Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, 'HELP' is written as '1652432' and 'SAVE' is written as '381445'. How will 'MAIL' be written in that language?

Options:

261926

261924

261934

261928

Correct Answer:

261924

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 :

POSITION OF ALPHABET AS CONSONANTS IS MULTIPLIED BY 2

AND VOWELS ARE SAME

H = 8 × 2 = 16

E = 5 (VOWEL)

L = 14 × 2 = 28

P = 16 × 2 =  32

SIMILARLY

S = 19 × 2 = 38

A = 1 (VOWEL)

V = 22 × 2 = 44

E = 5 (VOWEL)

THEREFORE

M = 13 × 2 = 26

A = 1 (VOWEL)

I = 9  (VOWEL)

L = 12 × 2 = 24

MAIL = 261924