Question

What is the new operator?

(a) Allocates memory for an object or array

(b) Allocates memory for an object or array and returns a particular pointer

(c) Used as return type when an object is created

(d) Used to declare any new thing in a program

The question was asked in a national level competition.

My question comes from New Operator in chapter Memory Allocation & Scope of Variable of Object Oriented Programming

Answer 1

The correct option is (b) Allocates memory for an object or array and returns a particular pointer

For explanation: The new keyword is used to allocate memory of an object or array. The new object or array can be of any type. Then it returns a suitable non zero pointer to the object.