The document describes an assignment to read in an unspecified number (n) of names of up to 20 characters each, sort the names alphabetically, and print the sorted list. It provides examples of reading in 3 names ("Arunachal", "Bengaluru", "Agra"), sorting them using a custom string comparison function, and printing the sorted list ("Agra", "Arunachal", "Bengaluru"). Pre-requisites for the assignment include functions, dynamic arrays, and pointers. The objective is to understand how to use functions, arrays and pointers to complete the task.