Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, ‘HORSED’ is written as ‘ABPOLE’. What is the code for ‘PRISON’in that code language?

Options:

LMQGPN

LNQGPN

KMPFOM

KLPFOM

Correct Answer:

KLPFOM

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 :

REVERSE THE WORD

EVERY LETTER IS CODED WITH -3  LETTER

AS

HORSED = DESROH

D → (-3) → A

E → (-3) → B

S → (-3) → P

R → (-3) → O

O → (-3) → L

H  → (-3) → E

SIMILARLY

PRISON = NOSIRP

P → (-3) → K

R → (-3) → L

I → (-3) → P

S → (-3) → F

O → (-3) → O

N → (-3) → M