Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, 'POINT' is coded as '11', and 'GRANDST' is coded as '11'. How will 'HEMANT' be coded in that language?

Options:

8

4

9

7

Correct Answer:

7

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 :

ADDITION OF PLACE VALUE OF ALPHABET

POINT = 16 +15+ 9 +14  + 20 = 74 AND 7 + 4 = 11

GRANDST = 7 +18+ 1 + 14 + 4 +  19 + 20 = 83 AND 8 + 3 = 11

SIMILARLY

HEMANT = 8 + 5 + 13 + 1 +  14 + 20 = 61 AND 6 + 1 = 7