Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

If in a code language, GOD is coded as 15 and DEVIL is coded as 43, then how will you code HUMEN?

Options:

42

72

81

56

Correct Answer:

42

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 :

EACH CONSONANTS CODED AS POSITIONAL VALUE

AND VOWELS ARE CODED AS

A =1

E = 2

I = 3

O = 4

 U = 5

AS

G → (SAME) → 7

O → (VOWEL) → 4

D → (SAME) →4

7 + 4 + 4 = 15

AND

D → (SAME) → 4

E → (VOWEL) → 2

V → (SAME) →22

I → (VOWEL) → 3

L→ (VOWEL) →12

4 + 2 + 22 + 3 + 12 = 42

SIMILARLY

H → (SAME) → 8

U → (VOWEL) → 5

M → (SAME) →13

E → (VOWEL) → 2

N → (VOWEL) →14

8 + 5 + 13 + 2 + 14 = 42