C Programming - MCQ Practice Questions

Which of the following is a void pointer?

What is the difference between pointer and array name in C?

What will be the output? int a[] = {10, 20, 30}; int *p = a; printf("%d", *(p+2));

What does calloc() do that malloc() doesn't?

What is the output of this code? int *p, *q; int x = 5; p = &x; q = p; printf("%d %d", *p, *q);

Which statement correctly declares a pointer to a pointer?

What will be printed? int x = 100, y = 200; int *p = &x; int *q = &y; p = q; printf("%d", *p);

What is the primary disadvantage of using free() without proper checks?

What will be the output? char *str = "Hello"; printf("%c", *(str+1));

What is the relationship between arrays and pointers in C?

What will be the output? int arr[3][3] = {{1,2,3}, {4,5,6}, {7,8,9}}; int *p = (int *)arr; printf("%d", *(p+5));

What does realloc() do?

What is the output? void func(int *arr) { arr[0] = 100; } int main() { int a[5] = {1,2,3,4,5}; func(a); printf("%d", a[0]); }

Which of the following is valid pointer arithmetic in C?

What is the primary use of const pointer (int * const p)?

What is the output of the following code? int x = 5; int *p = &x; int q = &p; printf("%d", q);

Which of the following correctly declares a pointer to a function that takes two integers and returns an integer?

What will be the size of the pointer variable on a 64-bit system? int *ptr;

What is the output? int arr[] = {10, 20, 30}; int *p = arr; printf("%d %d", *(p+1), arr[1]);

What happens when you try to modify a string literal through a pointer? char *str = "Hello"; str[0] = 'J';