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I [Link] I Semester Continuous Assessment II, December- 2025
(Regulations: VCE-R25)
PROGRAMMING FOR PROBLEM SOLVING
(Common to all Branches)
Date: 24 December Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 30
2025
Answer all Questions in Part-A
Answer any FOUR Questions in Part-B
Course Outcomes with Bloom’s Levels:
Bloom
CO ’s
CO Statement
# Level
(L#)
CO Use basic programming constructs and control statements to
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1 design solutions for computational problems
CO Develop programs using arrays and strings to store and
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2 manipulate sequential data.
CO Implement modular programming using functions, pre-processor
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3 directives, structures, and unions to manage complex data.
CO Make use of pointers and file handling to effectively manage and
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4 process data
CO Choose appropriate searching and sorting technique to organize
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5 and retrieve data efficiently.
Questions:
PART-A (Multiple Choice / Fill in the Blanks / Match the Following / Short
Answer Type Questions)
Mark
CO# BL#
s
1 a) What are the advantages of defining user defined
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. function in C?
b) Write a recursive function to find the factorial of a
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given number.
c) Given the following structure definition.
struct student {
int rollno; char name[30]; float avg;
}; CO3 L3 1M
struct student s={123,Abhilash,37.56};
Display the student details using pointer to a
structure.
d) Consider the code segment. CO4 L3 1M
int x=20;
int *p=&x;
Let the address of x is 2240. What is the value of p
after the following statement is executed.
p=p+3;
e) What is the output of the following code segment?
FILE *fp= fopen([Link], w);
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fclose(fp); 1M
fputc(A,fp);
f) Differentiate between the fprintf() and fputs()
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functions used for writing to a file in C.
g) How many passes (iterations) are required to sort an
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array of 'n' elements using Bubble Sort?
h) When searching for a contact in a a mobile phone,
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which searching technique is most suitable?
i) Which of the following sorting algorithm uses divide
and conquer strategy?
a) Insertion Sort
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b) Bubble Sort
c) Section Sort
d) Quick Sort
j) What is the size of the following union?
union temp
{
int a; CO3 L3 1M
char b[10];
float c;
};
PART-B (Descriptive Questions)
2 a) Write a C Program to check a given number is Prime or
. not.
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b) Define a recursive function to find the nth term of
Fibonacci series.
3 Implement a C program where a function takes an array as
. input and doubles each element. Show how the array is CO3 L3 5M
modified in the main program.
4 Perform the following operations using pointers.
. i) Performing increment and decrement operation
on a float
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type pointer.
ii) Pointer to an array
iii) Declare and initialize a pointer to a pointer
5 Develop a C Program to perform the following operations
. on Files.
a) Write the character data to a file named [Link]. CO4 L3 5M
b) Find the number of words in [Link].
c) Copy the contents of [Link] into [Link].
6 Write a C program to sort the array using Selection Sort.
. Show the array after each pass and explain how the
elements are arranged step by step for the given CO5 L3 5M
elements.
{23, 18, 34, 45, 11, 56}
7 Illustrate how Insertion Sort works and implement it in C to
. sort a given set of elements, displaying the array after CO5 L3 5M
sorting.