Coding Decoding Quiz Set 19


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Question 1

Directions: Understand the coding pattern and answer the questions.

Column I Column II
(1) FAMOUS (A) kcqhnp
(2) SATIRE (B) hqdbyx
(3) FRIGHT (C) ybcxje
(4) TANGLE (D) zewhxd
(5) ROVING (E) epbmyw
(6) HUNTER (F) wdxbnj

What is the code used for the letter M?

 A

x.

 B

q.

 C

k.

 D

e.

Soln.
Ans: c

FAMOUS has the letter M, and from its coding we see that k not common in any other coding.

We can also otherwise see that code for FAMOUS contains only k from the four given options. This is very straightforward.


Question 2

If 6 coded as T, 8 is coded as I, 3 is coded as N, 9 is coded as Q, 2 is coded as Y, 5 is coded as D and 7 is coded as R, then what is the coded form of DRINTQ?
 A
578329
 B
578396
 C
576839
 D
None of these
Soln.
Ans: d
D R I N T O -----> 5 7 8 3 6 9

Question 3

In a certain code language 'country and citizens kind' means '538 758 437 589', 'Paris is the capital' means '841 652 743 476', 'animal kind bird fauna' means '846 349 216 589' and 'france is country of' means '758 536 743 361'. Then what is the code for 'country kind'?

 A

758 589

 B

743 361

 C

476 437

 D

846 216

Soln.
Ans: a

'758' is common to items 1 and 4. So '758' = 'country'. Next we can see that '589' is common to items 1 and 3. So '589' = 'kind'. Hence 'country kind' should be '758 589' or '589 758'


Question 4

In a certain code language 'dog eats meat' means '387 832 835', 'cat dog fight' means '964 832 916' and 'fight not good' means '683 346 964'. Then what is the code for 'dog'?

 A

832

 B

835

 C

387

 D

683

Soln.
Ans: a

'dog' is common to items 1 and 2. From their codes we can see that '832' is common, and therefore the required answer.


Question 5

If FRIEND is coded as HUMJTK, how is CANDLE written in that code?

 A

EDRIRL.

 B

DCQHQV.

 C

FYOBOC.

 D

ESJFME.

Soln.
Ans: a

Letters of the word are coded with a gap of 1,2,3,4,5,6 letters, respectively as their positions in the alphabetical order.


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