Question

How many types of inheritance are possible in C++?

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 4

(d) 5

This question was posed to me in a job interview.

Asked question is from Types of Inheritance topic in section Inheritance & its Types of Object Oriented Programming

Answer 1

The correct option is (d) 5

To explain I would say: There are five types of inheritance that are possible in C++. Single level, Multilevel, multiple, hierarchical and hybrid. Here we count hybrid also because it sometimes can bring up a new form of inheritance, Like inheritance using multiple and hierarchical, which sometimes results in diamond problem.