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: 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;
        }
    }
}