Question 1

What will be the output of the program (in Turbo C)?

#include<stdio.h>

int fun(int *f)
{
    *f = 10;
    return 0;
}
int main()
{
    const int arr[5] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    printf("Before modification arr[3] = %d", arr[3]);
    fun(&arr[3]);
    printf("\nAfter modification arr[3] = %d", arr[3]);
    return 0;
}

Answer

Answer: A

Step 1: const int arr[5] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}; The constant variable arr is declared as an integer array and initialized to

arr[0] = 1, arr[1] = 2, arr[2] = 3, arr[3] = 4, arr[4] = 5

Step 2: printf("Before modification arr[3] = %d", arr[3]); It prints the value of arr[3] (ie. 4).

Step 3: fun(&arr[3]); The memory location of the arr[3] is passed to fun() and arr[3] value is modified to 10.

A const variable can be indirectly modified by a pointer.

Step 4: printf("After modification arr[3] = %d", arr[3]); It prints the value of arr[3] (ie. 10).

Hence the output of the program is

Before modification arr[3] = 4

After modification arr[3] = 10

Question 2

What will be the output of the program?

#include<stdio.h>
int get();

int main()
{
    const int x = get();
    printf("%d", x);
    return 0;
}
int get()
{
    return 20;
}

Answer

Answer: C

Step 1: int get(); This is the function prototype for the funtion get(), it tells the compiler returns an integer value and accept no parameters.

Step 2: const int x = get(); The constant variable x is declared as an integer data type and initialized with the value "20".

The function get() returns the value "20".

Step 3: printf("%d", x); It prints the value of the variable x.

Hence the output of the program is "20".

Question 3

What will be the output of the program?

#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    const char *s = "";
    char str[] = "Hello";
    s = str;
    while(*s)
        printf("%c", *s++);

    return 0;
}

Answer

Answer: C

Step 1: const char *s = ""; The constant variable s is declared as an pointer to an array of characters type and initialized with an empty string.

Step 2: char str[] = "Hello"; The variable str is declared as an array of charactrers type and initialized with a string "Hello".

Step 3: s = str; The value of the variable str is assigned to the variable s. Therefore str contains the text "Hello".

Step 4: while(*s){ printf("%c", *s++); } Here the while loop got executed untill the value of the variable s is available and it prints the each character of the variable s.

Hence the output of the program is "Hello".

Question 4

What will be the output of the program in TurboC?

#include<stdio.h>
int fun(int **ptr);

int main()
{
    int i=10, j=20;
    const int *ptr = &i;
    printf(" i = %5X", ptr);
    printf(" ptr = %d", *ptr);
    ptr = &j;
    printf(" j = %5X", ptr);
    printf(" ptr = %d", *ptr);
    return 0;
}

Answer

Answer: B

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Question 5

What will be the output of the program?

#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    const int x=5;
    const int *ptrx;
    ptrx = &x;
    *ptrx = 10;
    printf("%d\n", x);
    return 0;
}

Answer

Answer: C

Step 1: const int x=5; The constant variable x is declared as an integer data type and initialized with value '5'.

Step 2: const int *ptrx; The constant variable ptrx is declared as an integer pointer.

Step 3: ptrx = &x; The address of the constant variable x is assigned to integer pointer variable ptrx.

Step 4: *ptrx = 10; Here we are indirectly trying to change the value of the constant vaiable x. This will result in an error.

To change the value of const variable x we have to use *(int *)&x = 10;

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