Consider two Statements and a Question: Statement-1: The last day of the month is a Wednesday. Statement-2: The third Saturday of the month was the seventeenth day. Question: What day is the fourteenth of the given month?
- A.Statement-1 alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
- B.Statement-2 alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
- C.Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are required to answer the Question.
- D.Neither Statement-1 alone nor Statement-2 alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
▶ Answer & Explanation
Correct answer: B. Statement-2 alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
Statement-2 establishes that the 17th of the month was a Saturday. From this, we can deduce the dates of all Saturdays in that month. The second Saturday would be the 10th (17 - 7), and the first Saturday would be the 3rd (10 - 7). This allows us to determine the day of the week for any given date, including the 14th. Statement-1, on the other hand, only provides information about the last day and is insufficient on its own to determine the day of the week for the 14th without knowing the length of the month or another reference point.
Source: UPSC csat 2021