Java MCQs with Answers - Set 1
1. What is the result of the expression: 5 + 2 * 3 - 1 << 2?
A) 20
B) 30
✅ C) 44
D) 16
2. Which design pattern ensures a class has only one instance?
A) Factory
✅ B) Singleton
C) Builder
D) Prototype
3. What will be the output of the following code?
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int x = 5;
int y = ++x * 2 + x--;
System.out.println(y);
A) 10
B) 11
✅ C) 18
D) 20
4. What is the output of this code?
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String str1 = "Java";
String str2 = new String("Java");
System.out.println(str1 == str2);
A) true
✅ B) false
C) Compilation Error
D) Runtime Error
5. Which keyword is used to restrict a class from being subclassed?
A) static
✅ B) final
C) abstract
D) protected
6. What does the following code print?
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System.out.println(10 + 20 + "30" + 40 + 50);
A) 30304050
✅ B) 30304050
C) 304050
D) 1020304050
7. What will be the output of this code?
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public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int a = 5;
int b = a++ + ++a;
System.out.println(b);
}
}
A) 11
B) 12
✅ C) 13
D) 14
8. What does volatile keyword ensure in Java?
A) Thread-safety
✅ B) Visibility of changes across threads
C) Atomicity
D) Serialization
9. What will the following program output?
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public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String s1 = "abc";
String s2 = "a" + "bc";
System.out.println(s1 == s2);
}
}
✅ A) true
B) false
C) Compilation error
D) Runtime error
10. Which stream is used for reading primitive data types in Java?
✅ A) DataInputStream
B) BufferedReader
C) InputStreamReader
D) FileInputStream
11. Which exception is thrown when accessing a null object?
A) ClassCastException
B) IOException
✅ C) NullPointerException
D) ArithmeticException
12. What is the output of this program?
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public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] arr = new int[5];
System.out.println(arr[0]);
}
}
✅ A) 0
B) null
C) Error
D) garbage value
13. What is the time complexity of HashMap’s get() in average case?
✅ A) O(1)
B) O(log n)
C) O(n)
D) O(n log n)
14. What will happen if a class does not override hashCode() but overrides
equals()?
A) Compilation error
✅ B) Hash-based collections may not work properly
C) Works fine
D) Runtime exception
15. Which annotation is used to override a method in Java?
✅ A) @Override
B) @Overload
C) @Rewrite
D) @Replace
16. What is the result of the following code?
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String s = "abc";
s.concat("def");
System.out.println(s);
A) abcdef
✅ B) abc
C) def
D) Compilation Error
17. What is the output of the following?
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Integer i1 = 100;
Integer i2 = 100;
System.out.println(i1 == i2);
✅ A) true
B) false
C) Compilation Error
D) Runtime Error
18. What is true about abstract classes?
A) Cannot have constructors
B) Cannot have any method body
C) Can be instantiated
✅ D) Can have both abstract and non-abstract methods
19. Which of these can cause a deadlock?
A) Using final methods
B) Using volatile variables
C) Using static blocks
✅ D) Nested synchronized blocks
20. What does this code output?
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String a = "hello";
String b = "he" + "llo";
System.out.println(a == b);
✅ A) true
B) false
C) Error
D) null
21. Which concept allows multiple methods with same name but different
parameters?
✅ A) Overloading
B) Overriding
C) Inheritance
D) Encapsulation
22. Which interface handles comparison of objects?
A) Comparator
B) Clonable
✅ C) Comparable
D) Iterable
23. What is the output of this code?
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int a = 10;
int b = 20;
System.out.println(a+++b);
A) 30
✅ B) 31
C) 11
D) Compilation Error
24. What will happen when main() is declared private?
A) Compiles and runs
B) Compilation error
✅ C) Runtime error
D) Executes without output
25. Which is used to perform cleanup before garbage collection?
A) dispose()
✅ B) finalize()
C) destructor()
D) terminate()
26. Which collection is best for LIFO operations?
A) Queue
✅ B) Stack
C) ArrayList
D) LinkedList
27. Which keyword is used for exception handling?
A) catch
B) throws
C) throw
✅ D) try
28. Which of the following classes is immutable?
✅ A) String
B) StringBuilder
C) ArrayList
D) HashMap
29. Which of these classes implements the Map interface?
✅ A) HashMap
B) HashSet
C) TreeSet
D) ArrayList
30. Which access specifier makes variables visible only within the same package?
A) private
B) protected
C) public
✅ D) default
