Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, 'BAG' is coded as '71', and 'VICE' is coded as '69'. How will 'LIKE' be coded in that code language?

Options:

71

76

68

65

Correct Answer:

71

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 :

ADDITION OF REVERSE VALUE OF POSITIONAL ALPHABET

B → REVERSE VALUE → 25

A → REVERSE VALUE → 26

G → REVERSE VALUE → 20

BAG = 25 + 26 + 20 = 71

AND

VICE

V → REVERSE VALUE → 5

I → REVERSE VALUE → 18

C → REVERSE VALUE → 24

E → REVERSE VALUE → 22

5 + 18 + 24  +22 = 69

SIMILARLY

LIKE = ORPV (REVERSED)

L → REVERSE VALUE → 15

I → REVERSE VALUE → 18

K → REVERSE VALUE → 16

E → REVERSE VALUE → 22

15 + 18 + 16 + 22 = 71