Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, SYNC is coded as 4417 and MINT is coded as 2234. How will NOSE be coded as in that language ?

Options:

2924

5729

1758

3419

Correct Answer:

2924

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:

CODES                                    POSITIONAL VALUE

S   Y    N    C                           19    25    14    3

 ADDITION OF IST TWO AND LAST TWO

  19  + 25 = 44    AND      14  + 03   = 17

CODE IS 4417

 

SIMILARLY

 

CODES                                    POSITIONAL VALUE

M   I   N    T                             13    9    14    20

 ADDITION OF IST TWO AND LAST TWO

  13 + 9 = 22    AND      14  + 20   = 34

CODE IS 2234

 

SIMILARLY

 

CODES                                    POSITIONAL VALUE

N   O  S  E                                14    15   19    5

 ADDITION OF IST TWO AND LAST TWO

  14 + 15 = 29    AND      19  + 5   = 24

CODE IS 2924