SQL - Programming Language (MCQ) questions

Dear Readers, Welcome to SQL multiple choice questions and answers with explanation. These objective type SQL questions are very important for campus placement test and job interviews.

Specially developed for the SQL freshers and professionals, these model questions are asked in the online technical test and interview of many IT companies.

1)   Consider the following set of relations

EMP ( emp_no,emp_name,dept_no,salary)
DEPT (dept_no,dept_name,location)
Write SQL query for the following
Find all the employees whose departments are located in 'Mumbai' and salary is greater than Rs. 20,000.
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a. select emp_name from dept where dept_no and location='Mumbai';
b. select emp_name from emp where salary > 20,000 and dept_no in (select dept_no from dept where location = 'Mumbai');
c. select dept_no ,count(emp_no) from emp where salary > 50,000 group by dept_no;
d. update table emp where emp_name='Mumbai';
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: select emp_name from emp where salary > 20,000 and dept_no in (select dept_no from dept where location = 'Mumbai');

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

2)   From the following statements which of them is/are true about SQL

1. All attributes used in the group by clause must appear in the select clause
2. An SQL query can contain a having clause only if it has a group by clause
3. An SQL query can contain a having clause even if it does not have a group by clause
4. Not all attributes used in the group by clause need to appear in the select clause
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a. 3 and 4
b. 1 and 2
c. 1,3 and 4
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3 and 4

Explanation:
Statement number 3 is true because it considers the output by select query as a single group if group by statement is not present.

3)   Which SQL command is used to insert a row in a table?
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a. Select
b. Create
c. Insert
d. Drop
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Insert

Explanation:
Insert is used to add data to the tables or add rows to the table.

4)   What are the different types of joins?

1. Outer join
2. Inner join
3. Right join
4. Left join
5. Full join
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a. 1 and 3
b. 4 and 5
c. 3,4 and 5
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
All these are the different types of joins.

5)   What are the different SQL statements?
1. DML
2. DDL
3. DCL
4. DQL
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a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 3 and 4
d. 1,2 and 3
e. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
All these statements are used to make a sql query.
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