1 year = ______

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Answer 1

The correct answer is 365 Days.

Key Points

1 year = 365 Days.
Earth takes 365 days and 6 hours (approx) to complete one revolution around the sun. Hence normal year contains 365 days.
366 days are there in a leap year.
A leap year is a year, occurring once every four years, which has 366 days including 29 February as an intercalary day.
The 6 extra hour taken by earth each year contributes to one extra day of a leap year and that extra day is added to the month of February.

Additional Information Important Facts

National Calendar of India – Saka Calendar
The Saka Era marked the beginning of the Saka Samvat, a historic Hindu calendar which was later introduced as ‘Indian National Calendar’ in 1957.
The Saka calendar consists of 365 days and 12 months which is similar to the structure of the Gregorian Calendar.