Leap Year | MCQs

Explanation

A leap year occurs almost every four years to keep our calendar aligned with the Earth's orbit around the Sun.

The extra day, February 29th, is added to account for the fact that the Earth's orbit takes approximately 365.25 days.

Explanation

A year may be a leap year if it is evenly divisible by 4.

The Solar year is 365.2422 days long, a length which no calendar year can accommodate.

Generally, a leap year happens every four years

The next leap day will be on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

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Explanation

The year 2024 is a 'leap year'.

Its meaning the month of February will have 29 days instead of 28.

Total number of days will be 366 instead of 365.

This was also the case in 2024, and 2028 will again be a leap year.