Time Sequence problems
- 1. Ketan takes casual leave only on first working day of every month. The office has weekly offs on Saturday and Sunday. In a month of 30 days, the first working day happened to be Tuesday. What will be the day for his next casual leave?
Options- A. Wednesday
- B. Thursday
- C. Friday
- D. Monday Discuss
Correct Answer: Thursday
Explanation:
If the first working day happened to be Tuesday then 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th of the month will be Tuesday. Hence, the last day of the month will be Wednesday (since, number of days in the month is 30). Thus, the next casual leave will be on Thursday.
- 2. Anil reached a place on Friday. He came to know that he was 3 days earlier than the scheduled day. If he had reached there on the following Sunday, how many days late/early he would have been?
Options- A. One day earlier
- B. One day late
- C. Two days late
- D. Two days earlier Discuss
Correct Answer: One day earlier
Explanation:
Anil reached the place on Friday and he was three days earlier than the scheduled day.
Therefore, the scheduled day = Friday + 3 days = Monday
If he had reached on Sunday then he would have earlier than one day.
i.e. Monday - one day = Sunday
- 3. If the day before yesterday was Sunday, what day will it be 3 days after the day after tomorrow?
Options- A. Sunday
- B. Monday
- C. Wednesday
- D. Saturday Discuss
Correct Answer: Sunday
Explanation:
Here , Day before yesterday was Sunday.
Therefore, today is Tuesday.
Day after tomorrow will be Thursday.
? Thursday + 3 days = Sunday
Hence , required day will be Sunday .
- 4. Reaching a place of appointment on Friday, I found that I was two days earlier than the scheduled day. If I had reached on the following Wednesday, how many days late would I have been?
Options- A. One day
- B. Two days
- C. Three days
- D. Four days Discuss
Correct Answer: Four days
Explanation:
Given that :- Friday ? 2 days earlier
Therefore, scheduled day = Friday + 2 days = Sunday,
Sunday + 3 days = Wednesday
Therefore, I would have been late by 4 days including Sunday.
- 5. If 15th June falls 3 days after tomorrow, that is Friday, on what day will the last of the month fall?
Options- A. Monday
- B. Tuesday
- C. Wednesday
- D. Thursday Discuss
Correct Answer: Tuesday
Explanation:
Given :- 15th June falls 3 days after tomorrow ,
Tomorrow ? Friday
Friday + 3 days = Monday
Monday = 15th
Other Monday ? 22, 29
Therefore, 30th June = Tuesday
Hence , required day will be Tuesday .
- 6. The day before yesterday was Sunday. What will be the day after tomorrow?
Options- A. Monday
- B. Thursday
- C. Friday
- D. Saturday Discuss
Correct Answer: Thursday
Explanation:
Given :- Today is Tuesday.
The day after tomorrow = Tuesday + Wednesday + Thursday
Therefore, the day after tomorrow would be Thursday.
- 7. If three days after today will be Tuesday, what day was 4 days before yesterday?
Options- A. Tuesday
- B. Sunday
- C. Monday
- D. Wednesday Discuss
Correct Answer: Monday
Explanation:
Given that :- Today + 3 days = Tuesday
? Today = Tuesday ? 3 days = Saturday
Yesterday = Saturday ?1 day = Friday
Friday ? 4 days = Monday
Hence , required answer will be Monday .
- 8. If three days before yesterday was Wednesday, what will be 2 days after tomorrow?
Options- A. Wednesday
- B. Monday
- C. Friday
- D. Tuesday Discuss
Correct Answer: Wednesday
Explanation:
Here ,Today is Wednesday + 4 days = Sunday
Two days after tomorrow =Sunday + 3 days = Wednesday
Therefore , two days after tomorrow will be Wednesday .
- 9. Day after tomorrow is Kiran's birthday. On the same day next week falls Shivratri. Today is Monday. What will be the day after 'Shivratri'?
Options- A. Wednesday
- B. Thursday
- C. Friday
- D. Saturday Discuss
Correct Answer: Thursday
Explanation:
Given that :- Birthday of Kiran = Monday + 2 days = Wednesday
Shivratri = Wednesday
? The day after Shivratri = Wednesday + 1 day = Thursday
Therefore , required answer will be Thursday .
- 10. If the day before yesterday was Thursday, when will Sunday be?
Options- A. Today
- B. Two days after today
- C. Tomorrow
- D. Day after Tomorrow Discuss
Correct Answer: Tomorrow
Explanation:
If the day before yesterday was Thursday
Today is Thursday + 2 days = Saturday
Therefore, tomorrow will be Sunday.
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