UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

This option is correct because a leap year adds one extra day to February, making it 29 days instead of 28. As a result, the total number of days in the year becomes 366. This adjustment keeps the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical year. Therefore, a leap year has 366 days.

Option A:
366 days equal 365 regular days plus 1 extra day. This extra day compensates for the fact that the Earth's orbit around the Sun is slightly more than 365 days. Thus, this option accurately describes the length of a leap year.

Option B:
365 days correspond to a common, non-leap year. Although this is the usual number of days in a year, it does not apply when February has 29 days. Hence, this option is not correct for a leap year.

Option C:
364 days would give a year composed of exactly 52 weeks, but standard calendars do not use this length. It neither matches common nor leap years. Therefore, this option is wrong.

Option D:
360 days is sometimes used in financial calculations as a simplification, but it is not the actual number of days in either a common or leap year. Thus, it does not answer the question correctly.