Question

Can “SELECT” clause be used without the clause “FROM”?

(a) YES

(b) NO

(c) DEPENDS

(d) None of the mentioned

I had been asked this question at a job interview.

This intriguing question comes from The select Clauses in section Select Statement of MySQL

Answer 1

Right choice is (b) NO

Best explanation: “SELECT” clause is used to show rows and columns of a particular table and clause “from” is used to denote a  table name.