SSC CGL (Prelims) General: Calendar questions with solutions

Q1. If the 5th day of a month is two days after Wednesday, what day will it be on the 18th of the same month?

1. Monday
2. Tuesday
3. Thursday
4. Sunday

Answer: Thursday

Two days after Wednesday is Friday, so the 5th day is Friday. The 18th is 13 days later, and 13 mod 7 = 6, so Friday + 6 days = Thursday. Therefore, the answer is Thursday.

Q2. The workshop in Jaipur was held 3 days after the one in Bhopal. Delhi's workshop was 2 days before Bhopal. If the workshop in Delhi was on 10 May, when was the workshop in Jaipur?

1. 13 May
2. 15 May
3. 14 May
4. 16 May

Answer: 15 May

Delhi was 2 days before Bhopal, so if Delhi was on 10 May, Bhopal was on 12 May. Jaipur was 3 days after Bhopal, so it was on 15 May.

Q3. A conference was held in Jaipur on 6 May and in Bhopal three days later. What was Bhopal's date?

1. 8th May
2. 9th May
3. 10th May
4. 11th May

Answer: 9th May

If the Jaipur conference was on 6 May, then three days later is 9 May. So Bhopal's conference date was 9 May.

Q4. In a series of seminars held daily from 5 March to 12 March 2023: Delhi - 5 March, Jaipur - 6 March, Lucknow - 7 March, Bhopal - 8 March, Indore - 9 March, Nagpur - 10 March, Surat - 11 March, Ranchi - 12 March. If the seminar in Nagpur was held on a Friday, which day was the seminar in Delhi?

1. Saturday
2. Sunday
3. Friday
4. Thursday

Answer: Sunday

Nagpur was on 10 March, which is 5 days after 5 March (Delhi). If 10 March was Friday, then 5 March was five days earlier, i.e. Sunday. Therefore, Delhi seminar was on Sunday.