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Answer
byte 1 byte, short 2 bytes, int 4 bytes, long 8 bytes, float 4 bytes, double 8 bytes, char 2 bytes and boolean, whose size is not precisely defined by the language.
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Explanation
Everything else in Java is a reference type.
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