EMP Q.14

0. The chance that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays is

  • Option : B
  • Explanation : A leap year consists of 366 days, so that there
    are 52 full weeks (and hence 52 Sundays) and
    two extra days. These two days can be
    (i) Monday, Tuesday
    (ii) Tuesday, Wednesday,
    (iii) Wednesday, Thursday
    (iv) Thursday, Friday
    (v) Friday, Saturday
    (vi) Saturday, Sunday
    (vii) Sunday, Monday
    Of these 7 cases. the last two are favourable

    Required probability = 2/7

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