Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, 'POM' is coded as '43', and 'HAN' is coded as '22'. How will 'BRO' be coded in that language?

Options:

36

33

35

34

Correct Answer:

34

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

******************************************************

THE LOGIC FOLLOWED HERE IS:

SUM OF PLACE VALUE  - 1

AS

POM

= (16 + 15 + 13) - 1

= 43

HAN

= ( 8 + 1 + 14 ) - 1

= 22

SIMILARLY

BRO

= ( 2 + 18 + 15) - 1

= 34