Question

A person was born on the fifth Monday of February in a particular year. Which one of the following statements is correct based on the above information?

Options :

  1. The 2nd February of that year is a Tuesday

  2. There will be five Sundays in the month of February in that year

  3. The 1st February of that year is a Sunday

  4. All Mondays of February in that year have even dates

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Answer :

The 2nd February of that year is a Tuesday

Solution :

A non-leap year is of 28 days and has a maximum of 28 days i.e. 4 weeks.

Given that a person was born on the fifth Monday of February in a particular year means the said year is a leap year.

Also, the fifth Monday or any day will correspond to the 29th of February.

Feb 1 Feb 8
Feb 15
Feb 22
Feb 29
Monday
Monday
Monday
Monday
Monday

Option 1 :

The 2nd February of that year is a Tuesday - As 1st February is on Monday, therefore 2nd February will be on Tuesday. (True)

Option 2 :

There will be five Sundays in the month of February in that year - Out of all the days, any one day can have 5 counts as the maximum number of days in February is 29. (False)

Option 3 :

The 1st February of that year is a Sunday - We have already concluded that 1st February is on Monday. (False)

Option 4 :

All Mondays of February in that year have even dates - From the table we can conclude all Mondays do not have even date as 1st, 15th and 29th is also on Monday. (False)

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