In a certain code language, the word OCCUPANT, is written as QEEWRCPV, What would be the code for FYZGRYLR in the same language?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → HABITANT
The rule is found from the given pair: each letter of OCCUPANT is moved two places forward in the alphabet.
O → Q, C → E, C → E, U → W, P → R, A → C, N → P, T → V: OCCUPANT → QEEWRCPV
The same rule applied to FYZGRYLR (after Z the count goes round to A):
F → H, Y → A, Z → B, G → I, R → T, Y → A, L → N, R → T
So FYZGRYLR is written as HABITANT
Note: It seems that there is a mistake in the original NTA paper, which asks for “the word for the code FYZGRYLR”. A code is turned back into its word by moving each letter two places back, and FYZGRYLR would then give DWXEPWJP, which is not among the options. HABITANT is what FYZGRYLR becomes when it is coded by the same rule, so the question has been corrected here to read “What would be the code for FYZGRYLR”.