Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, 'GANGA' is coded as 21-3-42-21-3 and 'KOSHI' is coded as 33-45-57-24-27. How will 'GOMTI' be coded in that language?

Options:

14-45-26-60-27

21-45-39-60-27

21-30-39-40-18

14-30-39-40-18

Correct Answer:

21-45-39-60-27

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 :

K → (POSITIONAL VALUE) → 11 × 3 = 33

O → (POSITIONAL VALUE) → 15 × 3 = 45

S → (POSITIONAL VALUE) → 19 × 3 = 57

H → (POSITIONAL VALUE) → 8 × 3 = 24

I → (POSITIONAL VALUE) → 9 × 3 = 27

SIMILARLY

G → (POSITIONAL VALUE) → 7 × 3 = 21

O → (POSITIONAL VALUE) → 15 × 3 = 45

M → (POSITIONAL VALUE) → 13 × 3 = 39

T → (POSITIONAL VALUE) → 20 × 3 = 60

I → (POSITIONAL VALUE) → 9 × 3 = 27