Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, 'FROZEN' is coded as '504' and 'TONSILS' is coded as '756'. How will 'MARINE' be coded in that language?

Options:

360

652

520

456

Correct Answer:

360

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:

SUM OF THE POSITIONAL VALUE × NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE GIVEN WORD

FROZEN = 6  + 18 + 15 + 26 +  5 = 84

FROZEN = 84 × 6 = 504

AND

TONSILS

SUM OF THE POSITIONAL VALUE × NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE GIVEN WORD

= 20 + 15 +14+ 19 + 9 + 14 +  19

= 108 ×  7 = 756

SIMILARLY

MARINE

SUM OF THE POSITIONAL VALUE × NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE GIVEN WORD

= 13 + 1 + 18 + 9 + 14 + 5 = 60

= 60 × 6 = 360

HENCE 360 IS CORRECT ANSWER