According to a certain code language,
(i) ‘min fin bin gin’ means ‘trains are always late’.
(ii) ‘gin din cin hin’ means ‘drivers were always punished’.
(iii) ‘bin cin vin rin’ means ‘drivers stopped all trains’.
(iv) ‘din kin fin vin’ means ‘all passengers were late’.
Which word is represented by ‘fin’?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → late
A word that appears in two sentences must have its code in both coded sentences, so the code common to two lines stands for the word common to them.
Lines (i) and (iv) share only the code fin and only the word late, so fin \(=\) late
In the same way, (i) and (iii) share bin and ‘trains’; (i) and (ii) share gin and ‘always’; (ii) and (iii) share cin and ‘drivers’, so fin is none of these