दो कथनों और एक प्रश्न पर विचार कीजिए :
- कथन-1: किसी माह का अंतिम दिन बुधवार है ।
- कथन-2: इस माह का तृतीय शनिवार उसका 17वाँ दिन है ।
- प्रश्न: इस माह के 14वें दिन कौन-सा वार है ?
कथनों और प्रश्न के संदर्भ में, निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा सही है ?
Read this question in English
Consider two Statements and a Question:
Statement-1. The last day of the month is a Wednesday.
Statement-2. The third Saturday of the month was the seventeenth day.
Question. What day is the fourteenth of the given month?
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the Statements and the Question?
(a) Statement-1 alone is sufficient to answer the Question · (b) Statement-2 alone is sufficient to answer the Question · (c) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are required to answer the Question · (d) Neither Statement-1 alone nor Statement-2 alone is sufficient to answer the Question
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (b) प्रश्न का उत्तर देने के लिए केवल कथन-2 पर्याप्त है
Knowing the third Saturday is the 17th fixes every date: Saturdays fall on the 3rd, 10th and 17th, so the 14th is a Wednesday. The last day being a Wednesday does not help without knowing how many days the month has.
- Statement-2: the third Saturday is the 17th, so Saturdays fall on the 3rd, 10th and 17th.
- The 14th is 4 days after Saturday the 10th — a Wednesday. Statement-2 alone answers the Question.
- Statement-1: the last day is a Wednesday, but the month may have 28, 29, 30 or 31 days, so the 14th could be Wednesday, Tuesday, Monday or Sunday — not sufficient.
- So Statement-2 alone is sufficient.
- ✗ (a) Without the month's length, the last day being Wednesday leaves four possibilities for the 14th.
- ✓ (b) Saturday the 17th means Saturday the 10th, so the 14th is a Wednesday.
- ✗ (c) Statement-1 is not needed.
- ✗ (d) Statement-2 alone is sufficient.
Remember · A dated weekday fixes the whole month; a 'last day' clue also needs the month's length.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2021, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·