What is public mode inheritance in Cpp? All Questions › Category: Cpp Language › What is public mode inheritance in Cpp? 0 Vote Up Vote Down Chetan Shidling Staff asked 5 years ago I need short information. 1 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down Chetan Shidling Staff answered 5 years ago If we derive a subclass from a public base class. Then the public member of the base class will become public in the derived class and protected members of the base class will become protected in the derived class.