Problem: 2063C - Remove Exactly Two
Language: java

Solution 1 (runtime: 1093 ms):
  
/* package codechef; // don't place package name! */

import java.util.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {

    //------------------------------------------main--------------------------------------------------//
    public static void main(String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception {
        OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
        FastReader sc = new FastReader();
        Task s = new Task(sc, out);
        s.solve();
        out.close();
        // your code goes here"
    }
}

class FastReader {

    BufferedReader br;
    StringTokenizer st;

    public FastReader() {
        br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    }

    String next() {
        while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
            try {
                st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return st.nextToken();
    }

    int nextInt() {
        return Integer.parseInt(next());
    }

    long nextLong() {
        return Long.parseLong(next());
    }

    double nextDouble() {
        return Double.parseDouble(next());
    }

    String nextLine() {
        String str = "";
        try {
            str = br.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return str;
    }

    public int[] readIntArray(int n) throws IOException {
        int[] arr = new int[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            arr[i] = nextInt();
        }
        return arr;
    }

    public long[] readLongArray(int n) throws IOException {
        long[] arr = new long[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            arr[i] = nextLong();
        }
        return arr;
    }
}

class Task {

    PrintWriter out;
    FastReader sc;

    Task(FastReader sc, PrintWriter out) {
        this.sc = sc;
        this.out = out;
    }
    //----------------------------------------------inputfunction------------------------------------------//

    String st() {
        return sc.nextLine();
    }

    int i() {
        return sc.nextInt();
    }

    long l() {
        return sc.nextLong();
    }

    double d() {
        return sc.nextDouble();
    }

    //---------------------------------------------absolute----------------------------------------------//
    public long abs(long a) {
        return a < 0 ? -a : a;
    }

    public int abs(int a) {
        return a < 0 ? -a : a;
    }

    //-------------------------------------------max--------------------------------------------------//
    public int max(int a, int b) {
        return a >= b ? a : b;
    }

    public long max(long a, long b) {
        return a >= b ? a : b;
    }

    public int max(int a, int b, int c) {
        return Math.max(a, Math.max(b, c));
    }

    public long max(long a, long b, long c) {
        return Math.max(a, Math.max(b, c));
    }

    //------------------------------------------min---------------------------------------------------//
    public int min(int a, int b) {
        return a <= b ? a : b;
    }

    public long min(long a, long b) {
        return a <= b ? a : b;
    }

    public int min(int a, int b, int c) {
        return Math.min(a, Math.min(b, c));
    }

    public long min(long a, long b, long c) {
        return Math.min(a, Math.min(b, c));
    }

    //----------------------------------------sortingfunction---------------------------------------------//
    private void sort(int[] arr) {
        int n = arr.length;
        List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            list.add(arr[i]);
        }
        Collections.sort(list);
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            arr[i] = list.get(i);
        }
    }

    private void sort(char[] arr) {
        int n = arr.length;
        List<Character> list = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            list.add(arr[i]);
        }
        Collections.sort(list);
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            arr[i] = list.get(i);
        }
    }

    private void rsort(char[] arr) {
        int n = arr.length;
        List<Character> list = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            list.add(arr[i]);
        }
        Collections.sort(list, Collections.reverseOrder());
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            arr[i] = list.get(i);
        }
    }

    private void rsort(int[] arr) {
        int n = arr.length;
        List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            list.add(arr[i]);
        }
        Collections.sort(list, Collections.reverseOrder());
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            arr[i] = list.get(i);
        }
    }

    private void sort(long[] arr) {
        int n = arr.length;
        List<Long> list = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            list.add(arr[i]);
        }
        Collections.sort(list);
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            arr[i] = list.get(i);
        }
    }

    private void rsort(long[] arr) {
        int n = arr.length;
        List<Long> list = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            list.add(arr[i]);
        }
        Collections.sort(list, Collections.reverseOrder());
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            arr[i] = list.get(i);
        }
    }
    //---------------------------------------power----------------------------------------------------//

    public long pow(long a, int b) {
        long ans = 1L;
        while (b > 0) {
            if ((b & 1) > 0) {
                ans *= a;
            }
            a *= a;
            b >>= 1;
        }
        return b;
    }
    //----------------------------------------binary_exponentiation-----------------------------------//

    public long exp(long a, long b, long mod) {
        long ans = 1L;
        while (b > 0) {
            if ((b & 1) > 0) {
                ans = (ans * a) % mod;
            }
            a = (a * a) % mod;
            b >>= 1;
        }
        return ans;
    }
    int t;
    public void solve() throws IOException {
        t = sc.nextInt();
        while (t-- > 0) {
            int n = i();
            List<Set<Integer>> a = new ArrayList<>();
            int[][] in = new int[n+1][2];
            for(int i =0;i<=n;i++){
                a.add(new HashSet<>());
                in[i][1] = i;
            }
            for(int i = 1;i<n;i++){
                int x = i(), y = i();
                a.get(x).add(y);
                a.get(y).add(x);
                in[x][0]++; in[y][0]++;
            }
            Arrays.sort(in, (x, y) -> y[0] - x[0]);
            int ans = 0;
            for(int i = 1;i<=n;i++){
                for(int e: a.get(i)){
                    ans = max(ans, a.get(i).size() + a.get(e).size() - 2);
                }
            }
            for(int i = 0;i<n;i++){
                for(int j = i+1;j<n;j++){
                    if(a.get(in[i][1]).contains(in[j][1])) continue;
                    ans = max(ans, in[i][0] + in[j][0] - 1);
                    break;
                }
            }
            out.print(ans);
            out.print("\n");
        }
    }
}


Solution 2 (runtime: 905 ms):

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    static int m = 1000000007, M = 998244353;
    static long inf = (long) 1e18;

    static long timer = 0, max = -1;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        FastReader next = new FastReader();
        int t = next.nextInt();
        l1:
        while (t-- > 0) {
            int n = next.nextInt();

            ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> lists = new ArrayList<>();
            int[] subTreeSize = new int[n + 1];
            int[] inTime = new int[n + 1], outTime = new int[n + 1];

            for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
                lists.add(new ArrayList<>());
            }

            int[] neighbours = new int[n + 1];

            int p = 1;
            for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
                int v = next.nextInt();
                int u = next.nextInt();
                lists.get(v).add(u);
                lists.get(u).add(v);
            }
            int res = 0;
            int first = 0, second = 0;
            for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
                if (lists.get(i).size() >= lists.get(first).size()) {
                    second = first;
                    first = i;
                } else {
                    if (lists.get(i).size() >= lists.get(second).size()) {
                        second = i;
                    }
                }
            }
//            System.out.println(lists);
            int max1= lists.get(first).size();
            int max2 = lists.get(second).size();
//            System.out.println(first  +" "+ second);
            ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> tem = deepCopy(lists);
            removeNodeEdges(tem, first);
//            System.out.println(tem);
            int f1 = findMaxDegree(tem);
            tem = deepCopy(lists);
            removeNodeEdges(tem, second);
//            System.out.println(tem);
            int f2 = findMaxDegree(tem);
//            ArrayList<Integer> first = lists.get(0), sec = lists.get(1);

            System.out.println(Math.max(max1 + f1 - 1, max2 + f2 - 1));
        }
    }

    private static ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> deepCopy(ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> original) {
        ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> copy = new ArrayList<>();
        for (ArrayList<Integer> list : original) {
            copy.add(new ArrayList<>(list));
        }
        return copy;
    }

    // Remove all edges connected to the given node
    private static void removeNodeEdges(ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> adjList, int node) {
        int ct = 0;
        for (ArrayList<Integer> neighbors : adjList) {
            if (ct == node){
                neighbors.clear();
                ct++;
                continue;
            }
            neighbors.removeIf(e -> e == node);
            ct++;
        }
    }

    // Find the maximum degree of any node in the adjacency list
    private static int findMaxDegree(ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> adjList) {
        int maxDegree = 0;
        for (ArrayList<Integer> neighbors : adjList) {
            maxDegree = Math.max(maxDegree, neighbors.size());
        }
        return maxDegree;
    }
    // Depth-First Search to count valid paths
    public static void dfs(int currentNode, int parent, ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> adjacencyList, int[] size, int[] in, int[] out) {
        size[currentNode] = 1;
        // Flag to check if current node is a leaf
        boolean isLeaf = true;

        // Traverse all connected nodes
        for (int neighbor : adjacencyList.get(currentNode)) {
            if (neighbor != parent) {
                isLeaf = false; // Not a leaf as it has a child
                dfs(neighbor, currentNode, adjacencyList, size, in, out);
                size[currentNode] += size[neighbor];
            }
        }
    }

    public static int[] shortestDistanceToLeaf(int n, ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> adj) {
        int[] dist = new int[n + 1];
        Arrays.fill(dist, -1);  // -1 indicates that the vertex has not been visited.
        Queue<Integer> queue = new LinkedList<>();

        // Special case: if the tree contains only one node, it is itself a leaf.
        if (n == 1) {
            dist[1] = 0;
            return dist;
        }

        // Identify all leaf nodes.
        // A vertex is a leaf if it has 0 or 1 neighbor.
        // (Typically, in a connected tree, leaves will have exactly 1 neighbor.)
        for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
            if (adj.get(i).size() <= 1) {
                dist[i] = 0;
                queue.offer(i);
            }
        }

        // Multi-source BFS: propagate distances from all leaves simultaneously.
        while (!queue.isEmpty()) {
            int current = queue.poll();
            for (int neighbor : adj.get(current)) {
                if (dist[neighbor] == -1) {  // Not visited yet.
                    dist[neighbor] = dist[current] + 1;
                    queue.offer(neighbor);
                }
            }
        }
        return dist;
    }

    static void printTreeLevels(ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> graph, int root, int n) {
        Queue<Integer> queue = new LinkedList<>();
        boolean[] visited = new boolean[n];

        queue.add(root);
        visited[root] = true;

        int level = 0;
        while (!queue.isEmpty()) {
            int size = queue.size();
            System.out.print("Level " + level + ": ");

            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                int node = queue.poll();
                System.out.print(node + " ");

                for (int neighbor : graph.get(node)) {
                    if (!visited[neighbor]) {
                        visited[neighbor] = true;
                        queue.add(neighbor);
                    }
                }
            }
            System.out.println();
            level++;
        }
    }

    private static boolean isAncestor(int x, int y, int[] in, int[] out) {
        return in[x] <= in[y] && out[x] >= out[y];
    }


    public static int lowerBound(ArrayList<Integer> arr, long target, int start, int end) {
        int left = start, right = end;
        while (left <= right) {
            int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;
            if (arr.get(mid) < target) {
                left = mid + 1;
            } else {
                right = mid - 1;
            }
        }
        return left;
    }

    public static class FastReader {
        BufferedReader br;
        StringTokenizer st;

        public FastReader() {
            br = new BufferedReader(
                    new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        }

        String next() {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        }

        int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(next());
        }

        double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(next());
        }

        String nextLine() {
            String str = "";
            try {
                if (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
                    str = st.nextToken("\n");
                } else {
                    str = br.readLine();
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            return str;
        }
    }
}