Months & Days Trick : Knuckle Method
Months & Days Trick - Knuckle Method
- Knuckle (āĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋā§° āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŋ) = 31 Days
- Gap/Space (āĻŽāĻžāĻā§° āĻ āĻžāĻ) = 30 Days
- February = 28 Days / 29 Days in Leap Year
Easy Knuckle Pattern
January → 31, February → 28/29, March → 31, April → 30, May → 31, June → 30, July → 31
July āĻļā§āώ āĻš’āϞ⧠āĻĒā§āύ⧰ August-ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž Knuckle-ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤
August → 31, September → 30, October → 31, November → 30, December → 31
Trick : 31, 28/29, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 | 31, 30, 31, 30, 31
“Knuckle = 31, Gap = 30, February = 28/29” — āĻāĻŦāĻžā§° āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏāĻšāĻā§ āĻāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤
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Months & Days — MCQ
Q1. How many days are there in January ? āĻāĻžāύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
A) 28 B) 29 C) 30 D) 31
Ans: D) 31
Q2. How many days does February have in a normal year ? āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻā§°āϤ āĻĢā§āĻŦā§ā§°ā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
A) 27 B) 28 C) 29 D) 30
Ans: B) 28
Q3. How many days does February have in a Leap Year ? Leap Year-āϤ āĻĢā§āĻŦā§ā§°ā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
A) 28 B) 29 C) 30 D) 31
Ans: B) 29
Q4. Which month has 30 days ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
A) March B) May C) April D) July
Ans: C) April
Q5. Which pair of months has 30 days ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻšā§° āϝā§ā§°āϤ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
A) April & June B) March & May C) January & July D) August & October
Ans: A) April & June
Q6. How many months have 31 days ? āĻāĻŦāĻā§°āϤ ā§Šā§§ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻš āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāĻž ?
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8
Ans: C) 7
Q7. Which month comes immediately after July ? July-ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻš āĻāĻšā§ ?
A) June B) August C) September D) May
Ans: B) August
Q8. Which month has the least number of days ? āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
A) January B) February C) April D) June
Ans: B) February
Months & Days — HARD MCQ
Q1. If 1 January is Monday, what day will 1 March be in a normal year ? āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ā§§ āĻāĻžāύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻā§°āϤ ā§§ āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻš’āĻŦ ?
A) Tuesday B) Wednesday C) Thursday D) Friday
Ans: C) Thursday
Trick: January = 31 → remainder 3, February = 28 → remainder 0, Monday + 3 = Thursday
Q2. If 1 August is Sunday, what day will 1 October be ? āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ā§§ āĻāĻāώā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠⧧ āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻš’āĻŦ ?
A) Monday B) Tuesday C) Wednesday D) Thursday
Ans: Trick: August 31 → +3, September 30 → +2
1 September = Wednesday, 1 October = Friday.
Ans: D) Friday
Q3. How many days are there from 15 March to 20 April, excluding 15 March ? ā§§ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž ⧍ā§Ļ āĻāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϞāϞ⧠⧧ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύ
A) 35 B) 36 C) 37 D) 38
Ans: B) 36
Trick: March remaining = 31 − 15 = 16
April = 20
16 + 20 = 36 days
Q4. A month has 31 days. If the 1st day is Wednesday, what day will be the 31st ? āĻāĻāĻž ā§Šā§§ āĻĻāĻŋāύā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻšā§° ā§§ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϧāĻŦāĻžā§° āĻšāĻ˛ā§ ā§Šā§§ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻš’āĻŦ ?
A) Thursday B) Friday C) Saturday D) Sunday
Ans: B) Friday
Trick: 31 − 1 = 30 → 30 ÷ 7 remainder 2
Wednesday + 2 = Friday
Q5. If 1 February is Friday in a leap year, what day will 1 March be?
Leap Year-āϤ ā§§ āĻĢā§āĻŦā§ā§°ā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ āĻļā§āĻā§ā§°āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻšāϞ⧠⧧ āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻš’āĻŦ?
A) Friday B) Saturday C) Sunday D) Monday
Ans: B) Saturday
Trick: February = 29 days → remainder 1, Friday + 1 = Saturday
Q6. Which month can have 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays ?āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ ā§ĢāĻāĻž āĻļā§āĻā§ā§°āĻŦāĻžā§°, ā§ĢāĻāĻž āĻļāύāĻŋāĻŦāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§ ā§ĢāĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻžā§° āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§ ?
A) February B) April C) May D) June
Ans: C) May
Trick: 31-day month + 1st day Friday = 5 Fri, Sat, Sun.
Q7. If today is Monday, what day will it be after 45 days ? āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§° āĻšāϞ⧠ā§Ēā§Ģ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻš’āĻŦ ?
A) Wednesday B) Thursday C) Friday D) Saturday
Ans: B) Thursday
Trick: 45 ÷ 7 → Remainder 3, Monday + 3 = Thursday
Q8. How many odd days are there in a normal year ? āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻā§°āϤ Odd Days āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
Ans: B) 1
Trick: 365 ÷ 7 → Remainder 1
Exam Trick: 28 days → 0 Odd Day, 29 days → 1 Odd Day, 30 days → 2 Odd Days, 31 days → 3 Odd Day