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CODING AND DECODING
CODE : A code is system of signals.
CODING : Coding is a method of transmitting a message between the sender and
the receiver without a third person knowing it .
Ex : In a certain code language, RAVI Can be written as HUZQ, in the same way
SUCHI can be written as ?
a) b)HGBTR c)JIDVT d)TVDIJ
R A V I ------- HUZQ
-1-1-1-1
S U C H I ------- HGBTR Ans : HGBTR
-1-1-1-1-1
Observe the relation between the given two words, the same relation you have to
apply for the third word, you get the answer.
Ex : KERALA ---------- LFSBMB
T R I C H I --------- ? Ans : USJDIJ
+1+1+1+1+1+1
Model -1
Same letters in the decode, but positions changed in the particular order
1. THEJA ---------- AJEHT
HARSHINI --------- ?
Reverse order of letters . Ans : INIHSRAH
2. NETHAJI ------------- NTAIEHJ
PANDITH ------------ ?
Alternate letters . Ans : PNIHADT
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3. SUBHASH ------------- SHUSBAH
CHANDRA ------------- ?
First letter & Last letter
Second letter & from last second letter
Third letter & from last third letter
Last middle letter Ans : CAHRADN
4. ARITHMETIC --------- RATIMHTECI
REASONINGS -------- ?
From the beginning, every two letters were written in reverse order.
Ans : ERSANONISG
5. ENGLISH --------- NEGLIHS
MARATHI -------- ?
First two letters and last two letters were written in reverse order and the middle
letters are same. Ans : AMRATIH
6. MATHEMATICS -------- EHTAMMSCITA
MICROBIOLOG --------- ?
First 5 letters & last 5 letters were written in reverse order and the middle letter
be same. Ans : ORCIMBGOLOI
Model -2
From the given word, letters were moving forward [+] in a particular sequence .
1. PANDITH ---------- QBOEJUI
NETHAJI ---------- ?
Moving forward one letter. Ans : OFUIBKJ
2. MATHS ------------ OCVJU
QUANT ------------ ?
Moving forward two letters. Ans : SWCPV
3. ENGLISH ---------- FPHNJUI
MARATHI --------- ?
Moving forward one letter & two letters alternately.
Ans : NCSCUJJ
4. READING ------- UHDGLQJ
TEACHER ------- ?
Moving forward 3 letters . Ans : WHDFKHU
5. SCOOTER -------- SFUPPDT
BICYCLE ----------- ?
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From last letter moving one word forward. Ans : FMDZDJC
6. SMART ------- YWFRX
HANDSOME ----------- ?
From last letter moving 5 letters forward. Ans : JRTXISFM
7. GENIUS --------- HTFVOJ
CLEVER ---------- ?
Moving forward one letter. First letter & Last letter
Second letter & From last second letter
Third letter & From last third letter
Model -3
From the given word, letters were moving backward [-] in a particular sequence.
1. THEJESH ---------- SGDIDRG
HARSHINI --------- ?
Moving backward one letter. Ans : GZQRGHMH
2. HINDI --------- FGLBG
KANNADA ------- ?
Moving backward two letters. Ans : IYLLYBY
3. BIOLOGY ---------- YFLJLDV
HISTORY ---------- ?
Moving backward three letters. Ans : EFPQLOV
4. GEOGRAPHY ----- XGOZQFNDF
POLITY ------------- ?
From last letter moving backward one letter. Ans : XSHKNO
5. JAGAN -------- LYEYH
RAMAN ------- ?
From last letter moving backward two letters. Ans : LYKYP
6. SIVAM -------- RGUYL
MATHAM ----- ?
Moving backward one letter & two letters alternately from first letter .
Ans : LYSFZK
7. JYOTHI -------- FEQLVG
HONEY -------- ?
Moving backward three letter from last letter. Ans : VBKLE
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Model -4
First opposite :
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
Codes to remember the first opposite letters :
A Z – AZaruddin
B Y – BoY
C X – CruX
D W – David Williams
LO VE
F U – Fun
G T – GaTe (GATE Exam)
H S – HouSe
I R – Inter Rusults
J Q – John & Queen
K P – Pawan Kalyan
M N – MaNager
Note : Practice these codes 5 to 10 times
1. NETHAJI ---------- MVGSZQR
PANDITH --------- ?
Direct first opposite letters from lest to right. Ans : KZMWRGS
2. NETHAJI ---------- MGZRVSQ
PANDITH --------- ?
First opposite letters, but alternate letters. Ans : KMRSZWG
3. NETHAJI ---------- MRVQGZS
PANDITH --------- ?
First opposite, first letter & last letter
Second letter & From last second letter
Third letter & From last third letter
Last middle letter Ans : KSZGMRW
4. NETHAJI ------------ SGZVQMR
PANDITH ----------- ?
First opposite, Middle letter
Previous letter of middle letter & next letter of middle letter
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Similarly, continue the sequence. Ans : WMRZGKS
5. NETHAJI ------------ NWHTARS
PANDITH ----------- ?
Opposite letter +1 Ans : LANXSHT
6. NETHAJI ---------- LUFRYPQ
PANDITH --------- ?
Opposite letter – 1 Ans : JYLVQFR
7. NETHAJI ----------- VMTHARQ
PANDITH ----------- ?
First two letters in reverse order & Opposite letter
Last two letters in reverse order & Opposite letter
Middle three letters are same . Ans : ZKNDISG
8. NETHAJI ------------ RZGMQSV
PANDITH ----------- ?
From last alternate letters of first opposite. Ans : SQMKGWZ
9. NETHAJI ----------- VMSGQZR
PANDITH ---------- ?
Every two letters in reverse order of first opposite.
Ans : ZKWMGRS
Model -5
Second Opposite :
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Note : By practicing put in your mind
1. GANDHI --------- TNAQUV
MAHATHMA ------- ?
From left to right, exactly opposite letter. Ans : ZNUNGUZN
2. TRAIN --------- AVNEG
CYCLE --------- ?
From right to left, exactly opposite letter. Ans : RYPLP
3. PAPER -------- DODSF
ERASER -------- ?
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From left to right, Opposite +1. Ans : SFOGSF
4. PENCIL --------- XUOZQB
BOTTLE --------- ?
From right to left, Opposite – 1. Ans : QXFFAN
5. TEJESWAR ---------- RGRWJFEN
HARSHINI ----------- ?
Every two letters written in reverse & opposite letter.
Ans : NUFEVUVA
6. MADAKA ---------- ZQXNNN
SRIVAR ------------- ?
Alternate letters, opposite letter. Ans : FVNEIE
Model -6
1. In a certain code language, Teacher is called Lawyer, Lawyer is called Engineer,
Engineer is called Doctor, Doctor is called Manager, Manager is called Clerk, then
who works in the Court ?
Sol : Exact answer is, Lawyer works in the court. But Lawyer is called Engineer.
Ans : Engineer
2. In a certain code language, White is called Red, Red is called Blue, Blue is called
Yellow, Yellow is called Black, Black is called Orange, Orange is called Indigo, then
what is the colour of sky ?
Sol : Exact answer is Blue. But Blue is called Yellow. Ans : Yellow
3. In a certain code language, Pen is called Paper, Paper is called Pencil, Pencil is
called Eraser, Eraser is called Printing, Printing is called Binding, then which is used
for Erasing ?
Sol : Exact answer is Eraser. But Eraser is called Printing.
Ans : Printing
Model -7
1. In a certain code language, “123” means, “I Love You”, “345” means, “Love is
Blind”, “167” means, “You were foolish”, then what is the code for “I” ?
123 ------ I Love you
345 ------ Love is Blind
167 ------ You were foolish
From the first two,
Common word is “Love” & Common Number is 3. Love = 3
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From first & Last,
Common word is “You” & Common number is “1”. You = 1
In the first sentence, 3 is Love, 1 is You. Therefore “I” is 2. Ans : 2
2. In a certain code language, “367” means “ Students are Intelligent”, “839” means
“ Intelligent were Angry”, “827” means, “Angry Students clever”, then what is the
code for “Clever” ?
367 ----------- Students are Intelligent
839 ----------- Intelligent were Angry
827 ----------- Angry Students Clever
From the first & Last, Students = 7
From the Second & Third, Angry = 8.
Therefore from last, Clever = 2
Model -8
1. In a certain code , FIRE is written as QHOE and MOVE as ZMWE. Following the
same rule of coding, what should be the code for the word OVER ?
Sol :
The letters of the “OVER”, already there in the given words.
By identifying O – M, V – W, E – E, R – O. Ans : MWEO
2. In a certain code MALE can be written as ZRBC, and FAME can be written as TRZC,
then what should be the code for FEMALE ?
Sol :
The letters of the MEAL already there in the given words.
By identifying, F – T, E – C, M – Z, A – R, L – B, E – C Ans : TCZRB
Model -9
Letter to Number Decode :
Ex : In a certain code language, HARSHI can be written as 81181989, in the same
way THEJA can be written as ?
Sol : A = 1, B = 2,……….Y = 25, Z = 26
HARSHI ----------- 81181989
THELA ------------ ? Ans : 2085121
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1. TAXY ------------- 2012425
AUTO ------------ ?
A =1, B = 2, …….. Z = 26
Letter number from left to right. Ans : 1212015
2. TAXY ------------ 2524120
AUTO ---------- ?
A = 1, B = 2, …… Z = 26
Letter number from right to left. Ans : 1520211
3. TAXY ------------- 16
AUTO ------------ ?
Digits sum : TAXY ----- 2012425 ----- 2+0+1+2+4+2+5 = 16
AUTO ---- 1212015 ----- 1+2+1+2+0+1+5 = 12 Ans : 12
4. TAXY ---------- 70
AUTO --------- ?
Sum ----- T+A+X+Y = 20+1+24+25 = 70
A+U+T+O = 1+21+20+15 = 57 Ans : 57
5. TAXY ---------- 2167
AUTO -------- ?
Letter number take sum to get single digit.
T = 20 ----- 2+0 = 2
A=1
X = 24 ------ 2+4 = 6
Y = 25 ------ 2+5 = 7
Similarly, AUTO ----- 1326 Ans : 1326
6. TAXY ------- 280
AUTO ----- ?
Sum × Number of digits
(T+A+X+Y) × 4 = 70 × 4 = 280
(A+U+T+O) × 4 = 57 × 4 = 228 Ans : 228
7. TAXY ---------- 72632
AUTO --------- ?
Letter number from last i.e Z = 1, Y = 2, X = 3,……. A = 26
T = 7, = 26, X = 3, Y = 2 ---------- TAXY = 72632
Similarly, AUTO = 266712 Ans : 266712
8. TAXY -------- 23267
AUTO ------- ?
Letter number from last i.e Z = 1, Y = 2, X = 3,……. A = 26
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TAXY --------- 23267
AUTO -------- 127626 Ans : 127626
9. TAXY ------------20
AUTO ----------- ?
Digital sum : TAXY ----- 72632 ------ 7+2+6+3+2 = 20
AUTO ---- 266712 ---- 2+6+6+7+1+2 = 24 Ans : 24
10. TAXY -------- 38
AUTO ------- ?
Sum : (T+A+X+Y) = 7+26+3+2 = 38
A+U+T+O = 26+6+7+12 = 51 Ans : 51
Exercise - 1
1. If FRAGRANCE is written as SBHSBODFG, how can IMPOSING be written?
a)NQPTJHOJ b)NQPTJOHI c)NQTPJOHJ d)NQPTJOHJ
2. In a certain code, MONKEY is written as XDJMNL. How is TIGER written in that
code?
a)QDFHS b)SDFHS c)SHFDQ d)UJHFS
3. If in a code language. COULD is written as BNTKC and MARGIN is written as
LZQFHM, how will MOULDING be written in that code?
a)CHMFINTK b)LNKTCHMF c)LNTKCHMF d)NITKHCMF
4. In a certain code, TRIPPLE is written as SQHOOKD. How is DISPOSE written in that
code?
a)CHRONRD b)DSOESPI c)ESJTPTF d)ESOPSID
5. If in a certain language, MADRAS is coded as NBESBT, how is BOMBAY coded in
that code?
a)CPNCBX b)CPNCBZ c)CPOCBZ d)CQOCBZ
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6. In a certain code BOMB is written as 5745 and BAY is written as 529, how is
BOMBAY written in that code?
a)574529 b)456721 c)123456 d)575492
7. In a certain code, HARYANA is written as 8197151, how is DELHI written in that
code?
a)45839 b)45389 c)38945 d)None
8. In a certain code, NEWYORK is written as 111, how is NEWJERSEY written in that
code?
a)120 b)121 c)123 d)124
9. In a certain code, COMPUTER is written as PMOCRETU, how is DECIPHER written
in that code?
a)ICEDREHP b)REHPICED c)JDFEREHP d)ICEDQDGO
10. If SYMBOL is written as NZTMPC is it a certain code? How is NUMBER written in
that code?
a)NVOREB b)NVOSFD c)NUOSFC d)NVOSFC
11. If DELHI is written as EDMGJ in a certain code. How is NEPAL written in that
code?
a)ODPZN b)ODPMZ c)ODQZM d)ODPCM
12. If EARTH is written as FCUXM in a certain code. How is MOON written in that
code?
a)NQRR b)NPQQ c)NQPP d)None
13. In a certain code 'SEQUENCE' is coded as 'FDOFVRFT. How is 'CHILDREN' coded
in that code?
a) OFESJMID b)OFSEMJID c)OFSEJIMD d)OFSEJMID
14. In a certain code 'CERTAIN' is coded as 'BFQUZJM'. How is 'MUNDANE' coded in
that code?
a)LVMEZOD b)NTCOMBF c)NTOCNBF d)LTMCZOF
15. In a certain code 'LIMCA' is written as 'HJLDZ'. Which of the following words is
written as 'IFWJBP'?
a)M E X I C O b)MERCURY c)JAPAN d)MIDNIGHT
16. If in a certain language, MADRAS is coded as NBESBT, how is BOMBAY coded in
that code?
a)CPNCBX b)CPNCBZ c)CPOCBZ d)CQOCBZ
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17. In certain language, CHAMPION is coded as HCMAIPNO, how is NEGATIVE coded
in that code?
a)NEAGVEIT b)ENAGITEV c)MGAETVIE d)EGAITEVN
18. If in a certain code, TEACHER is written as VGCEJGT, how would DULLARD be
written in the same code?
a)FWMNCT b)FWNNBTE c)FWNNCSF d)FWNNCTF
19. If the letters in PRABA are coded as 27595, and THILAK are coded as 368451,
how can BHARATHI be coded?
a)96575368 b)57686535 c)37536689 d)96855368
20. 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
KEY
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6.a 7.b 8.d 9.a 10.d
11.c 12.a 13.b 14.a 15.a
16.b 17.b 18.d 19.a 20.a
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