Complete GATE CSE 2025 Paper 2 overview, original pages and practice · Timed previous-paper practice

Questions 19–21 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.

Paper practice 65 questionsPage 7 of 22

Question 19

Open question
CSMCQ1 markNeeds review
Consider the following C program:
#include <stdio.h>
void strcpy(char *, char *);
int main(){
char a[30] = "@#Hello World!";
strcpy(a, a + 2);
printf("%s\n", a);
return 0;
}
void strcpy(char *s, char *t) {
while(*t)
*s++ = *t++;
}
Which ONE of the following will be the output of the program?
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Question 20

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Consider an unordered list of

distinct integers.
What is the minimum number of element comparisons required to find an integer in the list that is NOT the largest in the list?
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Question 21

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Consider the following statements about the use of backpatching in a compiler for intermediate code generation:
(I) Backpatching can be used to generate code for Boolean expression in one pass.
(II) Backpatching can be used to generate code for flow-of-control statements in one pass.
Which ONE of the following options is CORRECT?
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