History and features of C++ MCQs

1. #1: Who is known as the creator of C++?
(A) Ken Thompson
(B) Dennis Ritchie
(C) James Gosling
(D) Bjarne Stroustrup

2. In which year was C++ first developed?
(A) 1979
(B) 1983
(C) 1985
(D) 1990

3. C++ was originally called:
(A) C++
(B) C with Classes
(C) C#
(D) Objective C

4. C++ is mainly classified as a:
(A) Procedural language
(B) Object-oriented language
(C) Functional language
(D) Markup language

5. Which feature of C++ supports code reusability?
(A) Encapsulation
(B) Compilation
(C) Polymorphism
(D) Inheritance

6. The feature of C++ that allows functions with the same name but different arguments is called:
(A) Overloading
(B) Inheritance
(C) Encapsulation
(D) Abstraction

7. Which feature of C++ allows hiding internal details?
(A) Polymorphism
(B) Encapsulation
(C) Inheritance
(D) Overloading

8. C++ supports which type of memory management?
(A) Static only
(B) Dynamic only
(C) Both static and dynamic
(D) None

9. Which of the following is NOT a feature of C++?
(A) Object-oriented programming
(B) Procedural programming
(C) Garbage collection
(D) Generic programming

10. C++ is considered a hybrid language because it supports:
(A) Assembly and high-level programming
(B) Procedural and object-oriented programming
(C) Functional and scripting programming
(D) Web and database programming

11. The concept of “Polymorphism” in C++ refers to:
(A) One function or operator behaving in multiple forms
(B) Hiding data
(C) Data inheritance
(D) Memory allocation

12. Which C++ feature allows the creation of user-defined data types?
(A) Function
(B) Class
(C) Pointer
(D) Reference

13. C++ is an extension of which language?
(A) Java
(B) C
(C) Python
(D) Pascal

14. C++ supports which type of polymorphism?
(A) Compile-time and run-time
(B) Static only
(C) Dynamic only
(D) None

15. Which of the following is a major advantage of C++ over C?
(A) It supports object-oriented programming
(B) It is slower
(C) It has no pointers
(D) It cannot be compiled

16. Templates in C++ support:
(A) Object-oriented programming only
(B) Generic programming
(C) Procedural programming only
(D) Database connections

17. The “cout” object in C++ is used for:
(A) Input
(B) Output
(C) File handling
(D) Compilation

18. The language in which C++ was developed initially is:
(A) Assembly
(B) C
(C) Java
(D) Python

19. The first commercial release of C++ was in:
(A) 1983
(B) 1985
(C) 1989
(D) 1991

20. C++ allows memory management through:
(A) malloc and free
(B) new and delete
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these