If UPKAR is coded as UOQJLAQS, then the code for HONEY will be:

The correct answer is Option (3) → GIOMOEXZ

The rule is found by setting the code of UPKAR against its letters: UPKAR has 5 letters but its code has 8, so some letters are written as two.

• U (vowel) → U, written as it is

• P (consonant) → OQ, the letters just before and just after P

• K (consonant) → JL, the letters just before and just after K

• A (vowel) → A, written as it is

• R (consonant) → QS, the letters just before and just after R

So a vowel stays and a consonant becomes the pair of letters on either side of it. Applying this to HONEY:

• H → GI, O → O, N → MO, E → E, Y → XZ