Python Interview Questions

Inheritance is a mechanism that allows a class to inherit the attributes and methods of another class, and to modify or extend them as needed. Inheritance enables code reuse and polymorphism, which means that the same method can behave differently depending on the class or object that calls it. In Python, there are different types of inheritance, such as single inheritance, where a class inherits from one parent class, multiple inheritance, where a class inherits from more than one parent class, multilevel inheritance, where a class inherits from a parent class that also inherits from another class, and hierarchical inheritance, where more than one class inherits from a common parent class. For example:

```python

# Single inheritance

class Animal: # Parent class

    def __init__(self, name):

        self.name = name

    def eat(self):

        print(self.name, "is eating")

class Dog(Animal): # Child class

    def __init__(self, name, breed):

        super().__init__(name) # Calling the parent class constructor

        self.breed = breed

    def bark(self):

        print(self.name, "is barking")

dog = Dog("Max", "Labrador")

dog.eat() # Inherited method from Animal class

dog.bark() # Method defined in Dog class