M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
First Semester
Computer Science and Information Technology
C AND DATA STRUCTURE
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time: Three Hours Maximum: 75 Marks
Part A (10 X 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. Define constant.
2. List out the various types of expressions.
3. State the uses of break statement.
4. Write the syntax of else-if… ladder statement in C.
5. How do you create a character array?
6. What is meant by string?
7. Define Union.
8. List the difference between Structure and Union.
9. Specify the methods to open a file in C.
10. Define Pointers.
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Part B X 5 25)
Answer all the questions.
11. Describe the general structure of a C program.
Or
Write a C program to find the greatest of three
numbers.
12. Explain the different forms of branching statements
in C.
Or
Write a program to print the numbers 1 to 100
using do…While loop.
13. Explicate any string manipulation functions
available in C.
Or
Write a C program for addition of two matrices.
14. Portrait the benefits of user defined functions.
Or
Write a C program to create a structure for students
information.
15. Briefly explain the different types of file operations.
Or
Write a program to swap two integers using
pointers.
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Part C 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Illustrate the operators available in C with the examples.
17. Describe the various looping statements in C with sample
program.
18. Write a C program to sort an array of integers in
ascending order.
19. Elaborate the concepts of union with a suitable program.
20. Write C program to read last n characters from the file.
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