Coding & deCoding

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1. Number Coding

2. Letter Coding

3. Mixed Coding

4. Substitution Coding

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M
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Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N

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 Number Coding

If D = 4, COVER = 63 then BASIS = ?

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If AT = 20, BAT = 40 then CAT will be equal to?

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 If MACHINE is coded as 19-7-9-14-15-20-11, how will you code
DANGER?

a) 10-7-20-13-11-24 b) 11-7-20-16-11-24

c) 30-7-20-9-11-25 d) 13-7-20-10-11-25

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If E = 10; J = 20; O = 30; and T = 40, what will be P +
E + S + T? (GATE - 2019)

(a) 120 (b) 164 (c) 82 (d) 51

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If Z = 52 and ACT = 48, then BAT will be equal to

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In a certain code WELCOME is coded as
4221524121422, then how would
“FORMULA” be coded in the same
language?

A.211291461526 B. 615181312211
C.615181321121 D. 211291461151

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If AROMA = 24, GRAND = 22 then KWALITY = ?

(a) 40 (b) 62 (c) 55.5 (d) 50.5

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If ‘ABLE’ is coded as ‘23-24-8-1’, how will you code ‘DARK’?

(a) 25-22-13-6 (b) 26-23-14-7

(c) 26-24-12-6 (d) 26-23-13-7

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If ‘MEANDER’ is coded as ‘4515459’, then 'MATHEMATICS' is
coded as

a) 67250623076 b) 41285412931

c) 45038401854 d) 57159413955

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If AT is coded as – 19, EAT is coded as
24, BYE is coded as – 18, then AND is
coded as?

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If BARS is coded as 10.00, DEEZ is coded
as 10.00, PLANT is coded as 12.60, what
will be the code for LEAVES?

(a) 11 (b) 10

(c) 10.5 (d) 10.66

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 In a certain code language,
CAR = 19 and TRUCK = 68,
then code for ‘TAXP’?

(a) 60 (b) 57

(c)50 (d) 58

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In a certain code language, if the value of
CONTRACT = 56 and ‘GROWTH’ = 30,
then what is the value of DISTRIBUTION?
A. 130 B. 132
C. 140 D. 142

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Cryptic language is popular since ages, mostly
in the field of espionage and sending classified
messages. If 'I LOVE YOU' is coded as 7, then
how would you code 'GO TO HELL' in the
same language? (ESE_2023)
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5

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In a code language, TAPE is written as
4825; SHART is written as 93814 and
TUBE is written as 4675. Then how is
BASERA written?

(a) 785198 (b) 789518

(c) 985718 (d) 758918

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Letter Coding

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If IMHO = JNIP; IDK =JEL; and SO =TP, then IDC =
(GATE - 2019)
(a) JDC (b) JCD (c) JDE (d) JED
If ROAD is written as URDG, then SWAN
should be written as: (GATE-15)
[Link] [Link]
[Link] D. UXDQ

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In a certain code, AMCF is written as EQGJ
and NKUF is written as ROYJ. How will
DHLP be written in the code?
(GATE - 2018)
(a) RSTN (b)TLPH
(c) HLPT (d) XSVR
If in a certain code language “FRIEND” is coded as
“IULHQG” then how would “ENEMY” be coded in
that code language?
A. HQEMY
B. HQHPG
C. HQHPA
D. HQHPB

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If in a certain code language “SEASONAL”
is coded “ESSANOLA”, then how would
“SEPARATE” be coded in that code
language?
A. ESAPARET B. ESPAARTE
C. SEAPARET D. ESPARATE

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If in a certain code, SWITCH is written as
TVJSDG, which word would be written as
CQFZE?
A) BARED B) BRAED
C) BREAD D) BRADE
E) DPGYF
In certain code, TOGETHER is written
as RQEGRJCT. In the same code
PAROLE will be written as?
A) NCPQJG B) NCQPJG
C) RCPQJK D) RCTQNG
In a certain code, MONKEY is written as
XDJMNL. How is TIGER written in that
code?
(a) QDFHS (b) SDFHS
(c) SHFDQ (d) UJHFS
In a certain code, ROME is
coded as SUNI and
BOMBAY as CUNCEZ.
Then ASIA is coded as?
A) BIJB B) ETOE
C) ESOE D) ATIA
If DELHI is coded as CCIDD, how
would you encode BOMBAY?
A) AJMTVT B) AMJXVS
C) MJXVSU D)WXYZAX
In a certain code, “EDUCATION” is coded as
“WVXFZRGML”, then how would “CHALLENGE” be
coded in the same language?
A. XSOOZMTVV B. XSZOOMVTV
C. SXOZOMVVT D. SOXOZVVMT

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If in a certain code "FRAGRANCE" is
coded as "ICTHRGEPC", then how
would "SOPHISTICATED" be coded
in that code language?
[Link]
B. UJKQRUTFGVCEK
[Link]
D. UKJRQUTFVGEKC

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If 0, 1, 2, ..., 7, 8, 9 are coded as O, P, Q, ..., V, W, X then
45 will be coded as _____. (GATE – 2020)
(A) SS (B) TS (C) SU (D) ST

If P = 3, R = 27, T = 243, then Q + S = _______.

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 Mixed Coding
In certain code language, ‘851’ means ‘good sweet
fruit’, ‘783’ means ‘good red rose’ and ‘341’ means
‘rose and fruit’. Which of the following digit stands
for ‘sweet’ in that language?
A) 8 B) 5 C) 1 D) 3
If ‘sti nro kti’ stands for ‘clouds pour down’,
’nro bsi mit’ stands for ‘down he goes’ and
‘bsi sro zpi’ stands for ‘died blown he’,
which would mean ‘goes’?
A) nro B) mit
C) kti D) bsi
GATE_16: If ‘relftaga’ means carefree,
‘otaga’ means careful and ‘fertaga’ means
careless, which of the following could mean
‘aftercare’?
(A) zentaga (B) tagafer
(C) tagazen (D) relffer

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In a certain code language if:
"gorblflur" means "fan belt"
"pixngorbl" means "ceiling fan"
" arthtusl" means " tile roof"
Which word could mean "ceiling tile" in the same code language?
[Link] B. arthflur C. gorblarth D. flurtusl

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 Substitution Coding
If SAND is called AIR, AIR is called PLATEAU,
PLATEAU is called WELL, WELL is called ISLAND
and ISLAND is called SKY, then from where will a
woman draw water?
A)WELL B) ISLAND
C) SKY D) AIR
If ROOM is called BED, BED is called
WINDOW, WINDOW is called FLOWER
and FLOWER is called COOLER, on what
would a man sleep?
A)WINDOW B) BED
C) FLOWER D) COOLER
If SKY is called SEA, SEA is called WATER,
WATER is called AIR, AIR is called CLOUD
and CLOUD is called RIVER, then what do
we drink when thirsty?
A) SKY B) AIR
C) WATER D) SEA
 If white is called blue, blue is called red, red is called yellow, yellow is called green,
green is called black, black is called violet and violet is called orange
i)What would be the color of human blood ?
A. Red B. Green [Link] [Link] E. Orange

ii)What would be the color of Milk ?