Which one of the following statements is correct based on the above information?
Fifth Monday Condition Analysis
The problem states birth occurred on the fifth Monday of February. For a month to have five occurrences of any specific day of the week, it must contain at least 29 days.
- A 28-day February (non-leap year) completes exactly 4 weeks. Thus, each day of the week appears precisely 4 times. A fifth Monday is impossible in such a year.
- Consequently, the year must be a leap year, and February must have 29 days.
Determining February 1st Day
For a 29-day February to contain five Mondays, these Mondays must fall on the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th dates. This scenario is only possible if February 1st itself is a Monday.
Assuming February 1st is a Monday:
- Mondays: 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th (5 Mondays)
- Tuesdays: 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd (4 Tuesdays)
- Sundays: 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th (4 Sundays)
Evaluating the Options
Let's examine each statement based on February 1st being a Monday:
- Option 1: The 2nd February of that year is a Tuesday
If February 1st is a Monday, then February 2nd is indeed a Tuesday. This statement is correct. - Option 2: There will be five Sundays in the month of February in that year
With February 1st as Monday, Sundays fall on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th. There are only 4 Sundays. This statement is incorrect. - Option 3: The 1st February of that year is a Sunday
This contradicts our finding that February 1st must be a Monday for a fifth Monday to exist. This statement is incorrect. - Option 4: All Mondays of February in that year have even dates
The Mondays fall on the 1st, 15th, and 29th. These are odd dates. This statement is incorrect.
The analysis confirms that the only correct statement is that February 2nd is a Tuesday.
Important Questions from Analytical Aptitude
- The assumption that the probability of occurrence of a word in a string depends ONLY on the preceding word is called a ______ assumption.
- Which ONE of the following options represents the correct mapping of the phonetic features in Column X to their Sanskrit equivalents in Column Y?
Column X:
Phonetic featuresColumn Y:
Sanskrit termsP. voicing 1. prāṇa Q. retroflex 2. tālavya R. palatal 3. ghōṣa S. aspiration 4. mūrdhanya - Which ONE of the options represents the CORRECT mapping between the morphological concepts in Column X and the examples in Column Y?
Column X:
Morphological ConceptsColumn Y:
ExamplesP. Suppletion 1. bookmaker – bookie Q. Conversion 2. deer – deer R. Zero morpheme 3. bad – worst S. Hypocorism 4. arrive – arrival T. Derivation 5. (a) doctor – (to) doctor 
An ant is at the bottom-left corner of a grid (point P) as shown above. It aims to move to the top-right corner of the grid. The ant moves only along the lines marked in the grid such that the current distance to the top-right corner strictly decreases.
Which one of the following is a part of a possible trajectory of the ant during the movement?Three of the five students allocated to a hostel put in special requests to the warden. Given the floor plan of the vacant rooms, select the allocation plan that will accommodate all their requests.
Request by X: Due to pollen allergy, I want to avoid a wing next to the garden.
Request by Y: I want to live as far from the washrooms as possible, since I am very sensitive to smell.
Request by Z: I believe in Vaastu and so want to stay in the South-west wing.
The shaded rooms are already occupied. WR is washroom.
