CSAT (PYQ)
Previous Year Questions
CODING - DECODING
CSAT-PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS (PYQ)
1. If in a certain code, ‘ABCD’ is written as 24 and 7. In a code language ‘MATHEMATICS’ is written as
‘EFGH’ is written as 1680, then how is ‘IJKL’ ‘LBSIDNZUHDR’. How is ‘CHEMISTRY’ written
written in that code? (2024) in that code language? (2021)
(a) 11880 (a) DIDLHRSSX
(b) 11240 (b) BIDNHTSSX
(c) 7920 (c) BIDLHTSSX
(d) 5940 (d) DGFLIRUQZ
2. If in a certain code, ‘POT' is written ATOP and 8. In the sum ⨂ + 1 ⨂ + 5 ⨂ + ⨂ ⨂ + ⨂ 1 =
‘TRAP’ is written as APART, then how is 1 ⨂⨂ for which digit does the symbol ⨂ stand?
‘ARENA’ written in that code? (2024) (a) 2 (b) 3
(a) AARENA (c) 4 (d) 5
(b) AANREA
(c) AANEAR 9. Let A3BC and DE2F be four-digit numbers where
(d) AANERA each letter represents a different digit greater than 3.
If the sum of the numbers is 15902, then what is the
3. If 7 ⊕ 9 ⊕ 10 = 8, 9 ⊕ 11 ⊕ 30 = 5, 11 ⊕ 17 ⊕ difference between the values of A and D? (2020)
21 = 13, what is the value of 23 ⊕ 4 ⊕ 15 ? (2023) (a) 1 (b) 2
(a) 6 (c) 3 (d) 4
(b) 8
(c) 13 10. The letters from A to Z are numbered from 1 to 26
(d) 15 respectively. If GHI = 1578 and DEF = 912, then
what is ABC equal to? (2020)
4. If ‘ZERO’ is written as ‘CHUR’, then how is (a) 492
‘PLAYER’ written ? (2023) (b) 468
(a) SOCAGT (c) 262
(b) SODBGT (d) 246
(c) SODBHT
(d) SODBHU 11. Number 136 is added to 5B7 and the sum obtained
is 7A3, where A and B are integers. It is given that
7A3 is exactly divisible by 3. The only possible
5. If the order of the letters in the English alphabet is
value of B is (2019)
reversed and each letter represents the letter whose
position it occupies, then which one of the following (a) 2
represents ‘LUCKNOW’? (2022) (b) 5
(a) OGXPMLD (c) 7
(b) OGXQMLE (d) 8
(c) OFXPMLE
(d) OFXPMLD 12. If every alternative letter of the English alphabet
from B onwards (including B) is written in lower
case (small letters) and the remaining letters are
6. In the English alphabet, the first 4 letters are written
capitalized, then how is the first month of the second
in opposite order; and the next 4 letters are written
half of the year written? (2019)
in opposite order and so on; and at the end Y and Z
are interchanged. Which will be the fourth letter to (a) JuLY
the right of the 13th letter? (2021) (b) jULy
(a) N (c) jUly
(b) T (d) jUIY
(c) H
(d) I
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CSAT-PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS (PYQ)
13. If $ means ‘divided by’; @ means ‘multiplied by’; # 19. If ABC x DEED = ABCABC; where A, B, C, D and
means ‘minus’, then the value of 10#5@1$5 is E are different digits, what are the values of D and
(2019) E? (2015)
(a) 0 (a) D = 2, E = 0
(b) 1 (b) D = 0, E = 1
(c) 2 (c) D = 1, E = 0
(d) 9 (d) D = 1, E = 2
14. Consider the following sum: 20. The letters L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T in their order
• + 1 • + 2 • + • 3 + • 1 = 21 • are substituted by nine integers 1 to 9 but not in that
In the above sum, • stands for (2018) order. 4 is assigned to P. The difference between P
(a) 4 and T is 5. The difference between N and T is 3.
What is the integer assigned to N ? (2014)
(b) 5
(a) 7
(c) 6
(b) 5
(d) 8
(c) 4
(d) 6
15. If LSJXVC is the code for MUMBAI, the code for
DELHI is (2018)
(a) CCIDD (b) CDKGH
(c) CCJFG (d) CCIFE
16. If RAMON is written as 12345 and DINESH as
675849, then HAMAM will be written as (2018)
(a) 92233 (b) 92323
(c) 9332 (d) 93232
17. In a certain code, ‘256’ means ‘red colour chalk’,
‘589’ means ‘green colour flower’ and ‘254’ means
‘white colour chalk’. The digit in the code that
indicates ‘white’ is (2017)
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 8
18. A military code writes SYSTEM as SYSMET and
NEARER as AENRER. Using the same code,
FRACTION can be written as: (2016)
(a) CARFTION
(b) FRACNOIT
(c) NOITCARF
(d) CARFNOIT
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CSAT-PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS (PYQ)
Topic: CODING AND DECODING
Answer key
1 A 5. D 9. C 13. D 17. B
2. D 6. B 10. D 14. D 18. D
3. A 7. B 11. D 15. A 19. C
4. D 8. B 12. D 16. B 20. D
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