Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Logical and Analytical Reasoning

Topic

Coding Decoding

Question:

In a certain code language, 'FRIGHT' is coded as '860432', and 'HEAR' is coded as '3156'. How will 'EAFT' be coded in that language?

Options:

1568

1582

1528

1584

Correct Answer:

1582

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:

THE COMMON LETTERS BETWEEN BOTH GIVEN WORDS ARE R AND H

THE COMMON DIGITS FROM BOTH CODES ARE 6 AND 3

THUS THE REMAINING LETTERS IN THE SECOND WORD IS E AND A. NOW E AND A IS CODED AS 1 AND 5

 

NOW FROM THE FIRSE WORD ,F = 8 AND T =2

THUS EAFT IS CODED AS 1582

HENCE OPTION 2 IS CORRECT