Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, ‘PALACE’ is written as ‘ZKZOVX’ and ‘DEVINE’ is written as ‘VWREVM’. How will ‘SLOWLY’ be written in that language?

Options:

HODLBO

OHLDOB

OHDLBO

HOLDOB

Correct Answer:

OHDLBO

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:

INTERCHANGING IST AND IIND WITH EACH OTHER AND CODE WITH OPPOSITE LETTER

INTERCHANGING IIIRD AND IVTH  WITH EACH OTHER AND CODE WITH OPPOSITE LETTER

INTERCHANGING VTH AND VITH WITH EACH OTHER  AND CODE WITH OPPOSITE LETTER

AS

P → (NTERCHANGING ) → Z

A → (INTERCHANGING) → K

L → (NTERCHANGING ) → Z

A → (INTERCHANGING) → O

C → (NTERCHANGING ) → V

E → (INTERCHANGING) → X

AND

D → (NTERCHANGING ) → V

E → (INTERCHANGING) → W

V → (NTERCHANGING ) → R

I → (INTERCHANGING) → E

N → (NTERCHANGING ) → V

E → (INTERCHANGING) → M

SIMILARLY

S → (NTERCHANGING ) → O

L → (INTERCHANGING) → H

O → (NTERCHANGING ) → D

W → (INTERCHANGING) → L

L → (NTERCHANGING ) → B

Y → (INTERCHANGING) → O