Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, ‘FOSSIL’ is written as ‘KHRRNE’. What is the code for ‘FUNGAL’ in that code language?

Options:

KZFMTE

KAFMTE

LAGMUF

LAGNUF

Correct Answer:

KZFMTE

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:

REVERSE THE APLHABET AND DECREASE IT BY -1

AS

FOSSIL = LISSOF

L → (-1) → K

I → (-1) → H

S → (-1) → R

S → (-1) → R

O → (-1) → N

F → (-1) → E

SIMILARLY

FUNGAL = LAGNUF

L → (-1) → K

A → (-1) → Z

→ (-1) → F

N → (-1) → M

U  → (-1) → T

F → (-1) → E