Question

What is today's date?

Statement 1: Three days before it was Friday
Statement 2: One week before it was the first Tuesday in April 2007

• A. If the data in statement (1) alone is sufficient to answer the question
• B. If the data in statement (2) alone is sufficient to answer the question
• C. If the data in both the statements together are needed to answer the question
• D. If either statement (1) alone or statement (2) alone is sufficient to answer the question

Hint:

A day of the week is not the same as a full calendar date; check which statement gives an actual date.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Understand what is being asked.
The question wants one exact calendar date (day, month and year), not just a day of the week.

Step 2: Test statement 1 alone.
Statement 1 says three days before today was Friday.
Counting three days forward from Friday: Saturday, Sunday, Monday, so today is a Monday.
This only fixes the day of the week. It does not say which Monday, so the month and year stay unknown. Statement 1 alone is not sufficient.

Step 3: Test statement 2 alone.
Statement 2 says one week before today was the first Tuesday in April 2007.
April 1, 2007 falls on a Sunday, so the first Monday is April 2 and the first Tuesday is April 3, 2007.
One week before today being April 3, 2007 means today is exactly seven days later, April 10, 2007.
This gives one fixed, unambiguous calendar date. Statement 2 alone is sufficient.

Final Answer:
Statement 2 alone pins down the exact date, statement 1 alone only gives a weekday. \[ \boxed{\text{Option (b): Statement 2 alone is sufficient}} \]