Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, DORM is coded as 4303626 and FIRST is coded as 69363840. How will CANCER be coded in that language?

Options:

61283638

612661036

31283536

322831036

Correct Answer:

31283536

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 :

1) ALPHABET WHICH PLACE VALUE IN TWO DIGIT ITS PLACE VALUE IS CODED AS MULTIPLIED BY 2

2)  ALPHABET WHICH PLACE VALUE IN ONE DIGIT ITS PLACE VALUE IS CODED AS NUMBER

AS

D (4) → (PLACE VALUE ) → 4

O(15) → (PLACE VALUE × 2  ) → 30

R (18) → (PLACE VALUE × 2  ) → 36

M (13) → (PLACE VALUE × 2  ) → 26

 AND

F (6) → (PLACE VALUE ) → 6

I (9) → (PLACE VALUE ) →9

R (18) → (PLACE VALUE × 2  ) → 36

S  (19) → (PLACE VALUE × 2  ) → 38

T  (20) → (PLACE VALUE × 2  ) → 40

SIMILARLY

C (3) → (PLACE VALUE ) → 3

A (1) → (PLACE VALUE ) → 1

N (14) → (PLACE VALUE × 2  ) → 28

C (3 ) → (PLACE VALUE ) → 3

E (5) → (PLACE VALUE ) → 5

R  (18) → (PLACE VALUE × 2  ) → 36

CANCER IS CODED AS 31283536