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Why do we have a leap year every four years?

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The Earth gets shifted out of orbit every four years
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The revolution slows down a little once in every four years
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The length of a year is not an integer number of days
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It is a convention
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Solution

The correct option is C The length of a year is not an integer number of days
The concept of a leap year is basically a corrective measure as the length of a year is not 365 days, but about 365.25 days. This is adjusted in our length of a year every 4 years when 1 more day is added to the month of February.

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