Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, REASON is coded as 51 and BAKE is coded as 47. How will MARRY be coded in that language?

Options:

47

37

41

35

Correct Answer:

35

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 VOWELS ARE CODED AS THEIR POSITIONAL VALUE AND THE COSONANTS ARE CODED AS THEIR OPPOSITE POSITIONAL VALUE

AS

R → (OPP. POSITIONAL VALUE) → 9

E  → (VOWEL) → 5

A →(VOWEL) → 1

S →  (OPP. POSITIONAL VALUE) → 88

O  → (VOWEL) → 15

N →  (OPP. POSITIONAL VALUE) → 13

9 + 5  + 1 + 8 + 15 + 13 = 51

AND

B  → (OPP. POSITIONAL VALUE) → 25

A  → (VOWEL) → 1

K → (OPP. POSITIONAL VALUE) → 16

E →   (VOWEL) → 5

25 + 1 + 16 + 5 = 47

SIMILARLY

M → (OPP. POSITIONAL VALUE) → 14

A  → (VOWEL) → 1

R →  (OPP. POSITIONAL VALUE) → 9

R →  (OPP. POSITIONAL VALUE) → 9

Y  → (OPP. POSITIONAL VALUE) → 2

14  +  1 + 9 + 9 + 2 = 35