The statement below is followed by four options. Each option is related to the item in the statement, but only one is always true. Select the option that always holds and makes the statement true.
"A calendar year, from 1 January to 31 December, always has ______."
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Exactly 12 months
The answer must hold for every calendar year, without exception. An option that is present in most cases but can be missing in even one case is not always true.
Option (1) Exactly 365 days — a leap year has 366 days.
Option (2) Exactly 12 months — every calendar year runs through the same 12 months, January to December, leap year or not, so this is always true.
Option (3) Exactly 52 Sundays — 365 days = 52 weeks + 1 day, so an ordinary year that starts on a Sunday has 53 Sundays (for example 2023, which began and ended on a Sunday).
Option (4) A 29th of February — 29 February comes only in leap years.