C Programming Unit 1 Quiz - MCQs with Answers

Who is considered the father of the C programming language?

• Ken Thompson

• Dennis Ritchie

• Bjarne Stroustrup

• James Gosling

In which year was the C language created?

• 1969

• 1972

• 1983

• 1991

The C language was primarily developed for which operating system?

• Windows

• Unix

• Linux

• macOS

Which organization awards the Turing Award?

• IEEE

• UNESCO

• ACM

• IETF

What is the file extension for C source files?

• .cpp

• .java

Which statement prints output in C?

• cout

• system.out.print

• printf

• echo

How does every C statement end?

• Colon

• Comma

• Semicolon

• Period

Which section in a C program contains comments about the program?

• main function

• Documentation section

• Link section

• Subprograms

What does the #include line do in C?

• Link external library

• Define macros

• Start execution

• End program

Which function always exists in a standard C program?

• display()

• main()

• printf()

• scan()