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(i) A year has 365 days.

(ii) Years, divisible by 4, are leap years, e.g., 1986. They have 366 days.

(iii) February in a leap year has 29 days.

(iv) The last day of a year is the same as the first day. Thus, if the first day of a year is Friday, then the last day of the year is Friday and the first day of the next year is Saturday. However, if the first day of a leap year is Friday, then the last day of the year is Saturday and the first day of the next year is Sunday

1)

There are twenty people working in an office. The first group of five works between 8.00 A.M. and 2.00 P.M. The second group of ten works between 10.00 A.M. and 4.00 P.M. And the third group of five works between 12 noon and 6.00 P.M. There are three computers in the office which all the employees frequently use. During which of the following hours the computers are likely to be used most?


A) 10 am to 12 noon

B) 12 noon to 2 pm

C) 1 pm to 3 pm

D) 2 pm to 4 pm

Answer:

Option B

Explanation:

Clearly, the computers would be used most when all the three groups are working - simultaneously and this happens during the period 12 noon to 2 p.m.