Given the following code:01 let x = null;02 console.

This question focuses on the typeof operator and how JavaScript represents the type of the value null.

Declaration on line 1:

let x = null;

Here:

x is explicitly assigned the value null.

In JavaScript, null is a special primitive value that represents “no value” or “empty value”.

Line 2:

console.log(typeof x);

The typeof operator returns a string indicating the type of the operand. For example:

typeof 1 returns " number "

typeof " hello " returns " string "

typeof true returns " boolean "

typeof undefined returns " undefined "

typeof {} returns " object "

typeof [] returns " object " (arrays are objects)

typeof function() {} returns " function "

For null, due to an early design decision in JavaScript, the result is:

typeof null === " object "

This is a known historical quirk of the language:

Although null is a primitive and conceptually means “no object”, typeof null returns the string " object " .

Therefore, typeof x when x is null evaluates to " object " .

So on line 2, the value printed is:

" object "

This matches option A.

The incorrect options are:

B. " undefined " : would be typeof x if x were undefined, not null.

C. " x " : typeof returns a string describing the type of the value, not the variable name.

D. " null " : although intuitive, JavaScript does not return " null " for typeof null; it returns " object " instead.

Therefore, the correct answer is:

Answer: A

JavaScript knowledge / study guide reference concepts:

typeof operator and its return values

Primitive types in JavaScript (null, undefined, number, string, boolean, symbol, bigint)

Historical behavior: typeof null returning " object "

Difference between null and undefined in JavaScript