Thursday 2 July 2015

CALENDAR

1. (i) What is the no. of odd days in a leap year?   [Ans. (a) 2]
(a) 2                            (b) 1                             (c) 0                             (d) Not certain            (e) none of these

(ii) How many odd days are there in 400 consecutive years?      [Ans. (c) 0]
(a) 2                            (b) 1                             (c) 0                             (d) Not certain            (e) none of these

2. (i) Which one of the following is a leap year?                          [Ans. (c) 2000 A D]
(a) 1900 A D              (b) 1962 A D                (c) 2000 A D               (d)All are leap years   (e)  none of these

(ii) Which one of the following is not a leap year?                    [Ans. (a) 1900 A D]
(a) 1900 A D              (b) 1960 A D                (c) 2000 A D               (d) All are the leap year (e)  none of these

3. Taking 365&1/4 days for a solar year, what is the error committed?  [Ans. (b) 11 min 12 sec]
(a) 26 min                   (b) 11 min 12 sec         (c) no error                  (d)  26 sec                   (e)  none of these

4. (i) What was the day on 1st January, 1. A. D.?                                 [Ans. (c) Monday]
(a) Saturday                (b) Sunday                   (c) Monday                 (d) Wednesday            (e)  none of these

(ii) What was the day on 31st December, 1. A. D.?                               [Ans. (c) Monday]
(a) Saturday                (b) Sunday                   (c) Monday                  (d) Wednesday           (e)  none of these
  
5. (i) Which one of the following may be the first day of a century?   [Ans. (d) Saturday]                                                   
 (a) Friday                   (b) Sunday                   (c) Wednesday            (d) Saturday                (e)  none of these

(ii) One of the following is a day, which can’t be the first day of a century, that day is :  [Ans. (b) Sunday]                                                                                      
 (a) Thursday              (b) Sunday                   (c) Monday                  (d) Tuesday                (e)  none of these

6. (i) Which one of the following may be the last day of a century ?           [Ans. (b) Sunday]
(a) Saturday                (b) Sunday                   (c) Thursday                (d) Tuesday                (e)  none of these

(ii) One of the following is a day, which can’t be the last day of a century, that day is :                     [Ans. (d) Tuesday]
(a) Wednesday            (b) Sunday                   (c) Monday                 (d) Tuesday                (e)  none of these

(iii) One of the following is a day, which can’t be the last day of a century, that day is:                         [Ans. (d) Thursday]
(a) Wednesday            (b) Friday                     (c) Monday                 (d) Thursday              (e)  none of these

7. (i) Today is Sunday. After 15 days it will be:  [Ans. (c) Mon]
(a) Saturday                 (b) Friday                    (c) Monday                 (d) Tuesday                (e)  none of these

(ii) Today is Friday. After 62 days it will be: [Ans.(c)Thursday]
(a) Saturday                 (b) Friday                    (c) Thursday               (d) Tuesday                (e)  none of these

8. (i) Given that 5th July, 1981 was Sunday, What was the day on 5th April of the same year?                [Ans. (b) Sunday]                                                                                         
(a) Thursday               (b) Sunday                   (c) Monday                 (d) Tuesday                (e)  none of these

(ii) Monday falls on 4th April, 1988. What was the day on 3rd November, 1987?  [Ans. (d) Tuesday]                                                                                             
(a) Thursday               (b) Sunday                   (c) Monday                 (d) Tuesday                (e)  none of these

(iii) Given that on 10th  November, 1981 is Tuesday, what was the day on 10th November, 1581?     [Ans. (d) Tuesday] 
(a) Thursday                (b) Sunday                   (c) Monday                 (d) Tuesday               (e)  none of these
  
9. (i) What shall be the day  on 1st January, 2000 A D?       [Ans. (d) Saturday]                                                                                                                                                                                         
(a) Wednesday             (b) Sunday                  (c) Monday                 (d) Saturday                (e)  none of these

(ii) What was the day on 31st December, 1800 A D?           [Ans. (a) Wednesday]                                                                                                                                                                                         
(a) Wednesday             (b) Sunday                  (c) Monday                 (d) Friday                    (e)  none of these

10. (i) Mr, Aditya was born on 27th June, 2005. The day of the week was :  [Ans. (c) Monday]
(a) Thursday                (b) Sunday                   (c) Monday                 (d) Saturday                (e)  none of these

(ii) The first Independence day of India was celebrated on 26th January, 1930.What was the day of the week on that day?     [Ans. (b) Sunday]
(a) Thursday               (b) Sunday                   (c) Monday                  (d) Tuesday                (e)  none of these

(iii) The first Republic day of India was celebrated on 26th January, 1950.What was the day of the week on that day?       [Ans. (a) Thursday]
(a) Thursday               (b) Sunday                   (c) Monday                  (d) Tuesday                (e)  none of these

(iv) India got Independence on 15th August, 1947.What was the day of the week on that day?             [Ans.(b)Friday]
(a) Thursday               (b) Friday                     (c) Monday                  (d) Tuesday                (e)  none of these

(v) Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2nd October, 1869. The day of the week was : [Ans. (d) Saturday]
(a) Thursday               (b) Sunday                   (c) Monday                  (d) Saturday                (e)  none of these

(vi) Smt. Indira Gandhi was died on 31st October, 1984. The day of the week was : [Ans. (b) Wednesday]
(a) Thursday               (b) Wednesday            (c) Monday                  (d) Tuesday                 (e)  none of these

(vii) Babi was born on 14th January, 1979. The day of the week was : [Ans. (b) Sunday]
(a) Thursday               (b) Sunday                   (c) Monday                  (d) Saturday                (e)  none of these
  
(ix) Ruby was born on 9th October, 1974. The day of the week was :   [Ans. (c) Wednesday]
(a) Thursday               (b) Sunday                   (c) Wednesday             (d) Saturday                (e)  none of these

(x) Mr. Prem was born on 20th December, 1972. The day of the week was: [Ans.(b) Wednesday]
(a) Thursday               (b) Wednesday            (c) Monday                  (d) Saturday                (e)  none of these

11. (i) Any day in April is always on the same day of the week the corresponding day in :      [Ans. (c) July]
(a) August                   (b) June                       (c) July                        (d)  December              (e)  none of these

(ii) In a leap year, the 1st February and which of the following month fall on the same day of the week?   [Ans. (b) August] 
(a) April                      (b) August                   (c) July                        (d)  September             (e)  none of these

12. (i) The year next to 1990 having the same calendar as that of 1990 is          [Ans. (b) 2001]
(a) 2000                      (b) 2001                       (c) 1996                       (d) 2002                       (e)  none of these

(ii) The year next to 1991 having the same calendar as that of 1991 is            [Ans. (d) 2002]
(a) 2003                      (b) 2001                       (c) 1996                       (d) 2002                       (e)  none of these

(iii) The year next to 1988 having the same calendar as that of 1988 is          [Ans. (b) 2016]
(a) 1993                      (b) 2016                       (c) 1996                       (d) 1992                       (e)  none of these

13. The calendar for any year is repeated in : [Ans. (a) 28 years]
(a) 28 years                 (b) 20 years                 (c) 7 years                    (d) 4 years                   (e)  none of these

14. How many times does the 29th day of the month occur in 400 consecutive years?                    [Ans. (d) 4497 times]
(a) 4400 times             (b) 97 times                 (c) 4800 times             (d)  4497 times            (e)  none of these

15. In which of the following countries, the Gregorian Calendar is not used?   [Ans. (a) Russia]
(a) Russia                    (b) England                  (c) China                     (d)  Brazil                    (e)  none of these







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