Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Aptitude Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, BELOVED is coded as 65, and FLOWER is coded as 79. How will QUIVER be coded in that language?

Options:

92

94

91

90

Correct Answer:

92

Explanation:

1   2    3    4   5    6   7     8    9  10  11  12  13

 A   B   C    D   E    F   G    H    I    J    K    L   M

 ↓    ↓    ↓    ↓    ↓     ↓   ↓    ↓     ↓   ↓    ↓    ↓    ↓

 Z   Y    X   W   V    U   T    S    R   Q   P    O   N

26  25  24  23  22  21  20  19  18  17  16  15  14

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THE LOGIC FOLLOWED HERE IS :

SUM OF POSITIONAL VALUES OF ALPHABETS

AS

BELOVED

B + E + L + O + V  + E + D

2  +  5  +12 + 15 +  22+ 5 + 4 = 65

AND

FLOWER

F + L + O + W + E  + R

6 +  12  + 15 + 23  + 5 + 18 = 79

SIMILARLY

QUILVER

Q + U + I + L + V + E  + R

17 +  21 + 9 + 12 + 22  + 5 + 18 = 92