Find the day of the week on 26 th january 1950

Options

A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Thursday
D. Friday

Answer

C

Explanation

26th Jan, 1950 means
(1949 yr and 26 days)
1600 yr have O odd day,
300 yr have 1 odd day
49 yr have (12 leap year and 37 ordinary years)
`rArr (12 xx 366 + 37 xx 365)`
`rArr` days - (4392 + 13505) days
`rArr (17897)` days = 2556 weeks + 5 days
So, 49 yr have 5 odd days
and 26 days have 5 odd days.
Total number of odd days = 0 + 1 + 5 + 5
= 11 days
Hence, the day on 26th Jan, 1950 was Thursday.