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The maximum gap between two successive leap year is?

Answer: B

Leap years normally come four years apart, but a century year that is not divisible by 400 is skipped.

\[ 1896 \ \rightarrow \ \text{(1900 skipped)} \ \rightarrow \ 1904 \]

\[ 1904 - 1896 = 8 \text{ years} \]

So the maximum gap is 8 years. It happens around 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100 and so on - but not 2000, which is divisible by 400.

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