Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, 'BYE' is coded as '245' and 'OLA' is coded as '265'. How will 'CAR' be coded in that language?

Options:

280

285

295

300

Correct Answer:

295

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 OPPOSITE POSITIONAL VALUE × 5 = GIVEN CODE

AS

BYE

B → (OPPOSITE LETTER)  → Y → 25

Y → (OPPOSITE LETTER)  → B → 2

E → (OPPOSITE LETTER)  → V → 22

25 + 2 + 22 = 49 × 5 = 245

AND

OLA

O → (OPPOSITE LETTER)  → L → 12

L → (OPPOSITE LETTER)  → O → 15

A → (OPPOSITE LETTER)  → Z → 26

12 + 15 + 26

= 53 × 5

= 265

SIMILARLY

CAR

C → (OPPOSITE LETTER)  → X → 24

A → (OPPOSITE LETTER)  → Z → 26

R → (OPPOSITE LETTER)  → I → 9

24 + 26 + 9

= 59× 5

= 295