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Top 50 C++ Interview Questions

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1. What is C++?⌄

C++ is a high-performance programming language supporting procedural, object-oriented, and generic programming.

2. Difference between C and C++?⌄

C is procedural; C++ supports OOP concepts like classes, inheritance, and polymorphism.

3. What are OOP principles?⌄

Encapsulation, Abstraction, Inheritance, and Polymorphism.

4. What is a class?⌄

A class is a blueprint used to create objects.

5. What is an object?⌄

An object is an instance of a class.

6. What is constructor?⌄

A constructor initializes objects automatically at creation.

7. What is destructor?⌄

A destructor releases resources when an object is destroyed.

8. What is inheritance?⌄

Inheritance allows one class to acquire properties of another class.

9. What is polymorphism?⌄

Ability of a function or object to behave differently in different contexts.

10. Function overloading?⌄

Multiple functions with same name but different parameters.

11. Operator overloading?⌄

Redefining operators for user-defined types.

12. What is virtual function?⌄

A function that supports runtime polymorphism.

13. What is abstract class?⌄

A class containing at least one pure virtual function.

14. What is encapsulation?⌄

Wrapping data and methods together and restricting access.

15. What is abstraction?⌄

Hiding internal details and showing only essential features.

16. What is STL?⌄

Standard Template Library provides containers, algorithms, and iterators.

17. vector vs array?⌄

Vector is dynamic; array has fixed size.

18. What is memory leak?⌄

Allocated memory not properly released.

19. What is dangling pointer?⌄

Pointer pointing to deallocated memory.

20. What is smart pointer?⌄

Pointers that automatically manage memory (unique_ptr, shared_ptr).

21. What is RAII?⌄

Resource Acquisition Is Initialization for safe memory management.

22. What is namespace?⌄

Prevents name conflicts by grouping identifiers.

23. What is const keyword?⌄

Prevents modification of variables.

24. What is static keyword?⌄

Preserves value and restricts scope.

25. What is inline function?⌄

Expands function code at compile time for speed.

26. What is template?⌄

Allows writing generic and reusable code.

27. What is exception handling?⌄

Handling runtime errors using try, catch, throw.

28. What is multithreading?⌄

Executing multiple threads concurrently.

29. What is deadlock?⌄

Threads waiting indefinitely for resources.

30. What is lambda expression?⌄

Anonymous inline function introduced in C++11.

31. What is auto keyword?⌄

Automatically deduces variable type.

32. What is move semantics?⌄

Transfers resources instead of copying.

33. What is rvalue reference?⌄

Used to implement move semantics.

34. What is nullptr?⌄

Type-safe null pointer introduced in C++11.

35. What is explicit constructor?⌄

Prevents implicit type conversion.

36. What is final keyword?⌄

Prevents inheritance or overriding.

37. What is override keyword?⌄

Ensures function overrides base class method.

38. What is shallow copy?⌄

Copies object references instead of actual data.

39. What is deep copy?⌄

Copies actual data and allocates new memory.

40. What is const correctness?⌄

Ensuring objects are not modified unintentionally.

41. What is friend function?⌄

Function allowed to access private members.

42. What is diamond problem?⌄

Ambiguity caused by multiple inheritance.

43. What is virtual destructor?⌄

Ensures proper cleanup of derived objects.

44. What is type casting?⌄

Converting one data type to another.

45. static_cast vs dynamic_cast?⌄

static_cast is compile-time; dynamic_cast checks runtime type.

46. What is const_cast?⌄

Adds or removes const qualifier.

47. What is reinterpret_cast?⌄

Low-level type casting.

48. What is constexpr?⌄

Compile-time evaluated expressions.

49. What is noexcept?⌄

Specifies function does not throw exceptions.

50. Call by value vs call by reference?⌄

Call by value passes copies; call by reference passes addresses allowing modification.

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