Arrays

Question 1

Consider the following C program:

        #include <stdio.h>
        int main ()  {
                 int arr [] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,5}, *ip = arr+4;
                 printf ("%d\n", ip[1]);
                 return 0;
        }

The number that will be displayed on execution of the program is _____.

A
5
B
6
C
7
D
8
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Question 1 Explanation: 

We know that arr is a pointer to arr[ ] & hence arr+4 is pointer to 4th index of array (starting from 0 to 4).
Now *ip is a pointer of int type pointing to memory location 108, which is part of arr.
Hence, when we will print ip[1] it will be equivalent to *(ip+1).
Address of ip will be incremented by 1 & value inside 110 will be printed.
Question 2

A Young tableau is a 2D array of integers increasing from left to right and from top to bottom. Any unfilled entries are marked with ∞, and hence there cannot be any entry to the right of, or below a ∞. The following Young tableau consists of unique entries.

1     2     5      14
3     4     6      23       
10    12    18     25  
31    ∞     ∞       ∞ 

When an element is removed from a Young tableau, other elements should be moved into its place so that the resulting table is still a Young tableau (unfilled entries may be filled in with a ∞). The minimum number of entries (other than 1) to be shifted, to remove 1 from the given Young tableau is ____________.

A
4
B
5
C
6
D
7
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Question 2 Explanation: 
Question 3

A program P reads in 500 integers in the range [0, 100] representing the scores of 500 students. It then prints the frequency of each score above 50. What would be the best way for P to store the frequencies?

A
An array of 50 numbers
B
An array of 100 numbers
C
An array of 500 numbers
D
A dynamically allocated array of 550 numbers
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Question 3 Explanation: 
→ Here we are storing values above 50 and we are ignoring the scores which is less than 50.
→ Then using array of 50 numbers is the best way to store the frequencies.
Question 4

Assume the following C variable declaration

int *A [10], B[10][10]; 

Of the following expressions

I. A[2]     II. A[2][3]     III. B[1]     IV. B[2][3]  

which will not give compile-time errors if used as left hand sides of assignment statements in a C program?

A
I, II, and IV only
B
II, III, and IV only
C
II and IV only
D
IV only
       Data-Structures       Arrays       GATE 2003
Question 4 Explanation: 
i) A[2] can be consider as a pointer and this will not give any compile-time error.
ii) A[2][3] This results an integer, no error will come.
iii) B[1] is a base address of an array. This will not be changed it will result a compile time error.
iv) B[2][3] This also results an integer. No error will come.
Question 5

Consider the following declaration of a two dimensional array in C:

          char a[100][100];    

Assuming that the main memory is byte-addressable and that the array is stored starting from memory address 0, the address of a [40][50] is:

A
4040
B
4050
C
5040
D
5050
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Question 5 Explanation: 
Address for a[40][50] = BaseAddress + [40 * 100 * element size] + [50 * element size]
= 0 + [40 * 100 * 1] + [50 * 1]
= 4000 + 50
= 4050
Question 6

Suppose you are given an array s[1...n] and a procedure reverse (s,i,j) which reverses the order of elements in a between positions i and j (both inclusive). What does the following sequence do, where 1 ≤ k ≤ n:

         reverse(s, 1, k) ;
         reverse(s, k + 1, n);
         reverse(s, l, n);  
A
Rotates s left by k positions
B
Leaves s unchanged
C
Reverses all elements of s
D
None of the above
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Question 6 Explanation: 
If we perform the three given open operations it will result left rotation by K positions. If we perform n time it will result the initial array.
Question 7

Let A be a two dimensional array declared as follows:

  A: array [1 ... 10] [1 ... 15] of integer;  

Assuming that each integer takes one memory location, the array is stored in row-major order and the first element of the array is stored at location 100, what is the address of the element a[i][j]?

A
15i + j + 84
B
15j + i + 84
C
10i + j + 89
D
10j + i + 89
       Data-Structures       Arrays       GATE 1998
Question 7 Explanation: 
The address of element A[i][j] will be,
100 + 15 * (i-1) + (j-1)
= 100 + 15i - 15 + j - 1
= 15i + j + 84
Question 8

Consider the following C program.

#include 
int main ()  {
     int a [4] [5] = {{1, 2, 3, 4, 5},
                      {6, 7, 8, 9, 10},
                      {11, 12, 13, 14, 15},
                      {16, 17, 18, 19, 20}};
     printf (“%d\n”, *(*(a+**a+2) +3));
     return (0);
} 

The output of the program is _______.

A
19
       Data-Structures       Arrays       GATE 2020
Question 8 Explanation: 
Check out the step by step program and its output in the comment:
#include
int main()
{
int a[4][5] = { {1,2,3,4,5},
{6,7,8,9,10},
{11,12,13,14,15},
{16,17,18,19,20}
};
printf("%d\n",a); //880 (consider base address = 880)
printf("%d\n",*a); //880
printf("%d\n",**a); //1
printf("%d\n",**a+2); //3
printf("%d\n",a+**a+2); //940
printf("%d\n",*(a+**a+2));//940
printf("%d\n",*(a+**a+2)+3);//952
printf("%d\n",*(*(a+**a+2)+3));//19
return 0;
}
Question 9
What is printed by the following ANSI C program?
#include
{
int a[3][3][3] =
{{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9},
{10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18},
{19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27}};
int i = 0, j = 0, k = 0;
for( i = 0; i < 3; i++ ){
for(k = 0; k < 3; k++ )
printf("%d ", a[i][j][k]);
printf("\n");
}
return 0;
}
A
1 2 3
10 11 12
19 20 21
B
1 4 7
10 13 16
19 22 25
C
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
D
1 2 3
13 14 15
25 26 27
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Question 9 Explanation: 
Array dimension sizes are 3,3,3 for all 3 dimensions hence, the value assigned to a[3] [3] [3] will be assigned from only first 3 indices i.e. 0^th, 1^st, & 2^nd and 3 dimensions shown by { }
Hence, 1, 2, 3 will be 1^st row
10 , 11, 12 will be 2^nd row
19, 20, 21 will be 3^rd row
Question 10
An array A consists of n integers in locations A[0], A[1] ….A[n-1]. It is required to shift the elements of the array cyclically to the left by k places, where 1 <= k <= (n-1). An incomplete algorithm for doing this in linear time, without using another array is given below. Complete the algorithm by filling in the blanks. Assume alt the variables are suitably declared.
A
i > min; j!= (n+i)mod n; A[j + k]; temp; i + 1 ;
B
i < min; j!= (n+i)mod n; A[j + k]; temp; i + 1;
C
i > min; j!= (n+i+k)mod n; A[(j + k)]; temp; i + 1;
D
i < min; j!= (n+i-k)mod n; A[(j + k)mod n]; temp; i + 1;
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Question 10 Explanation: 
This question need presence of mind.
Step-1: Observe all options, 4 options they are given 4th and 5th blank is temp and i+1.
So, they given clue that, 4th and 5th options must be temp and i+1.
Step-2: Based on the 4th and 5th options, we can guess that 1st blank is i → Suppose if we are considering i>min then the control goes out of the while loop in the initial case when i=0 and min=n. So, 1st blank should be i Step-3: According to 1st blank, we can eliminate A and C options.
Step-4: Assume 2nd blank is correct, we are considering j!= (n+i) mod n this condition in while loop.
→ The meaning of the condition is “j becomes equal to (n+i)mod n then control goes out of the while loop.”
Step-5: The condition (n+i)mod n=i and j is always equal to i because we are assigning the value of i to j in the code segment line 3.
Step-6: based on these constraint we can say that 4th option is correct.
Reason: The control never enters the 2nd while loop. Sometimes it will enter the 2nd while loop, when we shift the numbers. It means total K places left.
Question 11
Which of the following is an illegal array definition?
A
Type COLOGNE : (LIME, PINE, MUSK, MENTHOL); var a : array [COLOGNE] of REAL;
B
var a : array [REAL] of REAL;
C
var a : array [‘A’…’Z’] of REAL;
D
var a : array [BOOLEAN] of REAL;
       Data-Structures       Arrays       ISRO CS 2008
Question 11 Explanation: 
Array index should be integer not real numbers.
Expect the option B, All remaining indexes are not real numbers.
Option A , takes enum value as index which is integer number.
Option C, takes character which is having equivalent decimal value.
Option D, has boolean value as index whose value may be 0 or 1
Question 12
A one dimensional array A has indices 1….75. Each element is a string and takes up three memory words. The array is stored at location 1120 decimal. The starting address of A[49] is
A
1267
B
1164
C
1264
D
1169
       Data-Structures       Arrays       ISRO CS 2009
Question 12 Explanation: 
Given data is each string takes up three memory words which is nothing but size is 3.
Base or starting address of the array is 1120.
The address of the 49th element = base address of array + number of elements before current element * size of element
= 1120 + 48 * 3 = 1264
Question 13
Let A be a square matrix of size nxn. consider the following program. What is the expected output?
C=100
for i=1 to n do
for j=1 to n do
{
 Temp=A[i][j]+C
 A[i][j]=A[j][i]
 A[j][i]=Temp-C
}
for i=1 to n do
for j=1 to n do
 output(A[i][j]);
A
The matrix A itself
B
Transpose of matrix A
C
Adding 100 to the upper diagonal elements and subtracting 100 from diagonal elements of A
D
None of the option
       Programming       Arrays       Nielit Scientist-B CS 22-07-2017
Question 13 Explanation: 
Question 14
In a compact one dimensional array representation for lower triangular matrix (all elements above diagonal are zero) of size n x n, non zero elements of each row are stored one after another, starting from first row, the index of (i, j)th element in this new representation is
A
i+j
B
j+i(i-1)/2
C
i+j-1
D
i+j(j-1)/2
       Programming       Arrays       ISRO DEC 2017 22- Soon       Video-Explanation
Question 14 Explanation: 
Though not mentioned in question, from options it is clear that array index starts from 1 and not 0. If we assume array index starting from 1 then, ith row contains i number of non-zero elements. Before ith row there are (i-1) rows, (1 to i-1) and in total these rows has 1+2+3......+(i-1) = i(i-1)/2 elements.
Now at ith row, the jth element will be at j position.
So the index of (i, j)th element of lower triangular matrix in this new representation is
j = i(i-1)/2
Question 15
The output of the following program is main() { static int x[] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8} int i; for (i=2; i<6; ++i) x[x[i]]=x[i]; for (i=0; i<8; ++i) printf("%d", x[i]); }
A
1 2 3 3 5 5 7 8
B
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
C
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
D
1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8
       Programming-for-Output-Problems       Arrays       ISRO CS 2015       Video-Explanation
Question 15 Explanation: 

For loop will execute for the i value 2,3,4,5
For i = 2, x[x[2]] = x[2]
= x[3] = 3 // since x[2] = 3
The array elements representation are

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