Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, 'PINK' is coded as '25', and 'HEAR' is coded as '16'. How will 'FAIL' be coded in that language?

Options:

28

14

24

12

Correct Answer:

14

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:

HALF OF THE SUM OF THE POSITIONAL VALUE

AS

PINK

= ( 16 + 9 + 14 +  11) ÷ 2

= 50 ÷ 2 

= 50 ÷ 2 = 25

AND

HAIR

= ( 8 +  1 + 9 + 18) ÷ 2 

= 36 ÷ 2

= 18

SIMILARLY

FAIL

= ( 6 +  1 + 12 + 14) ÷ 2 

= 28 ÷ 2

= 14

HENCE OPTION 2 IS CORRECT