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1 a. What are data types? Mention the different data types supported by C language, giving an example to each. (5 Marks) 1 b. Write a C program which takes as input p, t, r. Compute the simple interest and display the result. (5 Marks) 1

1 c. What is an operator? List and explain various types of operators. (10 Marks) 2

2 a. What is a token? What are the different types of tokens available in C language? Explain. (08 Marks) 4

2 b. Write C expressions corresponding to the following (Assume all quantities are of same type) (06 Marks) 2 c. What is the value of x in the following code segments? Justify your answers: (06 Marks) 5

3 a. What are the different types of conditional decision making statements? Explain each with example. (10 Marks) 6

3 b. Write a C program to simulate simple calculator that performs arithmetic operations using switch statements. Error message should be displayed, if any attempt is to made to divide by zero. (10 Marks) 9

4 a. Explain with example formatted input output statements in C. (06 Marks) 10

4 b. List four differences between while loop and do-while loop along with syntax and example. (06 Marks) 11

4 c. Design and develop a C program to reverse a given four digit integer number and check whether it is a palindrome or not. (08 Marks) 12

5 a. What is an array? Explain different methods of initialization of single dimensional arrays. (06 Marks) 13

5 b. Write a C program to read N integers into an array A and to i) find the sum of odd numbers ii) find the sum of even numbers iii) find the average of all numbers Output the results computed with appropriate headings. (06 Marks) 15

5 c. How string is declared and initialized? Explain any FOUR string manipulation functions with examples. (08 Marks) 16

6 a. Explain function call, function definition and function prototype with examples to each. (06 Marks) 18

6 b. What are actual parameters and formal parameters? Illustrate with example. (06 Marks) 6 c. What is recursion? Write a C program to compute the factorial of a given number n using recursion. (08 Marks) 19

7 a. How structure is different from an array? Explain declaration of a structure with an example. (06 Marks) 20

7 b. Explain with an example, how to create a structure using typedef. (04 Marks) 21

7 c. Write a C program to input the following details of N students using structure: Roll No: integer, name: string, marks: float, grade: char Print the names of the students with marks >= 60.0%. (10 Marks) 22

8 a. Explain following file operations along with syntax and examples: i)fopen() ii)fclose() iii)fscanf() iv) fprintf() v)fgets(). (10 Marks) 23

8 b. Write a C program to read the contents from the file called abc: text, count the number of characters, number of lines and number of white spaces and output the same. (10 Marks) 24

8 a. Define pointer variable. Explain with an example, the declaration and initialization of pointer variable. (06 Marks) 25

8 b. Explain following C functions along with syntax and example to each. i) malloc() ii) calloc() iii) realloc iv) free() (08 Marks) 26

8 c. Develop a C program to read two numbers and function to swap these numbers using pointers. (06 Marks) 27

10. Write short notes on following: a. Preprocessor directives b. Primitive and non primitive data types c. Stack operations d. Types of queues. (20 Marks) a) 28

b) c) 29

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PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 1 a. Explain the structure of C program with example. (5 Marks) 1

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 1 b. Explain scanf() and printf() function in C language with syntax and examples. (5 Marks) For answer, refer Solved Paper June-2015 Q.No.4a. 1 c. Write a C program to find area of circle. (5 Marks) 2 a. What is an algorithm? Write an algorithm to find largest of 3 numbers. (5 Marks) 2

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 2 b. Explain the following operators in C language. i) Relational ii) Conditional iii) Logical (5 Marks) 3

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 2 c. What is an identifier? Give any 5 rules that are to be followed while declaring a variable. (4 Marks) 4

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 3 a. Explain the ELSE IF ladder with syntax and example. (8 Marks) 5

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 3 b. List the types of loops. Explain the working of any one type of loop with syntax and example. (8 Marks) 6

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 3 b. Write a program to read a year as an input and find whether it is a LEAP YEAR or not (8 Marks) 7

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 4 a. Explain SWITCH statement, with syntax and example. (8 Marks) 4 b. Differentiate between WHILE and DO-WHILE loops. (6 Marks) For answer, refer Solved Paper June-2015 Q.No.4b. 4 c. Write a program to find reverse of a number and check whether it is a PALINDROME or not (6 Marks) For answer, refer Solved Paper June-2015 Q.No.4c. 8

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 5 a. What is an ARRAY? Explain the different ways of initializing an array with examples. (7 Marks) For answer, refer Solved Paper June-2015 Q.No.5a. 5 b. What are the advantages of using User defined functions. (6 Marks) 9

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 5 c. Write a program to read a sentence and print the frequencies of each VOWEL and total count of CONSONANTS. (7 Marks) 10

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 6 a. Explain the different types of arrays, with syntax and examples. (7 Marks) 11

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 6 b. Explain any 4 string manipulating functions with examples. (8 Marks) 12

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PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 6 c. Define the following: i) Actual parameter ii) Formal parameter iii) Global variable (external variable) iv) Local variable (automatic variable) (5 Marks) 7 a. Define a STRUCTURE. Explain structure with syntax and example. (5 Marks) For answer, refer Solved Paper June-2015 Q.No.7a. 14

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 7 b. What is a FILE? Explain any 2 FILE functions, with example. (5 Marks) 7 c. Write a program to maintain a record 0f n student details using an array of structures with four fields (Roll number, Name, Marks, and Grade). Each field is of a appropriate data type. Print the marks of the students based on the student name as input (10 Marks) For answer, refer Solved Paper June-2015 Q.No.7c. 15

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 8 a. Differntiate between STRUCTURES and UNIONS. (5 Marks) 8 b. Explain the various MODES in which a FILE can be created successfully. (5 Marks) 16

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 8 c. Given 2 university information files student.txt and usn.txt that contains students Name and USN respectively. Write a program to create a new file called output.txt and copy and contents of files studentname.txt and usn.txt into output file in the sequence shown below. (10 Marks) 17

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 9 a. Define a POINTER. Explain how pointer variable is declared and initialized. (6 Marks) For answer, refer Solved Paper June-2015 Q.No.9a. 9 b. What are primitive and non-primitive data types? Give examples. (6 Marks) For answer, refer Solved Paper June-2015 Q.No.10b. 9 c. Write a program using pointers to compute sum, mean and standard deviation of all elements stored in an array of n real numbers. (8 Marks) 18

PROGRAMMING IN C & DATA STRUCTURES SOLVED PAPER DEC- 2015 10 a. Explain any 2 pre-processor directives in C language. (5 Marks) For answer, refer Solved Paper June-2015 Q.No.10a. 10 b. What is a STACK? Explain its applications. (5 Marks) 10 c. What is a QUEUE? Explain with example. (5 Marks) 10 d. Write a program to swap 2 numbers using call-by-refernce method. (5 Marks) For answer, refer Solved Paper June-2015 Q.No.9c. 19