1. What is the size of int in Java?

o a) 2 bytes

o b) 4 bytes ✅

o c) 8 bytes

o d) Depends on system

2. What is the output of System.out.println(10 + 20 + "Java");?

o a) Java1020

o b) 1020Java ✅

o c) 30Java

o d) Java30

3. Java is:

o a) Compiled

o b) Interpreted

o c) Both ✅

o d) None

4. Which keyword is used to inherit a class in Java?

o a) implement

o b) inherits

o c) extends ✅

o d) super

5. Which method is the entry point of any Java program?

o a) main() ✅

o b) start()

o c) run()

o d) init()

...

✅ I will continue in sets of 20 questions at a time to keep it readable. Here's the plan:
  Part 1: Basics & Syntax (Q1–20)

 Part 2: OOP Concepts (Q21–40)

 Part 3: Exception Handling, Arrays, Strings (Q41–60)

 Part 4: Collections & Wrapper Classes (Q61–80)

 Part 5: Java 8 Features, Threads, Miscellaneous (Q81–100)

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Great! Here are 100 Java MCQs divided by topic as per the TCS IPA exam focus:

🧠 Java MCQs – Full Set (100 Questions)

✅ PART 1: Java Basics & Syntax (Q1–20)

1. What is the size of int in Java?

b) 4 bytes ✅

2. Which of these is not a Java keyword?

d) include ✅

3. Which method is the entry point for any Java program?

a) main() ✅

4. Java is:
c) Both compiled and interpreted ✅

5. What is the extension of a compiled Java class file?

c) .class ✅

6. Which is used to comment a single line in Java?

a) // ✅

7. What is the output of System.out.println("2" + 3 + 4);?

b) 234 ✅
 8. Which keyword is used to define a constant in Java?
d) final ✅

9. Which of the following is not a primitive type?

c) String ✅

10. Which operator is used to compare two values?

b) == ✅

11. What is the result of 5 / 2 in Java?

a) 2 ✅

12. What will be the output of: System.out.println(10 + 20 + "Java");

b) 30Java ✅

13. What does JVM stand for?

c) Java Virtual Machine ✅

14. Java code is compiled into:

d) Bytecode ✅

15. What will be the output of System.out.println(2 + 3 * 4);?

c) 14 ✅

16. What is the default value of a boolean variable?

a) false ✅

17. Which loop is guaranteed to execute at least once?

c) do-while ✅

18. What does the break statement do?

b) Exits the loop ✅

19. Which is used for multiple selections in Java?

c) switch ✅

20. Which of these is a valid identifier?

a) _myVar ✅

✅ PART 2: OOP Concepts (Q21–40)

21. Which keyword is used to create an object?

a) new ✅

22. Java supports:

d) Object-oriented programming ✅
23. What is encapsulation?
b) Wrapping data and methods into a single unit ✅

24. Which keyword is used for inheritance?

c) extends ✅

25. Which keyword is used to define an interface?

a) interface ✅

26. An abstract class can contain:

d) All of the above ✅

27. Which concept allows the same method to behave differently?

b) Polymorphism ✅

28. Method overloading is:

c) Same method name with different parameters ✅

29. Method overriding is done using:

a) Inheritance ✅

30. Which class cannot be inherited?

b) final class ✅

31. Constructor name must be:

c) Same as class ✅

32. If no constructor is defined, Java provides:

a) Default constructor ✅

33. Which access modifier allows access within the same package?
b) default ✅

34. Which access modifier gives the least visibility?

d) private ✅

35. A subclass has access to:

a) public and protected members ✅

36. Which keyword is used to refer to the superclass?

c) super ✅

37. Which class is the superclass of all classes?

d) Object ✅

38. An interface can have:

c) abstract methods and static methods ✅
 39. A class can implement:
b) Multiple interfaces ✅

40. Java does not support:

d) Multiple inheritance using classes ✅

✅ PART 3: Arrays, Strings, Exceptions (Q41–60)

41. How are arrays stored in Java?

a) Objects ✅

42. Index of first element in an array is:

a) 0 ✅

43. ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException occurs when:

b) Invalid index is accessed ✅

44. What is the output of str.length() if str = "Java"?

b) 4 ✅

45. String in Java is:

a) Immutable ✅

46. Which of the following creates a string object?

c) new String("Hello") ✅

47. Which method converts string to uppercase?

a) toUpperCase() ✅

48. How to compare two strings in Java?

b) equals() ✅

49. Which is the correct way to declare a string array?

a) String[] arr = new String[5]; ✅

50. What is Exception?

b) Runtime error ✅

51. Which keyword is used to handle exceptions?

a) try-catch ✅

52. Which keyword is used to throw exceptions?

c) throw ✅

53. What follows a try block?

b) catch ✅
 54. Which block is always executed?
c) finally ✅

55. Which exception is checked?

a) IOException ✅

56. How to define your own exception?

c) extend Exception class ✅

57. What is the base class of exceptions?

a) Throwable ✅

58. Which exception is thrown when a null object is accessed?

d) NullPointerException ✅

59. What happens if an exception is not handled?

b) Program terminates ✅

60. Which class handles exceptions?

c) Exception ✅

✅ PART 4: Collections, Wrapper Classes (Q61–80)

61. Which collection stores unique elements?

b) Set ✅

62. Which collection maintains insertion order?

a) List ✅

63. Which is not a class of the Collection framework?

d) StringBuilder ✅

64. ArrayList belongs to which package?

b) java.util ✅

65. Which method adds element to ArrayList?

a) add() ✅

66. How to get size of a list?

c) list.size() ✅

67. Which collection allows key-value pair?

b) Map ✅

68. HashMap does not allow:

d) duplicate keys ✅
 69. Which method is used to get a value from Map?
c) get() ✅

70. Which interface is not part of Collection framework?

d) Runnable ✅

71. Which class is synchronized?

b) Vector ✅

72. Wrapper for int is:

a) Integer ✅

73. Wrapper class for char:

d) Character ✅

74. Wrapper classes are in package:

b) java.lang ✅

75. Integer.parseInt("123") returns:

c) 123 ✅

76. What is auto-boxing?

b) Converting primitive to object ✅

77. Which is faster – ArrayList or LinkedList (for searching)?

a) ArrayList ✅

78. Which interface provides key-value mappings?

a) Map ✅

79. Which class implements List?

c) ArrayList ✅

80. Which class uses hashing technique?

b) HashMap ✅

✅ PART 5: Java 8, Threads, Miscellaneous (Q81–100)

81. What is a lambda expression?

c) Anonymous function ✅

82. Which version introduced Stream API?

b) Java 8 ✅

83. Functional interface has:

a) Only one abstract method ✅
84. Which interface is used in lambda expression?
b) Functional interface ✅

85. Thread class is part of which package?

a) java.lang ✅

86. Which method starts a thread?

c) start() ✅

87. Which interface is used to implement thread?

b) Runnable ✅

88. How many threads run in a single-threaded program?

a) One ✅

89. Which method is used to pause a thread?

d) sleep() ✅

90. Which keyword is used to create a thread-safe block?

c) synchronized ✅

91. What is the default priority of a thread?

b) 5 ✅

92. Can a class extend multiple classes in Java?

b) No ✅

93. What does JDK stand for?

a) Java Development Kit ✅

94. JRE stands for:

b) Java Runtime Environment ✅

95. Java source code is saved with:

a) .java ✅

96. Bytecode is executed by:

c) JVM ✅

97. Which statement is true about Java?

d) Java is platform-independent ✅

98. Garbage collection in Java is done by:

b) JVM ✅

99. Which method is used for garbage collection hint?

a) System.gc() ✅
 100. What is the result of true && false?
b) false ✅

Java Basics & Syntax (Q21–Q50)

21. Which of the following is a valid declaration of a float?

 a) float num = 1.2;

 b) float num = 1.2d;

 c) float num = 1.2f; ✅

 d) float num = “1.2”;

22. Java is platform-independent because:

 a) It has a compiler

 b) It uses pointers

 c) Bytecode runs on JVM ✅

 d) Code is interpreted line-by-line

23. Which keyword is used to prevent inheritance?

 a) abstract

 b) private

 c) final ✅

 d) static

24. Which is the correct way to create a Java array?

 a) int arr[] = new int[5]; ✅

 b) arr{5};

 c) array arr[5];

 d) int arr();

25. How many primitive data types are there in Java?

 a) 6

 b) 8 ✅

 c) 7

 d) 10
26. Which of these is not a loop structure in Java?

 a) do-while

 b) for

 c) foreach ✅

 d) while

27. Which keyword is used to return a value from a method?

 a) get

 b) return ✅

 c) break

 d) exit

28. What will System.out.println(5 + 3 + "Hello" + 2 + 1); output?

 a) 8Hello3

 b) Hello53

 c) 8Hello21 ✅

 d) Compile error

29. What is the default value of a reference type in Java?

 a) 0

 b) “null”

 c) null ✅

 d) undefined

30. The ++ operator in Java is:

 a) Postfix only

 b) Prefix only

 c) Both ✅

 d) Invalid

31. Which character is used to escape characters in Java strings?

 a) #

 b) @
 c) \ ✅

 d) %

32. What is a correct way to convert int to string?

 a) String.valueOf(int) ✅

 b) (String) int

 c) Integer.toString()

 d) Both a and c ✅

33. What is the result of true || false?

 a) false

 b) true ✅

 c) 1

 d) 0

34. Java methods must be inside:

 a) Loops

 b) Classes ✅

 c) Files

 d) None of the above

35. Which type is returned by relational operators like >?

 a) int

 b) boolean ✅

 c) char

 d) byte

36. The ternary operator in Java is:

 a) ? : ✅

 b) if-then

 c) ::

 d) #
37. The modulo operator % gives:

 a) Quotient

 b) Product

 c) Remainder ✅

 d) Division

38. Can we have multiple main() methods in a class?

 a) Yes ✅

 b) No

 c) Only one

 d) Yes, but only static

39. What happens if main() is not static?

 a) Program runs

 b) Compile error

 c) Runtime error ✅

 d) No output

40. Java was developed by:

 a) Microsoft

 b) Oracle

 c) Sun Microsystems ✅

 d) IBM

41. Which version introduced the var keyword?

 a) Java 6

 b) Java 8

 c) Java 10 ✅

 d) Java 5

42. What is the correct way to terminate a line in Java?

 a) .
 b) ; ✅

 c) ,

 d) :

43. What will System.out.println(5 + 3 * 2); output?

 a) 11 ✅

 b) 16

 c) 10

 d) 13

44. Java variables should start with:

 a) A digit

 b) An underscore

 c) A letter or underscore ✅

 d) Any character

45. Which keyword is used to stop execution of the current loop?

 a) stop

 b) break ✅

 c) continue

 d) return

46. Which of these is not a primitive type?

 a) int

 b) float

 c) object ✅

 d) boolean

47. Which of these data types can store 64-bit values?

 a) int

 b) short

 c) long ✅
  d) byte

48. What is the default value of a char?

 a) 0

 b) ‘\u0000’ ✅

 c) null

 d) space

49. A byte can hold values from:

 a) -128 to 127 ✅

 b) -255 to 255

 c) 0 to 255

 d) -256 to 256

50. Java source files must be saved with:

 a) .class

 b) .exe

 c) .java ✅

 d) .jav

Part 2: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in Java – 60 MCQs (Q51–Q110)

🔹 Basic OOP Concepts (Q51–Q70)

51. What does OOP stand for?

b) Object-Oriented Programming ✅

52. Which of these is not a principle of OOP?

d) Compilation ✅

53. Encapsulation means:

a) Wrapping data and methods together ✅

54. Which keyword is used to create a class object?

a) new ✅
55. Which concept allows reusing code using inheritance?
b) Reusability ✅

56. Inheritance is achieved using which keyword?

c) extends ✅

57. Which class can’t be inherited?

b) final class ✅

58. Which access specifier allows visibility in all packages?

a) public ✅

59. What does the this keyword refer to?

a) Current class object ✅

60. Which keyword is used to call the superclass constructor?

b) super ✅

61. What is method overloading?

a) Same method name, different parameters ✅

62. What is method overriding?

b) Same method signature in subclass ✅

63. Constructors are:

a) Special methods to initialize objects ✅

64. A class can have how many constructors?

c) Any number ✅

65. A constructor with no arguments is called:

a) Default constructor ✅

66. Which concept allows multiple methods with the same name?
a) Polymorphism ✅

67. Which concept allows the object to take many forms?

c) Polymorphism ✅

68. What is the use of instanceof operator?

a) Checks type of object ✅

69. Can abstract classes have constructors?

a) Yes ✅

70. Can we instantiate an abstract class?

b) No ✅
🔹 Abstract Classes & Interfaces (Q71–Q90)

71. What is an abstract class?

c) A class with abstract methods ✅

72. Can abstract classes have non-abstract methods?

a) Yes ✅

73. What is the keyword to define abstract class?

b) abstract ✅

74. Can an interface have a constructor?

b) No ✅

75. Which keyword is used to implement an interface?

a) implements ✅

76. What type of methods does an interface have by default?

a) public abstract ✅

77. How many interfaces can a class implement?

d) Multiple ✅

78. Can an interface extend another interface?

a) Yes ✅

79. Functional interfaces contain how many abstract methods?

b) One ✅

80. Which Java 8 feature allows lambda with interface?

c) Functional Interface ✅

81. What is diamond problem related to?

c) Multiple inheritance ✅

82. Which avoids diamond problem in Java?

b) Interfaces ✅

83. Which keyword resolves ambiguity in multiple interfaces?

c) super ✅

84. Default methods in interface were introduced in:

d) Java 8 ✅

85. Static methods in interface can be called using:

b) Interface name ✅
 86. Can an abstract class have main() method?
a) Yes ✅

87. What happens if a class doesn’t implement all methods of interface?

c) It must be abstract ✅

88. Which is faster: abstract class or interface?

b) Abstract class ✅

89. An interface can extend:

c) another interface ✅

90. A class can:

a) extend one class and implement multiple interfaces ✅

🔹 Inheritance, Constructors, and super (Q91–Q110)

91. Which constructor is called first in inheritance?

b) Parent class ✅

92. Can constructor be overloaded?

a) Yes ✅

93. Which of the following can be overloaded?

b) Methods and constructors ✅

94. Can constructors be inherited?

b) No ✅

95. What does super() do?

a) Calls parent constructor ✅

96. Can static methods be inherited?

a) Yes ✅

97. Which access specifier allows subclass access but not from outside?
c) protected ✅

98. Which class is the root of Java class hierarchy?

a) Object ✅

99. The final keyword prevents:

a) Inheritance ✅

100. A class declared final:

a) Cannot be subclassed ✅
 101. Is it possible to override a static method?
b) No ✅

102. Can we override a private method?

b) No ✅

103. Which method is automatically called when an object is destroyed?

d) finalize() ✅

104. Constructor chaining uses which keyword?

b) this ✅

105. Which statement is true about constructors?

c) They have the same name as the class ✅

106. Can we call a constructor from another constructor?

a) Yes ✅

107. What is constructor overloading?

b) Multiple constructors with different parameters ✅

108. Can we have a class without constructor?

a) Yes, default constructor is provided ✅

109. Can abstract class have static methods?

a) Yes ✅

110. Which class cannot be subclassed?

c) final ✅

Part 3: Arrays & Strings – 40 MCQs (Q111–Q150)

🔹 Arrays in Java (Q111–Q130)

111. Which of the following is a valid array declaration?

a) int[] arr = new int[5]; ✅

112. What is the default value of an int array element?

c) 0 ✅

113. What is the index of the last element in array int[5]?

c) 4 ✅

114. What is the time complexity for accessing an element in an array?

a) O(1) ✅
115. What is the output of arr.length if arr = new int[10]?
b) 10 ✅

116. Can arrays in Java store different types of data?

b) No ✅

117. What is the result of accessing arr[-1]?

c) ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException ✅

118. Which loop is best suited for iterating arrays?

d) for ✅

119. Which method is used to sort an array in Java?

a) Arrays.sort() ✅

120. What is returned by Arrays.toString(arr)?

c) String representation of array ✅

121. Arrays are:

b) Objects ✅

122. Which of the following defines a two-dimensional array?

c) int[][] arr = new int[3][3]; ✅

123. What is the output of arr.length for a 2D array int[2][4]?

a) 2 ✅

124. Can you assign one array to another in Java?

a) Yes (shallow copy) ✅

125. What is deep copy in Java arrays?

b) Copying elements individually ✅

126. How can we clone an array?

a) arr.clone() ✅

127. Arrays can be of which type?

d) All of the above (primitive, objects, multi-dim) ✅

128. Array variables are:

a) References ✅

129. Can arrays be resized in Java?

b) No ✅

130. How to initialize an array with values in one line?

c) int[] arr = {1, 2, 3}; ✅
🔠 Strings in Java (Q131–Q150)

131. Strings in Java are:

c) Immutable ✅

132. What class is used to manipulate strings in Java?

a) String ✅

133. Which method gets the length of a string?

b) str.length() ✅

134. What is returned by "Java".charAt(2)?

c) 'v' ✅

135. Which method converts string to lowercase?

b) toLowerCase() ✅

136. "Java".equals("java") returns:

b) false ✅

137. "Java".equalsIgnoreCase("java") returns:

a) true ✅

138. How to find if string contains a substring?

c) contains() ✅

139. Which method replaces part of a string?

a) replace() ✅

140. What does " java ".trim() return?

c) "java" ✅

141. How to concatenate strings?

b) + operator ✅

142. What does StringBuilder do?

c) Mutable string manipulation ✅

143. Which is more efficient for multiple string changes?

b) StringBuilder ✅

144. How to reverse a string using StringBuilder?

a) .reverse() ✅

145. substring(1, 3) on "hello" returns:

b) "el" ✅
 146. Can strings be null in Java?
a) Yes ✅

147. Which method returns the index of a character?

c) indexOf() ✅

148. "hello".substring(0) returns:

a) "hello" ✅

149. Which method compares two strings lexicographically?

d) compareTo() ✅

150. What is the result of "abc" + 1 + 2?

b) "abc12" ✅

Java Exception Handling (Q151–Q190)

151. What is an exception in Java?

c) An event that disrupts the normal flow ✅
152. Which of the following is a checked exception?
a) IOException ✅
153. Which of these is an unchecked exception?
b) ArithmeticException ✅
154. All exception classes are derived from:
a) Throwable ✅
155. What is the base class for all exceptions?
c) Exception ✅
156. What is the base class for all errors?
d) Error ✅
157. Which keyword is used to handle exceptions?
c) try-catch ✅
158. What is the purpose of the finally block?
a) Always executes ✅
159. Can finally block be used without catch?
a) Yes ✅
160. Which method prints stack trace?
c) printStackTrace() ✅
161. Can a try block exist without a catch block?
b) Yes, if finally is present ✅
162. Which keyword is used to throw an exception manually?
d) throw ✅
163. Which keyword is used to declare that a method may throw an exception?
a) throws ✅
164. Can we catch multiple exceptions in one block?
a) Yes (Java 7+) ✅
165. What happens if an exception is not caught?
b) Program terminates ✅
166. How can we define our own exception class?
a) Extend Exception class ✅
167. Can we catch multiple exception types with a single catch?
c) Yes ✅
168. What is the output of dividing a number by zero?
c) ArithmeticException ✅
169. Which block is guaranteed to execute?
d) finally ✅
170. Can an exception be re-thrown?
a) Yes ✅
171. What happens if both catch and finally throw exceptions?
c) finally exception overrides ✅
172. Which keyword is used for defining custom exceptions?
d) class + extends Exception ✅
173. Is it mandatory to catch a checked exception?
a) Yes ✅
174. Is it mandatory to catch an unchecked exception?
b) No ✅
175. What does try-catch-finally ensure?
c) Error handling and final code execution ✅
176. What is multi-catch in Java?
b) Catching multiple exceptions in one catch ✅
177. Can we have nested try blocks?
a) Yes ✅
178. What happens if no exception occurs in try?
c) Catch is skipped ✅
179. If exception is thrown in catch, is finally executed?
a) Yes ✅
180. Can a method throw multiple exceptions?
a) Yes ✅
181. What is the correct order of catch blocks?
b) From most specific to most general ✅
182. What does throw new Exception("Error") do?
d) Throws a new Exception ✅
183. What will throw null; do?
c) NullPointerException ✅
184. Can we overload methods with different throws clauses?
a) Yes ✅
185. Can we override a method and throw a different exception?
b) Only if it’s a subclass ✅
186. What happens if an exception occurs before try block?
b) It’s not caught ✅
187. What is the return type of printStackTrace()?
d) void ✅
 188. Can we catch an Error in Java?
a) Yes, but not recommended ✅
189. Which package contains Exception classes?
c) java.lang ✅
190. What is best practice for exception handling?
d) Catch only what you can handle ✅
191.

rt 5: Collections Framework – 60 MCQs (Q191–Q250)

🔹 Core Collection Interfaces & Classes (Q191–Q210)

191. Which package contains collection classes?

a) java.util ✅

192. Which interface defines the root of the Collection hierarchy?

a) Collection ✅

193. Which class implements List interface?

b) ArrayList ✅

194. Which class maintains insertion order?

a) LinkedHashSet ✅

195. Which class allows duplicate elements?

c) List ✅

196. Which of these is ordered and allows random access?

d) ArrayList ✅

197. Which collection class does not allow duplicates?

b) Set ✅

198. Which collection class is synchronized?

c) Vector ✅

199. Which interface stores key-value pairs?

a) Map ✅

200. Which class implements a hashtable using hashing?

b) HashMap ✅

201. Which method is used to add element in a List?

a) add() ✅
 202. Which method removes an object from List?
b) remove() ✅

203. What is the return type of size() method?

c) int ✅

204. Which of these is thread-safe?

a) Hashtable ✅

205. How are keys stored in TreeMap?

c) Sorted order ✅

206. What happens when you put a duplicate key in HashMap?

d) Value is overwritten ✅

207. Can HashMap have null keys?

a) Yes ✅

208. Can TreeMap have null keys?

b) No ✅

209. What does HashSet use internally?

c) HashMap ✅

210. Which method checks if an element exists in a Set?

b) contains() ✅

🔹 List, Set, Queue, Map Features (Q211–Q230)

211. Which collection allows duplicate keys?

c) None ✅

212. Which list is best for retrievals?

a) ArrayList ✅

213. Which is best for insert/delete at ends?

c) LinkedList ✅

214. Which allows FIFO operations?

b) Queue ✅

215. How are elements ordered in PriorityQueue?

c) Natural ordering ✅

216. Which allows LIFO operations?

d) Stack ✅
 217. Which class is legacy and synchronized?
b) Vector ✅

218. Which method returns the first element in LinkedList?

c) getFirst() ✅

219. Which interface does TreeMap implement?

a) NavigableMap ✅

220. Which method retrieves but does not remove the head of Queue?
b) peek() ✅

221. What is the default initial capacity of ArrayList?

a) 10 ✅

222. Can List hold null values?

a) Yes ✅

223. Which Set implementation sorts elements?

c) TreeSet ✅

224. Which Map does not maintain order?

b) HashMap ✅

225. Which collection is sorted and thread-safe?

c) ConcurrentSkipListSet ✅

226. What is returned by get() in HashMap if key not found?

d) null ✅

227. Which method removes all elements?

a) clear() ✅

228. Which returns a Set view of keys in Map?

b) keySet() ✅

229. Which collection allows constant-time access?

a) HashMap ✅

230. Which collection is used to implement caching?

c) LinkedHashMap ✅

🔹 Iterator, Generics, Utility Methods (Q231–Q250)

231. Which method is used to iterate through a collection?

a) iterator() ✅
232. Which interface is used to loop and modify collection?
b) ListIterator ✅

233. What exception is thrown when modifying during iteration?

c) ConcurrentModificationException ✅

234. Which method checks if collection is empty?

b) isEmpty() ✅

235. Generics were introduced in which version?

d) Java 5 ✅

236. What is benefit of generics?

a) Type safety ✅

237. How to declare a generic ArrayList?

b) ArrayList<String> ✅

238. Which method sorts a list?

a) Collections.sort() ✅

239. Which method gives max element?

b) Collections.max() ✅

240. Which collection gives elements in reverse order?

c) TreeSet.descendingSet() ✅

241. What happens if you add null in TreeSet?

d) NullPointerException ✅

242. Can we use primitive types in generics?

b) No ✅

243. What is the wrapper for int in generics?

a) Integer ✅

244. What is a wildcard in generics?

c) <?> ✅

245. What does Comparator interface do?

b) Defines custom sorting ✅

246. What is returned by Collections.binarySearch()?

a) Index ✅

247. Which utility class provides static methods for collections?

a) Collections ✅
 248. Which method converts array to list?
b) Arrays.asList() ✅

249. Which method is used to make list unmodifiable?

d) Collections.unmodifiableList() ✅

250. Which iterator type supports both directions?

b) ListIterator ✅

Java 8 Features – 40 MCQs (Q251–Q290)

🔹 Lambda Expressions & Functional Interfaces (Q251–Q270)

251. Lambda expressions were introduced in:

c) Java 8 ✅

252. Lambda expressions are used to:

b) Implement functional interfaces ✅

253. What is the syntax of lambda?

a) (parameters) -> expression ✅

254. Which package contains functional interfaces?

c) java.util.function ✅

255. Which is a functional interface?

b) Runnable ✅

256. Predicate<T> returns:

b) boolean ✅

257. Function<T, R> returns:

d) R ✅

258. Supplier<T> returns:

a) T ✅

259. Consumer<T> accepts:

b) T and returns void ✅

260. Which interface supports chaining with andThen()?

d) Consumer ✅
 261. What does BiFunction take?
c) Two inputs, one output ✅

262. Which annotation marks a functional interface?

b) @FunctionalInterface ✅

263. A lambda can have multiple lines using:

a) Curly braces {} ✅

264. Lambda can be used only with:

d) Functional Interfaces ✅

265. Which interface has abstract method test()?

a) Predicate ✅

266. Which interface is used for no argument, no return?

c) Runnable ✅

267. What happens if @FunctionalInterface is added to non-functional interface?

a) Compile-time error ✅

268. Can lambda replace anonymous inner class?

a) Yes ✅

269. Which method is used in Function<T, R>?

b) apply() ✅

270. BiConsumer<T, U> has which method?

d) accept(T, U) ✅

🔹 Streams API (Q271–Q290)

271. Streams API processes:

a) Collections ✅

272. Stream operations are:

b) Sequential or Parallel ✅

273. Stream methods are:

c) lazy ✅

274. Intermediate operations include:

a) filter(), map(), sorted() ✅

275. Terminal operations include:

b) forEach(), collect(), reduce() ✅
276. What does filter() do?
a) Filters elements by condition ✅

277. What does map() do?

c) Transforms elements ✅

278. What does sorted() do?

b) Sorts stream ✅

279. collect() is used to:

a) Convert stream to collection ✅

280. forEach() is used to:

d) Perform action on each element ✅

281. Stream is part of which package?

a) java.util.stream ✅

282. Which method turns a list into a stream?

b) list.stream() ✅

283. Can a stream be reused?

b) No ✅

284. What does distinct() do?

c) Removes duplicates ✅

285. limit(n) does what?

a) Limits output to n elements ✅

286. count() returns:

b) long ✅

287. reduce() is used to:

a) Combine elements into single result ✅

288. Stream operations are evaluated:

c) Only when terminal operation is invoked ✅

289. findFirst() returns:

d) Optional ✅

290. anyMatch() returns:

a) boolean ✅
291. Which package contains Thread class?
b) java.lang ✅

292. Which method starts a thread?

a) start() ✅

293. Which method contains the code to run in a thread?

b) run() ✅

294. Can we directly call run() to start a thread?

c) No, it won’t start a new thread ✅

295. How to create a thread in Java?

d) Extend Thread or implement Runnable ✅

296. Which is preferred: Runnable or Thread?

b) Runnable ✅

297. Thread class implements:

a) Runnable ✅

298. Which method pauses thread temporarily?

c) sleep() ✅

299. sleep() method throws:

a) InterruptedException ✅

300. Which method waits for thread to die?

d) join() ✅

301. Which method checks if thread is alive?

b) isAlive() ✅

302. Can we restart a dead thread?

b) No ✅

303. What is thread priority range?

a) 1 to 10 ✅

304. Default thread priority is:

c) 5 ✅

305. Method to change priority:

b) setPriority(int) ✅

306. Which method forces the thread to stop?

a) stop() (deprecated) ✅
 307. Which method makes a thread wait for another to finish?
d) join() ✅

308. What does yield() do?

b) Pauses current thread for others ✅

309. Can main() method start a thread?

a) Yes ✅

310. Can thread be reused after it dies?

b) No ✅

🔹 Thread Synchronization (Q311–Q325)

311. What is thread synchronization?

c) Controlling access to shared resources ✅

312. Keyword used for synchronization:

b) synchronized ✅

313. What is race condition?

a) Two threads accessing shared data unsafely ✅

314. Which block ensures only one thread access?

c) synchronized block ✅

315. Can static methods be synchronized?

a) Yes ✅

316. Object used for class-level lock:

b) Class object ✅

317. Object-level lock means:

a) Only one thread per instance ✅

318. What is deadlock?

b) Two threads waiting for each other forever ✅

319. Can deadlocks be avoided?

a) Yes, by proper resource ordering ✅

320. What is a monitor?

c) Locking mechanism in Java ✅

321. Synchronized blocks are:

d) Faster and safer ✅
 322. Which is thread-safe?
b) StringBuffer ✅

323. Which is not thread-safe?

a) StringBuilder ✅

324. How do you notify a waiting thread?

b) notify() ✅

325. Which method wakes up all waiting threads?

c) notifyAll() ✅

🔹 Advanced Threading (Q326–Q340)

326. What is ExecutorService?

d) Manages thread execution ✅

327. Which method submits tasks in ExecutorService?

b) submit() ✅

328. Which method shuts down ExecutorService?

a) shutdown() ✅

329. What is Callable used for?

c) Return result from thread ✅

330. Difference between Runnable and Callable?

a) Callable returns result ✅

331. What is Future used for?

d) Holds result of Callable ✅

332. Which class in Java is used for thread pools?

c) Executors ✅

333. Which method creates fixed thread pool?

b) Executors.newFixedThreadPool(n) ✅

334. What is concurrency?

c) Running multiple tasks independently ✅

335. What is parallelism?

d) Executing multiple threads at same time ✅

336. Thread-safe collections include:

a) ConcurrentHashMap ✅
 337. Which interface is used for thread-safe queue?
b) BlockingQueue ✅

338. Which method in Thread causes another thread to pause?

c) wait() ✅

339. Which two methods must be used together?

b) wait() and notify() ✅

340. Java concurrency utilities are in which package?

a) java.util.concurrent ✅

e Handling Basics (Q341–Q360)

341. Which package is used for file I/O in Java?

a) java.io ✅

342. Which class is used to create a file?

b) File ✅

343. What does file.createNewFile() return?

c) boolean ✅

344. What does file.exists() check?

a) If file exists ✅

345. Which class is used for reading from file?

b) FileReader ✅

346. Which class is used to write to file?

c) FileWriter ✅

347. Which class is used to read line by line?

d) BufferedReader ✅

348. BufferedReader requires which object?

a) Reader ✅

349. How to close a file in Java?

b) using close() ✅

350. Which statement handles resources automatically?

c) try-with-resources ✅

351. FileReader reads:

b) characters ✅
 352. FileInputStream reads:
a) bytes ✅

353. FileWriter writes:

b) characters ✅

354. FileOutputStream writes:

a) bytes ✅

355. Which method reads one character from file?

b) read() ✅

356. What is used to append data in file?

c) new FileWriter(file, true) ✅

357. FileWriter is not:

d) buffered by default ✅

358. What is the superclass of all stream classes?

a) InputStream and OutputStream ✅

359. What exception is thrown during file handling?

b) IOException ✅

360. Can you read and write both in a single file?

a) Yes ✅

🔹 Serialization & Deserialization (Q361–Q380)

361. What is serialization?

c) Converting object to byte stream ✅

362. What is deserialization?

b) Converting byte stream to object ✅

363. Which interface must be implemented to serialize?

a) Serializable ✅

364. Which package contains Serializable?

b) java.io ✅

365. What is used to serialize object?

c) ObjectOutputStream ✅

366. What is used to deserialize object?

a) ObjectInputStream ✅
367. Method to write object to file:
b) writeObject(obj) ✅

368. Method to read object from file:

c) readObject() ✅

369. Serializable interface is:

a) Marker interface ✅

370. If a class is not serializable:

c) NotSerializableException occurs ✅

371. Which keyword is used to avoid serialization of a field?

b) transient ✅

372. What does serialVersionUID ensure?

a) Version compatibility ✅

373. Can static fields be serialized?

c) No ✅

374. What happens if class changes after serialization?

b) InvalidClassException ✅

375. Which class is not serializable by default?

d) Thread ✅

376. Can ArrayList be serialized?

a) Yes ✅

377. Which I/O stream is used for object writing?

b) ObjectOutputStream ✅

378. Which exception must be handled during serialization?

a) IOException ✅

379. Is it mandatory to declare serialVersionUID?

b) No, but recommended ✅

380. Can we customize serialization logic?

d) Yes, using writeObject/readObject ✅

381. hich package contains the collections framework?

b) java.util ✅
382. Which interface is the root of all collections?
a) Collection ✅

383. Which collection does not allow duplicates?

c) Set ✅

384. Which class allows duplicate and maintains insertion order?

a) ArrayList ✅

385. Which class implements List interface?

b) LinkedList ✅

386. Which class implements Set and is unordered?

d) HashSet ✅

387. Which class sorts elements automatically?

b) TreeSet ✅

388. Which class maintains insertion order in a Set?

a) LinkedHashSet ✅

389. What is the default capacity of an ArrayList?

b) 10 ✅

390. What is the difference between ArrayList and Vector?

c) Vector is synchronized ✅

391. Which method returns size of collection?

a) size() ✅

392. Which interface provides key-value mapping?

b) Map ✅

393. Which class implements Map and is unordered?

a) HashMap ✅

394. Which class keeps entries sorted?

c) TreeMap ✅

395. Which Map maintains insertion order?

b) LinkedHashMap ✅

396. Which Map is thread-safe?

d) Hashtable ✅

397. How to iterate over keys in Map?

a) keySet() ✅
 398. How to get value for a key in Map?
b) get(key) ✅

399. Which method adds entry to Map?

c) put(key, value) ✅

400. Which method checks if key exists?

a) containsKey(key) ✅

🔸 Generics in Java (Q401–Q420)

401. What are generics used for?

b) Type safety ✅

402. Generic syntax for a class:

c) class MyClass<T> ✅

403. Which of the following is valid generic method?

a) <T> void display(T item) ✅

404. Can you use primitive types in generics?

b) No ✅

405. How to specify multiple types in generics?

a) class MyClass<T, U> ✅

406. What does <?> mean in generics?

c) Wildcard ✅

407. What does <T extends Number> mean?

b) T must be Number or its subclass ✅

408. Can we use generics with interfaces?

a) Yes ✅

409. Which class uses generics internally?

c) ArrayList ✅

410. Can we create array of generic type?

b) No ✅

411. What is type erasure?

d) Generics are removed at compile-time ✅

412. Which interface represents last-in-first-out structure?

b) Stack ✅
 413. PriorityQueue maintains:
c) Natural order ✅

414. What does Queue interface represent?

b) FIFO structure ✅

415. What is Deque?

a) Double-ended queue ✅

416. Which method adds element to end of List?

a) add(E e) ✅

417. How to remove element at index i?

b) remove(i) ✅

418. Method to clear all elements?

a) clear() ✅

419. How to sort List elements?

c) Collections.sort(list) ✅

420. How to shuffle elements randomly?

d) Collections.shuffle(list) ✅

🔸 Advanced Collections & Utilities (Q421–Q440)

421. What is Comparator used for?

a) Custom sorting ✅

422. What does Comparable interface provide?

c) Natural ordering ✅

423. Method in Comparable interface:

b) compareTo() ✅

424. Method in Comparator interface:

c) compare() ✅

425. How to make collection thread-safe?

a) Collections.synchronizedList() ✅

426. Which collection is thread-safe by default?

d) Vector ✅

427. What is a fail-fast iterator?

b) Throws exception if modified during iteration ✅
428. What is fail-safe iterator?
c) Doesn’t throw exception on concurrent modification ✅

429. Which collection provides fail-safe iterator?

a) ConcurrentHashMap ✅

430. Method to check if list contains element:

b) contains(Object o) ✅

431. How to convert array to list?

a) Arrays.asList(arr) ✅

432. Method to get immutable list:

c) List.of() ✅

433. Which class helps in sorting and searching?

d) Collections ✅

434. How to find max in list?

a) Collections.max(list) ✅

435. How to reverse a list?

b) Collections.reverse(list) ✅

436. Method to convert List to array:

c) toArray() ✅

437. Which class is used to create synchronized map?

a) Collections.synchronizedMap(map) ✅

438. Which interface does not belong to Collection hierarchy?

d) Map ✅

439. What is IdentityHashMap?

b) Uses == instead of equals() ✅

440. Which is not part of Java Collections Framework?

c) Dictionary ✅