Coding and
Decoding
- Sahil S M
● Chapter : Importance, PYQ
weightage
● Types of Questions : 4
Overview ● Practice Question
● PYQ ( 2021 - 2025 )
Chapter : Importance
● Basic concepts based chapter
Series.
● Easy + Basic chapter
PYQ Weightage
Every year there are questions
2021 , 2022, 2023 - 1 each
2024 - 2Q
2025
2025 - 4Q
2024
2021 2022 2023
Warm up Question :
In the following questions find reason behind the coding :
1. If FRIEND is coded as HUMJTK , how is CANDLE Written in that
code ?
a) EDSISK
b) EDRISK
c) DDRIRK
d) EDRIRL
Type of Questions:
4 types
● Coding with Alphabets
● Coding : Alphabets and
Numbers
● CODE Language
● Coding with Renaming
Basic Tool:
Sample Questions
1. In a certain code, TOGETHER is written as RQEGRJCT. In the same
code, PAROLE will be written as :
(a)NCPQJG
(b)NCQPJG
(c) RCPQJK
(d)RCTQNC
Sample Questions
2. If in a certain language, COUNSEL is coded as BITIRAK, how is
GUIDANCE written in that code?
(a)EOHYZKBB
(b)FOHYZJBB
(c) FPHZZKAB
(d)HOHYBJBA
Sample Questions
3. In a certain code, COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How is
MEDICINE written in the same code?
(a) MFEJDJOE
(b)EOJDEJFM
(c) EOJDJEFM
(d)MFEDJJOE
Type 2: Alphabet + Number coding
● 2 categories :
1. Random numbering
2. Alphabet based numbering
Sample Questions
4. In a certain code, RIPPLE is written as 613382 and LIFE is written
as 8192. How is PILLER written in that code?
(a) 318826
(b)318286
(c) 618826
(d)338816
Sample Questions
5. If DELHI is coded as 73541 and CALCUTTA as 82589662, how
can CALICUT be coded?
(a) 8251893
(b)8521898
(c)8251896
(d)8215968
Sample Questions
6. PALE is coded as 521161, EARTH is coded as 8028115 , how is
PEARL coded in that code?
(a)21811615
(b)21118615
(c) 21156181
(d)21811561
Sample Questions
7. In a certain code, BALL is written as 424224 and HEN is written as
82071, How is WHEAT written in that code?
(a)4770240
(b)0407724
(c)4772040
(d)0402774
Type 3: Code with Renaming
Renaming or Fake naming will be
given for usual objects , just
observe solve it.
Sample Questions
8. 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, what would be the colour of human blood?
a) Red
b) Green
c) Yellow
d) Violet
Sample Questions
9. If red is called butter, butter is called soap, soap is called ink, ink is
called honey and honey is called red, which of the following is used
for washing clothes?
(a) Honey
(b)Butter
(c) Red
(d)Ink
Type 4: Code language
Random based coding with
words repeating in each
sentence,
● find the code of repeating
words,
● observation and
● elimination
Sample Questions
10. In a certain code,
‘786’ means ‘study very hard’,
‘958’ means ‘hard work pays’
‘645’ means ‘study and work’.
Which of the following is the code for ‘very’?
(a) 7
(b)8
(c) 6
(d)Either 6 or 7
Sample Questions
11. In a certain code language,
'pod na joc' means 'very bright boy';
'tam nu pod' means 'the boy dances';
'nu per ton' means 'keep the doll';
'joc ton su' means 'very good doll'.
Which of the following means 'bright' in the same code language?
(a) Joc
(b)Pod
(c) Ton
(d)Na
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