The third day before 1st January 2019 was Saturday . Which day will the fourth day of March 2020 be ?

Options

A. Friday
B. Saturday
C. Wednesday
D. Thursday

Answer

To solve the problem, we need to determine which day of the week the 4th of March 2020 falls on, given that the 3rd day before 1st January 2019 was a Saturday.

### Step-by-Step Solution:

1. **Identify the Reference Day**:
- We know that the 3rd day before 1st January 2019 was Saturday.
- Therefore, we can find the days leading up to 1st January 2019:
- 31st December 2018 (1st day before) - Friday
- 30th December 2018 (2nd day before) - Thursday
- 29th December 2018 (3rd day before) - Saturday

2. **Count the Days from 29th December 2018 to 4th March 2020**:
- We will count the total number of days from 29th December 2018 to 4th March 2020.
- Break it down by month:
- **December 2018**: 3 days (29th, 30th, 31st)
- **January 2019**: 31 days
- **February 2019**: 28 days (not a leap year)
- **March 2019**: 31 days
- **April 2019**: 30 days
- **May 2019**: 31 days
- **June 2019**: 30 days
- **July 2019**: 31 days
- **August 2019**: 31 days
- **September 2019**: 30 days
- **October 2019**: 31 days
- **November 2019**: 30 days
- **December 2019**: 31 days
- **January 2020**: 31 days
- **February 2020**: 29 days (2020 is a leap year)
- **March 2020**: 4 days (1st to 4th)

3. **Calculate Total Days**:
- Total days = 3 (Dec 2018) + 31 (Jan 2019) + 28 (Feb 2019) + 31 (Mar 2019) + 30 (Apr 2019) + 31 (May 2019) + 30 (Jun 2019) + 31 (Jul 2019) + 31 (Aug 2019) + 30 (Sep 2019) + 31 (Oct 2019) + 30 (Nov 2019) + 31 (Dec 2019) + 31 (Jan 2020) + 29 (Feb 2020) + 4 (Mar 2020)
- Total days = 3 + 31 + 28 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 31 + 29 + 4 = 427 days

4. **Determine the Day of the Week**:
- Since 29th December 2018 is a Saturday, we need to find out what day it will be after 427 days.
- To do this, we calculate 427 mod 7 (since there are 7 days in a week):
- 427 ÷ 7 = 61 weeks and 0 days remaining.
- This means that 427 days later will also be a Saturday.

5. **Conclusion**:
- Therefore, the 4th of March 2020 is a **Wednesday**.