Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a code language, if SEND is written as 168, then how will PURSE be written in the same language?

Options:

185

225

395

415

Correct Answer:

395

Explanation:

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 THE POSITIONAL VALUE  × NO.OF LETTERS GIVEN = CODE GIVEN

AS

SEND

= 19 + 5 + 14 + 4 = 42

= 42 × 4 = 168

SIMILARLY

PURSE

= 16 + 21 + 18 + 19 + 5 = 79

= 79 × 5  = 395