
A.
B.
C.
D.

6
5
4
3

15. What is the output displayed?

int m=5;
void setptr(int *ip)
{
ip=&m;
}
void main()
{
int n=2;
int *pn=&n;
setptr(pn);
printf("%d",*pn);
}
A.
B.
C.
D.

2
3
Undefined
Syntax error

16. void main()

{
char a[] = "HelloWorld";
int *p=(int*) &a[0];
int n, nlen=strlen(a);
for(n=0; n<nlen; n++)
printf("%c",*(p+n));
}
Select the correct output
A. Helloworld
B. Undefined
C. HelloWorl
D. Indefinite loop
17. void main()
{
enum days
{
saturday,
sunday=0,
monday=0,
tuesday
} today;
printf("%d %d %d", saturday, sunday, monday);
}
Select the correct output
A. -1 0 0
B. 0 0 0
C. Compiler Error: each enumerator should have unique values
D. -1 0 1
18. void main()
{
enum days

{
saturday,
sunday
} today;
enum days yesterday;
int i=sunday;
yesterday=0;
printf("%d %d", i, yesterday);
}
Select the correct output
A. 1 0
B. 2 0
C. Compiler Error on Line 2
D. Compiler Error on Line 1
19. void main()
{
int n=0;
for(n=0;n<200;n++)
{
if (n>=101) continue;
printf("\n%d" ,n);
}
}
20. Variable declared within a bock of code are by default
A. Register
B. Extern
C. Static
D. Auto