The document contains a preface and index for a lab manual on data structures. It discusses how C programming offers facilities to group data into convenient packages called data structures. The preface emphasizes abstract concepts of data structures and how they are useful for problem solving using structures like queues, arrays, linked lists, stacks, trees and graphs. The index lists 11 programs to be developed related to various data structure operations and applications including strings, stacks, queues, linked lists, polynomials and more.