Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, 'ABKN' is coded as '84', and 'PNCL' is coded as '135'. How will 'HONT' be coded in that language?

Options:

181

171

169

147

Correct Answer:

171

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 :

ADDITION OF THE ALPHABET × 3

ABKN = 1 + 2 + 11 + 14 = 28

AND

28 × 3  = 84

SIMILARLY

PNCL = 16 + 14 + 3  + 12 = 45

45 × 3  = 135

SIMILARLY

HONT = 8  + 15 + 14 + 20 = 57

57 × 3  = 171