Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, 'SKATE' is written as '191122010' and 'ROLLER' is written as '183012121018'. How will 'SLIDE' be written in that language?

Options:

191218412

191218416

191218414

191218410

Correct Answer:

191218410

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 :

EVERY CONSONANTS IS CODED AS ITS POSITIONAL VALUE WHILE THE VOWELS ARE CODED AS TWICE OF THEIR POSITIONAL VALUE

AS

SKATE

S= 19

K = 11

A = 1 (1× 2 = 2)

T = 20

E = 5 (5 × 2 = 10)

SKATE  = 191112010

AND

ROLLER  = 18301212

R = 18

O = 15 (15 × 2 = 30)

L = 12

L = 12

E = 5 (5 × 2 = 10)

R = 18

SIMILARLY

SLIDE

S =  19

L = 12

I = 9 (9 × 2 = 18)

D = 4

E = 5 (5 × 2 = 10)

THEREFORE SLIDE = 191218410