If REASON is coded as 5, BELIEVED as 7, what is the code number of GOVERNMENT?

9

Here, each word is coded by the numeral which is 1 less than the number of letters in the word i.e. REASON has 6 letters, it is coded as 5 whereas, BELIEVED has 8 letters it has been coded as 7. In the similar way, there are 10 letters in the word 'GOVERNMENT', so the code assigned to it will be 9 i.e. (10−1).