Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In certain code language, 'FOX' is coded as '108' and 'SOUP' is coded as '148'. How will 'UPSIDE' be coded as in that language?

Options:

528

590

385

494

Correct Answer:

528

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 :

THE LETTERS ARE REVERSED FIRST AND THEN  SUM OF ALL THE REVERSE LETTERS IS MULTIPLIED BY THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN EACH WORD

AS

F → (OPPOSITE) → U → (PLACE VALUE) → 21

O → (OPPOSITE) → L → (PLACE VALUE) → 12

X → (OPPOSITE) → C → (PLACE VALUE) → 3

AND 21 + 12 + 3 = 36 × 3 = 108

 

S → (OPPOSITE) → H → (PLACE VALUE) → 8

O → (OPPOSITE) → L → (PLACE VALUE) → 12

U → (OPPOSITE) → F → (PLACE VALUE) → 6

P → (OPPOSITE) → K → (PLACE VALUE) → 11

AND  8  + 12 + 6 + 11 =  37 × 4 = 148

SIMILARLY

U → (OPPOSITE) → F → (PLACE VALUE) → 6

P → (OPPOSITE) → K → (PLACE VALUE) → 11

S → (OPPOSITE) → H → (PLACE VALUE) → 8

I → (OPPOSITE) → R → (PLACE VALUE) → 18

D → (OPPOSITE) → W  → (PLACE VALUE) → 23

E → (OPPOSITE) → V → (PLACE VALUE) → 22

6 + 11 + 8 + 18 + 23 + 22 = 88 × 6 =528