Aptitude - Calendar - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Calendar - General Questions (Q.No. 1)
1.
It was Sunday on Jan 1, 2006. What was the day of the week Jan 1, 2010?
Sunday
Saturday
Friday
Wednesday
Answer: Option
Explanation:

On 31st December, 2005 it was Saturday.

Number of odd days from the year 2006 to the year 2009 = (1 + 1 + 2 + 1) = 5 days.

On 31st December 2009, it was Thursday.

Thus, on 1st Jan, 2010 it is Friday.

Discussion:
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Hitesh Handke said:   6 days ago
365 + 366 + 365 + 365 + 1 = 1461.
1461%7 = 5 and 5 it means Friday.
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Dancan said:   4 months ago
Here Explanations are great. Thanks.
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Sai said:   7 months ago
Solution:

Day = date+ month code + year code +no.of normal years + no.of leap years-1/7
01 + 01 + 06 + 10 + 10/4 - 4 = 7 - 1 = 6.
6 is Friday,
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Dhevahi said:   1 year ago
1 year = 365 days.
Leap year = 366 days.
2006=365
2007=365
2008 is a leap year.
So = 366
2009 = 365 days.

We add 4 years date,
Hence, (365+365+366+365)= 1461.
1461/7 = remainder 5
Add 5 days from Sunday = 0.
Monday = 1.
Tuesday =2.
Wednesday =3.
Thursday = 4.
Friday = 5
Saturday = 6.

So, the answer is Friday.
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Deepti lodhi said:   1 year ago
How to find odd days? Please explain.
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Azharuddin Alam said:   1 year ago
Firstly we will count the total number of odd days till 2009.

2009 = 2000+9.

Since, 2000 is a leap year so there is no odd days and 9 has 2 leap years and 7 normal years,

Hence.
No of odd days = 0 + 7 + 4 (one leap year contains the 2 odd days).
= 11 odd days.
Now, 11 + 1 (1 jan 2006).
Total odd days = 12 days.
12 is divided by 7 for getting the weekdays.

12/7= 5 remainders.

Now 5th day of the week is Friday.

C option is correct.
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Anshul rawat said:   2 years ago
Solution:

We know that in NL year :
we have the same day on 1 Jan and 31 Dec

And on L year :
we have 1 day ahead of the day in 1 Jan

Therefore:
2006 -> dec 31 -> Sun , Hence :
2007 -> Jan 1 -> Mon , (NL year)
2007 -> Dec 31 -> Mon , Hence:
2008 -> Jan 1 -> Tues , (L Year)
2008 -> Dec 31 -> Wed , Hence:
2009 -> Jan 1 -> Thurs (NL Year)
2010 -> Jan 1 -> Fri.
Therefore, 2010 Jan 1 will be -> Friday.
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Vikram said:   2 years ago
How to find the odd days? Please explain to me.
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Arpit Kumar said:   2 years ago
Thanks, everyone for solving this clearly.
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SUBASHINI said:   2 years ago
No.of days in 1 week = 7 days.
No.of days in x week = 7 * x = 7x.
No.of days in x week x days = 7x + x = 8x.
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