Time Sequence problems
- 1. If the day before yesterday was Friday, what day will 2 days after the day after tomorrow be?
Options- A. Saturday
- B. Thursday
- C. Friday
- D. Sunday Discuss
Correct Answer: Thursday
Explanation:
Here ,Today is Friday + 2, i.e., Sunday.
Tomorrow will be Monday.
? The Day after tomorrow will be Tuesday and two days after Tuesday will be Thursday.
- 2. Ann is 300 days older than Varun and Sandeep is 50 weeks older than Ann. If Sandeep was born on Tuesday, on which day was Varun born?
Options- A. Monday
- B. Thursday
- C. Tuesday
- D. Friday Discuss
Correct Answer: Monday
Explanation:
- 3. If the 3rd day of a month is Tuesday, which of the following would be the 25th day of that month?
Options- A. Tuesday
- B. Monday
- C. Wednesday
- D. Sunday Discuss
Correct Answer: Wednesday
Explanation:
Given :- The third day of a month is Tuesday
i.e. 3rd ? Tuesday
Other Tuesday ? 10th; 17th; 24th
? 25th ? Wednesday
Required day will be Wednesday .
- 4. Pooja's birthday falls on 15th August and Payal's birthday falls on 25th June. If Payal's birthday was on Wednesday, what was the day on Pooja's birthday in the same year?
Options- A. Friday
- B. Monday
- C. Tuesday
- D. Saturday Discuss
Correct Answer: Friday
Explanation:
Total days from 25th June to 15th August = 5 + 31 + 15 = 51 days = 7 weeks and 2 days
August 15 = Wednesday + 2 = Friday
- 5. In a class of 60, where girls are twice that of boys, kamal ranked seventeenth from the top. If there are 9 girls ahead of kamal, how many boys are after him in rank?
Options- A. 3
- B. 7
- C. 12
- D. 23 Discuss
Correct Answer: 12
Explanation:
Let the number of boys be B.
Then, number of girls = 2B.
? B + 2B = 60
or 3B = 60
or B = 20.
So, number of boys = 20 and number of girls = 40.
Number of students behind Kamal in rank (60 ? 17) =43.
Number of girls ahead of Kamal in rank = 9.
Number of girls behind Kamal in rank = (40 ? 9) = 31
? Number of boys behind Kamal in rank = (43 ? 31) = 12.
- 6. Mohini went to the movies nine days ago. She goes to the movies only Thursday. What day of the week today?
Options- A. Thursday
- B. Saturday
- C. Sunday
- D. Tuesday Discuss
Correct Answer: Saturday
Explanation:
According to question,
Mohini goes to movies only on Thursday. she went nine days back to movies. Then 9 days back it was Thursday.
7th day will be Thursday , then 8th day will be Friday and 9th day it means today will be Saturday.
- 7. If the positions of the first and the sixth digits of the group of digits 5904627813 are interchanged, similarly, the positions of the second and the seventh are interchanged, and so on, which of the following will be the fourth from the right end after the rearrangement?
Options- A. 4
- B. 9
- C. 1
- D. 0 Discuss
Correct Answer: 9
Explanation:
According to given question,
If the positions of the first and the sixth digits of the group of digits 5904627813 are interchanged.
New number after interchange = 2904657813
Then the positions of the second and the seventh are interchanged.
New number after interchange = 2704659813
fourth from the right end after the rearrangement is 9.
In the original group of digits '7' is fourth from the right, which is interchanged with '9'.
- 8. In a shop, there were 4 dolls of different heights M, N, O and P. 'P' is neither as tall as 'M' nor as short as 'O'. 'N' is shorter than 'P' but taller than 'O'. If Anvi wants to purchase the tallest doll, which one should she purchase?
Options- A. Either M or P
- B. Either P or N
- C. Only P
- D. Only M Discuss
Correct Answer: Only M
Explanation:
According to question,
'P' is neither as tall as 'M' nor as short as 'O'.
M > P > O .............................(1)
'N' is shorter than 'P' but taller than 'O'.
P > N > O...............................(2)
After comparing the equation (1) and (2),
we will get,
M > P > N > O
The correct order of dolls according to descending order of their heights are : M > P > N > O.
Therefore, Anvi will purchase the doll M.
- 9. Abhay gave an application for a new ration card to the clerk on Monday afternoon. Next day was a holiday. So the clerk cleared the papers on the next working day on resumption of duty. The senior clerk checked it on the same day but forwarded it to the head clerk on next day. The head clerk decided to dispose the case on the subsequent day. On which of the following days was the case put up to the head clerk by the senior clerk?
Options- A. Wednesday
- B. Thursday
- C. Friday
- D. Saturday Discuss
Correct Answer: Thursday
Explanation:
- 10. Malay Pratap is on 13th position from the starting and on 17th position from the end in his class. He is on 8th position from the starting and on 13th position from the end among the students who passed. How many students failed?
Options- A. 7
- B. 8
- C. 6
- D. Can not be determined Discuss
Correct Answer: 6
Explanation:
Total boys = [ Malay's place from starting + Malay's place from end ] ?1
Total boys = [13 + 17] ? 1 = 29
Number of passed students = [ Malay's place from starting + Malay's place from end ] ?1
Number of passed students = [8 + 13] ? 1= 20
? Number of failed students = 29 ? 20 = 9
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