Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, TIFFIN is coded as 67 and BOX is coded as 44. How will CARDBOARD be coded as in that language?

Options:

69

66

67

64

Correct Answer:

69

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 PLACE VALUE OF LETTER + 3

TIFFIN  = 20 + 9 + 6 + 6 + 9 + 14 = 64

TIFFIN = 64 + 3 = 67

BOX = 2 + 15 + 24 = 41

BOX =  41  + 3 = 44

SIMILARLY

CARDBOARD = 3 + 1+ 18+ 4 + 2 + 15+ 1 + 18 +4 = 66

CARDBOARD = 66 + 3 = 69