Question 1

Determine what day of the week was on 6th July, 2003 if 10th July, 2010 was a Thursday?

Solution

It is given that 10th July 2010 was a Thursday.

Let's calculate what day it is on 10th July 2003; from that; we can calculate 6th July 2003.

One year = 365 days = 52 weeks + 1day 

Hence, For any given date, the day will change by one place (i.e. Monday to Tuesday,...Wednesday to Thursday,...) for the succeeding year.

One Leap year = 366 days 52 weeks + 2 days.

Hence, If the year is a leap year, then the day will change by two places (i.e. Monday to Wednesday,...Wednesday to Friday,...) for the succeeding year.

We get the following table,

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As 10th July 2003 is Tuesday, 6th July 2003 will be Friday.

Option (C) is the answer.


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