In a certain code language, 'pic vic nic' means 'winter is cold'; 'to nic re' means 'summer is hot'; 're pic boo' means 'winter and summer'; 'vic tho pa' means 'nights are cold'. Based on the above, the following inferences are drawn:
(A) 're' means 'summer'
(B) 'boo' means 'and'
(C) 'vic' means 'cold'
(D) 'tho' means 'night'
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (C) only
A code word is fixed when it is the only word common to two sentences that share only one word. The four sentences are:
1. pic vic nic = winter is cold
2. to nic re = summer is hot
3. re pic boo = winter and summer
4. vic tho pa = nights are cold
(A) ‘re’ means ‘summer’ Correct. Sentences 2 and 3 share only ‘re’ and only ‘summer’, so re = summer.
(B) ‘boo’ means ‘and’ Correct. Sentences 1 and 3 share only ‘pic’ and ‘winter’, so pic = winter. In sentence 3, with re = summer and pic = winter, the last code boo = and.
(C) ‘vic’ means ‘cold’ Correct. Sentences 1 and 4 share only ‘vic’ and only ‘cold’, so vic = cold.
(D) ‘tho’ means ‘night’ Incorrect. ‘tho’ and ‘pa’ stand for ‘nights’ and ‘are’, which appear in no other sentence, so which is which cannot be decided.