Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, STAR is coded as 55 and CUT is coded as 42. How will 'PEN' be coded as in that language?

Options:

63

55

51

68

Correct Answer:

51

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:

PLACE OF LETTERS - (NO OF LETTERS - 1 )

AS

STAR

19 + 20 + 1 + 18 - (NO OF LETTERS -1)

= 58 - (4 - 1)

= 58 - (3)

= 55

CUT

3 +  21 + 20 - (NO OF LETTERS -1)

= 44 - ( 3 - 1)

= 44 - 2

= 42

SIMILARLY

PEN

15 +  5  + 14 - (NO OF LETTERS -1)

= 35 - (3 - 1 )

= 35 - 2

= 33