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   static int oops(int i) throws Exception    {
      throw new Exception("oops");    
}

There's no return statement.
so i selected "it will not compile"

Yes, that's makes it interesting

-Paul.

Very interesting, but technically I couldn't understand. The compiler simply ignores the required return type.

No, the compiler doesn't ignore the return type. Any method is allowed to either return a value (that is of the same type as the return type defined for the method) or throw an exception. The fact that a method always throws an exception (as is the case here) doesn't change anything.