Reasoning Practice set : More Coding â Decoding Tricks : āĻā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ â āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§° āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻļāϞ
Q. OQIÕIQOQQIOQ = OIQOQQIOQOQI
EFKFKEKEFFEK = ?
A) FKEKEFFEKEFK B) EFKFKEKEFFEK C) KFEKEFFEKEFK D) EFKFKEKEFFEK
Soln / Explanation
Look at the first pair carefully : āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϞāĻĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ:
OQIÕIQOQQIOQ → OIQOQQIOQOQI
The pattern is cyclic rearrangement : āĻā§āĻžāϤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžā§ āϝ⧠—
- The first 3 letters move to the end : āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§ŠāĻāĻž āĻ āĻā§āώ⧰ āĻļā§āώāϞ⧠āϝāĻžā§
- The remaining letters shift left : āĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻā§ āĻāĻāϞ⧠āϏ⧰āĻŋ āϝāĻžā§
So, apply the same rule to āĻāĻā§āĻ āύāĻŋā§āĻŽ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠: EFKFKEKEFFEK
First 3 letters āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§ŠāĻāĻž āĻ
āĻā§āώ⧰ = EFK
Remaining āĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āĻāĻļ = FKEKEFFEK
Rearranged form āύāϤā§āύ ā§°ā§āĻĒ = FKEKEFFEK + EFK
= FKEKEFFEKEFK
Ans: A) FKEKEFFEKEFK
CODING–DECODING PRACTICE SET : (SSC / HSLC Level)
Q1. If PENCIL = QFODJM, then PAPER = ? āϝāĻĻāĻŋ PENCIL = QFODJM āĻšā§, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠PAPER = ?
A) QBQFS B) QBQFR C) QBQES D) QBRFS
Ans: A) QBQFS
Explanation: Each letter is shifted +1. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž : āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻā§āώ⧰ ā§§āĻāĻž āĻāĻāϞ⧠āϏ⧰āĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
Q2. If DOG = EPH, then CAT = ? āϝāĻĻāĻŋ DOG = EPH, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠CAT = ?
A) DBU B) DBV C) DZU D) DCU
Ans: A) DBU
Explanation: +1 letter coding. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ā§§āĻāĻž āĻ āĻā§āώ⧰ āĻāĻāϞ⧠āϏ⧰āĻŖāĻŋ
Q3. If FRUIT = HTWKV, then APPLE = ? āϝāĻĻāĻŋ FRUIT = HTWKV, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠APPLE = ?
A) BSSMF B) CQQMF C) BQQMF D) CQRNF
Ans: B) CQQMF
Explanation: Each letter +2. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻā§āώ⧰ ⧍āĻāĻž āĻāĻāϞā§
Q4. If 123 = ABC, then 456 = ? āϝāĻĻāĻŋ 123 = ABC, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠456 = ?
A) DEF B) EFG C) CDE D) BCD
Ans: A) DEF
Explanation: Number → Alphabet order. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻ āĻā§āώ⧰
Q5. If PARK = SBUL, then TREE = ? āϝāĻĻāĻŋ PARK = SBUL, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠TREE = ?
A) UQFF B) WSGG C) UQGG D) WSFF
Ans: C) UQGG
Explanation: Alternate +3, +2. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§° +3, āĻāĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§° +2
Q6. If MANGO = OCPIT, then APPLE = ? āϝāĻĻāĻŋ MANGO = OCPIT, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠APPLE = ?
A) CQRNG B) CQQNG C) BQQMF D) DRSOF
Ans: B) CQQNG
Explanation: Each letter +2. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻā§āώ⧰ ⧍āĻāĻž āĻāĻāϞā§
Q7. If A = 1, B = 2, then CAT = ? āϝāĻĻāĻŋ A = 1, B = 2, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠CAT = ?
A) 3-1-20 B) 3-1-19 C) 2-1-20 D) 3-2-20
Ans: A) 3-1-20
Explanation: Alphabet position. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻžā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ
Q8. If DELHI = EFMJK, then PATNA = ? āϝāĻĻāĻŋ DELHI = EFMJK, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠PATNA = ?
A) QBUGB B) QBUOB C) QBUNB D) QBTMB
Ans: C) QBUNB
Explanation: Each letter +1. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: ā§§āĻāĻž āĻ āĻā§āώ⧰ āĻāĻāϞā§
Q9. If MOON = NOPO, then STAR = ? āϝāĻĻāĻŋ MOON = NOPO, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠STAR = ?
A) TUBS B) TUBQ C) TUBS D) TUBQ
Ans: A) TUBS
Explanation: Alternate +1. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāĻā§āϰāĻŽā§ ā§§āĻāĻž āĻāĻāϞā§
Q10. If CLOCK = DMPDL, then WATCH = ? āϝāĻĻāĻŋ CLOCK = DMPDL, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠WATCH = ?
A) XBUDI B) XBUGI C) XBUDI D) XBVGI
Ans: B) XBUGI
Explanation: Each letter +1. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻā§āώ⧰ ā§§āĻāĻž āĻāĻāϞā§
Coding - Decoding Shortcut Tricks : (SSC / HSLC)
Tricks:
â Check letter shift (+1, +2, −1) : āĻ
āĻā§āώ⧰ āĻāĻāϞā§/āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϞ⧠āϏ⧰āĻŖāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ
â Observe reverse order : āĻāϞāĻāĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻŽ āĻāĻā§ āύ⧠āύāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ
â Look for alternate letter change : āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāĻā§āϰāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻā§°āĻ
â Check alphabet positions (A=1, B=2…) : āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻžā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻ
â Identify word rotation or rearrangement : āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻĒā§āύ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ