IP IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
S.No Question
Explain the process of designing an algorithm. Give characteristics of UNIT 1
1
an algorithm
Describe how to improve efficiency of an algorithm, space complexity UNIT 1
2
and time complexity.
3 Explain asymptotic notations. UNIT 1
4 Write short notes on Top-down approach. UNIT 1
5 Discuss various phases of problem solving. UNIT 1
Explain what is Algorithm Analysis and what do you analyse in an UNIT 1
6
algorithm
7 Write an algorithm to find the factorial of given number. UNIT 1
8 Write an algorithm to find whether a year entered is leap year or not. UNIT 1
9 Write an algorithm to check whether a number entered is prime or not UNIT 1
10 List and explain basic data types with their sizes and ranges? UNIT 2
11 Explain switch statement with syntax and example. UNIT 2
Write a short note on Precedence and Associativity of operators with UNIT 2
12
examples?
What are the Control statements used in C? Explain control UNIT 2
13
statements with syntax
Compare for loop, while loop, and do…while loop with suitable UNIT 2
14
examples
15 Explain bitwise operators in detail. UNIT 2
Write a program in C to print the numbers from 1 to10 and their UNIT 2
16
squares?
17 Write a C program to convert Decimal to Binary number UNIT 2
18 Write a C program to print all upper case and lower case alphabets. UNIT 2
19 Explain 2D array with an example. UNIT 3
What is dynamic memory allocation and explain the Difference UNIT 3
20
between malloc() and calloc().
21 Define string? Explain any 3 string operations with examples. UNIT 3
22 What is an array? Explain 1D with an example. UNIT 3
What is a pointer? Explain different arithmetic operations that can be UNIT 3
23
performed on pointers.
Develop a C program to find the length of the Given string without UNIT 3
24
using predefined functions
25 What is a pointer? Explain declaration, initialization and accessing of UNIT 3
a pointer variable.
Differentiate the call by value and call by reference mechanism with UNIT 3
26
examples.
27 Develop a C program to count sum of even numbers in a given array. UNIT 3
llustrate the various storage classes used in C program. Explain each UNIT 4
28
with a simple program.
Explain the following with respect to functions: (i) Function prototype UNIT 4
29
(ii) Function call (iii) Returning from function
30 Explain any 2 categories of a function. UNIT 4
How to pass an array to a function in C programming? Explain with UNIT 4
31
an example.
Write a C program to generate Fibonacci series using recursive UNIT 4
32
functions.
What is recursion? Write a program to find the factorial of a given UNIT 4
33
number using recursion.
34 Explain the difference between array and structures UNIT 5
35 What are self-referential structures in C? Explain with an example. UNIT 5
Explain the differences between Structures and Unions in C language. UNIT 5
36 And demonstrate the memory allocation strategy for Unions and
Structures in C programming.
Define Structure? Explain how to declare a structure and access UNIT 5
37
structure members with an example program.
Describe how file handling is performed in C, including reading from UNIT 5
38
and writing to text files and the concept of random file access.
Discuss how the typedef keyword simplifies code in C. Provide UNIT 5
39
examples of its usage.
40 Explain the difference between array and structures. UNIT 5
Define a struct in C to represent a student, including fields like name, UNIT 5
41
ID, and GPA. Write a function to display the student's details.
Describe how file handling is performed in C, including reading from UNIT 5
42
and writing to text files and the concept of random file access
