Can a constructor be declared static ? Why ?

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Q1. Can a constructor be declared static ? Why ?

Ans. No.

When we declare a method static, it means that "this belongs to class as whole and not particular instance". The whole purpose of constructor is to initialize a object and hence there is no sense having static constructor.

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