Java MCQs with Answers - Set 2
1. What is the output of the following code?
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int x = 5;
int y = x++ + ++x;
System.out.println(y);
A) 11
B) 12
C) 10
D) 13
Answer: A) 11
2. Which of the following is true about volatile keyword?
A) It guarantees atomicity
B) It guarantees visibility of changes across threads
C) It can only be used with methods
D) It prevents JVM from reordering instructions
Answer: B) It guarantees visibility of changes across threads
3. What will be the output?
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String s1 = "Hello";
String s2 = new String("Hello");
System.out.println(s1 == s2);
A) true
B) false
C) Compilation error
D) Runtime error
Answer: B) false
4. Which exception is thrown when a thread is waiting, sleeping or otherwise occupied, and
the thread is interrupted?
A) InterruptedException
B) IllegalThreadStateException
C) ThreadDeath
D) IOException
Answer: A) InterruptedException
5. Which method is used to prevent serialization?
A) readResolve()
B) writeObject()
C) private Object readObject()
D) private Object writeReplace()
Answer: D) private Object writeReplace()
6. What does the transient keyword do?
A) Prevents method from being overridden
B) Makes variable synchronized
C) Prevents serialization of a variable
D) Marks variable as volatile
Answer: C) Prevents serialization of a variable
7. Which of these collections guarantees thread safety?
A) HashMap
B) LinkedList
C) Hashtable
D) TreeMap
Answer: C) Hashtable
8. Which is not a valid functional interface in Java 8?
A) Supplier
B) Predicate
C) Comparator
D) Map
Answer: D) Map
9. Which design pattern is used in java.lang.Runtime?
A) Factory
B) Singleton
C) Builder
D) Adapter
Answer: B) Singleton
10. What is the result of:
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System.out.println(10 + 20 + "30" + 40 + 50);
A) 30304050
B) 303090
C) 303050
D) 303040
Answer: C) 303050
11. Which stream is used to serialize objects in Java?
A) ObjectReader
B) DataInputStream
C) ObjectOutputStream
D) SerializableStream
Answer: C) ObjectOutputStream
12. What is the result of:
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System.out.println("one".concat("two") == "onetwo");
A) true
B) false
C) Compilation error
D) Runtime error
Answer: B) false
13. In Java 8, which of the following supports lazy evaluation?
A) List
B) Stream
C) Optional
D) Future
Answer: B) Stream
14. What will be the output of this code?
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List<String> list = Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c");
list.replaceAll(String::toUpperCase);
System.out.println(list);
A) [A, B, C]
B) [a, b, c]
C) Compilation Error
D) Runtime Error
Answer: A) [A, B, C]
15. Which method cannot be overridden?
A) static
B) final
C) private
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
16. Which functional interface returns a boolean?
A) Predicate
B) Supplier
C) Consumer
D) Function
Answer: A) Predicate
17. Which is not part of Java Memory Model?
A) Stack
B) Heap
C) PermGen
D) BIOS
Answer: D) BIOS
18. Which stream class is used to write primitive data?
A) BufferedWriter
B) DataOutputStream
C) ObjectOutputStream
D) FileWriter
Answer: B) DataOutputStream
19. What is the type of lambda expression (a, b) -> a + b?
A) Predicate
B) BiFunction
C) Supplier
D) Runnable
Answer: B) BiFunction
20. Which of the following classes is immutable?
A) StringBuilder
B) StringBuffer
C) String
D) Date
Answer: C) String
21. Which of these is true about Java enums?
A) Enums can extend another class
B) Enums are reference types
C) Enums cannot have methods
D) Enums can't implement interfaces
Answer: B) Enums are reference types
22. What is the output?
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Integer a = 128, b = 128;
System.out.println(a == b);
A) true
B) false
C) Compilation Error
D) Exception
Answer: B) false
23. What is the output?
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Integer a = 127, b = 127;
System.out.println(a == b);
A) true
B) false
Answer: A) true (due to Integer caching from -128 to 127)
24. Which interface provides ability to iterate in reverse?
A) Iterator
B) Enumeration
C) ListIterator
D) Iterable
Answer: C) ListIterator
25. What does default keyword in an interface method mean?
A) It must be overridden
B) It is abstract
C) It has a default implementation
D) It is static
Answer: C) It has a default implementation
26. What does Optional.orElseThrow() do?
A) Returns value if present
B) Returns null if not present
C) Throws exception if value not present
D) Does nothing
Answer: C) Throws exception if value not present
27. What is the type of (x) -> x * x?
A) Consumer
B) Function
C) Predicate
D) BiConsumer
Answer: B) Function
28. Which one is not a valid access modifier in Java?
A) public
B) private
C) protected
D) friendly
Answer: D) friendly
29. What happens if you try to override a static method?
A) Method is overridden
B) Method is hidden, not overridden
C) Compile-time error
D) Runtime exception
Answer: B) Method is hidden, not overridden
30. Which Java feature allows passing behavior as a parameter?
A) Inheritance
B) Encapsulation
C) Functional interfaces
D) Polymorphism
Answer: C) Functional interfaces
