Question

Which among the following is best to define hierarchical inheritance?

(a) More than one classes being derived from one class

(b) More than 2 classes being derived from single base class

(c) At most 2 classes being derived from single base class

(d) At most 1 class derived from another class

This question was posed to me in my homework.

This is a very interesting question from Hierarchical Inheritance in chapter Inheritance & its Types of Object Oriented Programming

Answer 1

Right option is (a) More than one classes being derived from one class

Easiest explanation - When two or more classes get derived from a single base class, it is known as hierarchical inheritance. This gives us freedom to use same code with different scopes and flexibility into different classes.