Problem: 2063C - Remove Exactly Two
Language: java

Solution 1 (runtime: 905 ms):
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.HashSet;

public class C {
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		FastScanner fs=new FastScanner();
		PrintWriter out=new PrintWriter(System.out);
		
        int T = fs.nextInt();
        for (int tt = 0; tt < T; tt++) {
            int n = fs.nextInt();
            if (n == 1) {
                out.println(0);
                continue;
            }
            Set<Integer>[] adjList = new HashSet[n+1];
            for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
                adjList[i] = new HashSet<>();
            }
            List<Integer> maxVertices = new ArrayList<>();
            int maxNeighbour = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
            for (int i = 0; i < n-1; i++) {
                int u = fs.nextInt(), v = fs.nextInt();
                adjList[u].add(v);
                adjList[v].add(u);
                boolean flagu = false;
                boolean flagv = false;
                if (maxNeighbour < adjList[u].size()) {
                    maxNeighbour = adjList[u].size();
                    maxVertices = new ArrayList<>();
                    maxVertices.add(u);
                    flagu = true;
                }
                if (maxNeighbour < adjList[v].size()) {
                    maxNeighbour = adjList[v].size();
                    maxVertices = new ArrayList<>();
                    maxVertices.add(v);
                    flagv = true;
                }
                if (!flagu && maxNeighbour == adjList[u].size()) {
                    maxVertices.add(u);
                }
                if (!flagv && maxNeighbour == adjList[v].size()) {
                    maxVertices.add(v);
                }
            }
            
            int ans = Integer.MIN_VALUE;

            for (int i = 0; i < Math.min(2,maxVertices.size()); i++) {
                int maxNode = maxVertices.get(i);
                Set<Integer> maxNodeNeigh = adjList[maxNode];
                
                for (int j = 1; j <= n; j++) {
                    if (j != maxNode) {
                        if (maxNodeNeigh.contains(j)) {
                            ans = Math.max(ans, maxNodeNeigh.size() + adjList[j].size() - 2);
                        }
                        else {
                            ans = Math.max(ans, maxNodeNeigh.size() + adjList[j].size() - 1);
                        }
                    } 
                    
                }
            }
            out.println(ans);
        }
		out.close();
	}

	public static long binpowmod(long a, long b, long m) {
		a %= m;
		long result = 1L;
		while (b > 0) {
			if ((b & 1) == 1) {
				result = (result * a) % m;
			}
			a = (a * a) % m;
			b >>= 1;
		}
		return result;
	}

    public static long hash(String s) {
        int MOD = (int) (1e9 + 7);
        long value = 0;
        for (char c : s.toCharArray()) {
            value = (value * 31 + (c - 'a' + 1)) % MOD;
        }
        return value;
    }

    // this is for FLOOR DIVISION with NEGATIVE numerator
    public static long fDiv(long x, long y) {
        if (x >= 0) {
            return x/y;
        }
        else {
            return (x-y+1)/y;
        }
    }

    // change long to int accordingly
    public static long binomialCoeff(int n, int k)
    {
        long C[][] = new long[n + 1][k + 1];
        int i, j;

        // Calculate  value of Binomial
        // Coefficient in bottom up manner
        for (i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
            for (j = 0; j <= Math.min(i, k); j++) {
                // Base Cases
                if (j == 0 || j == i)
                    C[i][j] = 1;

                // Calculate value using
                // previously stored values
                else
                    C[i][j] = C[i - 1][j - 1] + C[i - 1][j];
            }
        }

        return C[n][k];
    }

	static class FastScanner {
		BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
		StringTokenizer st=new StringTokenizer("");
		String next() {
			while (!st.hasMoreTokens())
				try {
					st=new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
				} catch (IOException e) {
					e.printStackTrace();
				}
			return st.nextToken();
		}
		
		int nextInt() {
			return Integer.parseInt(next());
		}
		int[] readArray(int n) {
			int[] a=new int[n];
			for (int i=0; i<n; i++) a[i]=nextInt();
			return a;
		}
		long nextLong() {
			return Long.parseLong(next());
		}
	}
	
	 // GCD - Euclid's Algo by Modulo
    // log max(a,b)
    /* 
    public static int gcd(int a, int b) {
        if (a == 0) {
            return b;
        }
        return gcd(b % a, a);
    }
    */
	
	// Sieve of Eratosthenes
	/*
	boolean[] array = new boolean[length + 1];
 
	for (int i = 2; i * 2 <= length; i++) {
		if (array[i] == false) {
			for (int j = i; j <= length;j+= i) {
				//out.println(j);
				array[j] = true;
			}
		}
	}*/

	// Next permutation
	/*
	public static boolean nextPermutation(int[] ordering) {
 
 
		// If the given ordering set is empty
        // or contains only one element
        // next_permutation is not possible
        if (ordering.length <= 1)
            return false;
 
        int last = ordering.length - 2;
 
        // find the longest non-increasing suffix
        // and find the pivot
        while (last >= 0) {
            if (ordering[last] < ordering[last + 1]) {
                break;
            }
            last--;
        }
 
        // If there is no increasing pair
        // there is no higher order permutation
        if (last < 0)
            return false;
 
        int nextGreater = ordering.length - 1;
 
        // Find the rightmost successor to the pivot
        for (int i = ordering.length - 1; i > last; i--) {
            if (ordering[i] > ordering[last]) {
                nextGreater = i;
                break;
            }
        }
 
        // Swap the successor and the pivot
        swap(ordering, nextGreater, last);
 
        // Reverse the suffix
        reverse(ordering, last + 1, ordering.length - 1);
 
        // Return true as the next_permutation is done
        return true;
	}
 
	public static int[] swap(int ordering[], int left, int right)
    {
 
        // Swap the ordering
        int temp = ordering[left];
        ordering[left] = ordering[right];
        ordering[right] = temp;
 
        // Return the updated array
        return ordering;
    }
 
    // Function to reverse the sub-array
    // starting from left to the right
    // both inclusive
    public static int[] reverse(int ordering[], int left, int right)
    {
 
        // Reverse the sub-array
        while (left < right) {
            int temp = ordering[left];
            ordering[left++] = ordering[right];
            ordering[right--] = temp;
        }
 
        // Return the updated array
        return ordering;
    } */

    // KMP Algorithm
    // Compute LPS array
    // 0 >= arr[i], arr[i] <= i (array is 0-indexed)
    public static int[] computeLPS(String s) {
        int n = s.length();
        int[] arr = new int[n];
        for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
            int j = arr[i-1]; 
            while (j > 0 && s.charAt(i) != s.charAt(j)) {
                j = arr[j-1];
            }
            if (s.charAt(i) == s.charAt(j)) {
                j++;
            }
            arr[i] = j;
        }
        return arr;
    }
}

Solution 2 (runtime: 1296 ms):
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class RemoveExactlyTwo {

    static int mod = 1000000007;

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

        FastReader reader = new FastReader();
        FastWriter writer = new FastWriter();

        int numTests = reader.readSingleInt();
        for (int t = 0; t < numTests; t++) {
            int n = reader.readSingleInt();

            Node[] nodes = new Node[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                nodes[i] = new Node(i);
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
                int[] uv = reader.readIntArray(2);
                int u = uv[0] - 1;
                int v = uv[1] - 1;
                nodes[u].children.add(nodes[v]);
                nodes[v].children.add(nodes[u]);
            }

            var largest = new HashSet<Node>();
            int max = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                if (max == nodes[i].children.size()) {
                    largest.add(nodes[i]);
                } else if (max < nodes[i].children.size()) {
                    largest.clear();
                    largest.add(nodes[i]);
                    max = nodes[i].children.size();
                }
            }

            var toppers = new ArrayList<>(largest);
            var top = toppers.get(0);

            boolean allChildren = true;
            for (int i = 1; i < toppers.size(); i++) {
                if (!top.children.contains(toppers.get(i))) {
                    allChildren = false;
                    break;
                }
            }
            if (allChildren && toppers.size() > 1) {
                top = toppers.get(1);
            }


            for (var child : top.children) {
                child.children.remove(top);
            }
            top.children.clear();

            max = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                if (nodes[max].children.size() < nodes[i].children.size()) {
                    max = i;
                }
            }

            for (var child : nodes[max].children) {
                child.children.remove(nodes[max]);
            }
            nodes[max].children.clear();

            var count = 0;
            var seen = new HashSet<Node>();
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                if (seen.contains(nodes[i])) {
                    continue;
                }

                count++;

                seen.add(nodes[i]);
                var stack = new Stack<Node>();

                stack.push(nodes[i]);
                while (!stack.isEmpty()) {
                    top = stack.pop();
                    for (var child : top.children) {
                        if (seen.contains(child)) {
                            continue;
                        }
                        seen.add(child);
                        stack.push(child);
                    }
                }
            }

            writer.writeSingleInteger(count - 2);
        }
    }

    public static class Node {
        int id;
        Set<Node> children = new HashSet<>();

        Node(int id) {
            this.id = id;
        }
    }


    public static void mergeSort(int[] a, int n) {
        if (n < 2) {
            return;
        }
        int mid = n / 2;
        int[] l = new int[mid];
        int[] r = new int[n - mid];

        for (int i = 0; i < mid; i++) {
            l[i] = a[i];
        }
        for (int i = mid; i < n; i++) {
            r[i - mid] = a[i];
        }

        mergeSort(l, mid);
        mergeSort(r, n - mid);

        merge(a, l, r, mid, n - mid);
    }


    public static void merge(int[] a, int[] l, int[] r, int left, int right) {

        int i = 0, j = 0, k = 0;
        while (i < left && j < right) {
            if (l[i] <= r[j]) {
                a[k++] = l[i++];
            } else {
                a[k++] = r[j++];
            }
        }
        while (i < left) {
            a[k++] = l[i++];
        }
        while (j < right) {
            a[k++] = r[j++];
        }
    }


    public static class FastReader {

        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        StringTokenizer tokenizer;


        public int readSingleInt() throws IOException {
            return Integer.parseInt(reader.readLine());
        }

        public int[] readIntArray(int numInts) throws IOException {
            int[] nums = new int[numInts];
            tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
            for (int i = 0; i < numInts; i++) {
                nums[i] = Integer.parseInt(tokenizer.nextToken());
            }
            return nums;
        }

        public long[] readLongArray(int numInts) throws IOException {
            long[] nums = new long[numInts];
            tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
            for (int i = 0; i < numInts; i++) {
                nums[i] = Long.parseLong(tokenizer.nextToken());
            }
            return nums;
        }

        public String readString() throws IOException {
            return reader.readLine();
        }

    }


    public static class FastWriter {

        BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(System.out));


        public void writeSingleInteger(int i) throws IOException {
            writer.write(Integer.toString(i));
            writer.newLine();
            writer.flush();
        }

        public void writeSingleLong(long i) throws IOException {
            writer.write(Long.toString(i));
            writer.newLine();
            writer.flush();
        }

        public void writeIntArrayWithSpaces(int[] nums) throws IOException {
            for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
                writer.write(nums[i] + " ");
            }
            writer.newLine();
            writer.flush();
        }

        public void writeLongArrayWithSpaces(long[] nums) throws IOException {
            for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
                writer.write(nums[i] + " ");
            }
            writer.newLine();
            writer.flush();
        }

        public void writeIntArrayListWithSpaces(ArrayList<Integer> nums) throws IOException {
            for (int i = 0; i < nums.size(); i++) {
                writer.write(nums.get(i) + " ");
            }
            writer.newLine();
            writer.flush();
        }

        public void writeIntArrayWithoutSpaces(int[] nums) throws IOException {
            for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
                writer.write(Integer.toString(nums[i]));
            }
            writer.newLine();
            writer.flush();
        }

        public void writeString(String s) throws IOException {
            writer.write(s);
            writer.newLine();
            writer.flush();
        }

    }


}