Answer key & Explanation
1. Answer: D
Explanation: Clearly, each letter in the word TEACHER is moved two steps forward to obtain the
corresponding letter of the code.
Similarly, we have:
So, the desired code is EJKNFTGP. Hence, the answer is (d).
2. Answer: B
Explanation: Clearly, the middle letter of the word remains unchanged in the code. Each of the first two and the
last two letters of the word is moved one step backward, while each of the remaining letters is moved one step
forward to obtain the corresponding letters of the code.
Similarly, we have:
So, the required code is RSBUITUHB. Hence, the answer is (b).
3. Answer: A
Explanation: The first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth and eleventh letters in the word are each moved one step
forward; the second, fourth, eighth and tenth letters are each moved one step backward, while the middle (i.e.
sixth) lette is moved two steps forward to obtain the corresponding letters of the code.
4. Answer: B
Explanation: The letters at the odd-numbered positions in the word are each moved two steps forward while
those at the even-numbered positions are each moved three steps forward to obtain the corresponding letters of
the code.
5. Answer: D
Explanation: Each letter in the word is moved thirteen steps forward to obtain the corresponding letter of the
code.
6. Answer: C
Explanation: Each letter in the word is replaced by a set of two letters– one preceding it and the other following
it– in the code. Thus, T is replaced by SU, R is replaced by QS and so on.
7. Answer: D
Explanation: The first, third and fifth letters in the word are moved two, three and four steps forward
respectively while the second, fourth and sixth letters are moved two, three and four steps backward respectively
to obtain the corresponding letters of the code.
8. Answer: D
Explanation: Each letter in the given message is moved two steps backward to obtain the corresponding letter
of the code.
The last letter of the third word in the given sentence is Y, which shall be coded as W.
9. Answer: B
Explanation: Each consonant in the word is moved one step forward to obtain the corresponding letter of the
code, while the vowels remain unchanged.
10. Answer: C
Explanation: The first letter of the word is replaced by a set of two letters– one following it and the other
preceding it– in the code. The remaining letters of the word are each moved one step backward to obtain the
remaining letters of the code, in order.
11. Answer: B
Explanation: The letters at the third and sixth places are repeated thrice to code BOMBAY as MYMYMY.
Similarly, the letters at the third, sixth and ninth places are repeated thrice to code TAMIL NADU as
MNUMNUMNU.
12. Answer: C
Explanation: The first, second, third and fourth letters of the word are moved two, four, six and eight letters
forward respectively to obtain the code.
13. Answer: C
Explanation: The first letter of the word is moved to the last position and 'S' is placed at the beginning, to form
the code.
14. Answer: D
Explanation: The letters in the first half and second half of the word are written in the reverse order to obtain
the code. Thus, we have:
MYS/ORE → SYM/ERO →SYMERO
15. Answer: D
Explanation: The code is formed by first writing the last three letters of the word in a reverse order, followed
by the first three letters in the same order. So, the code for STUPID should be DIPSTU.
16. Answer: D
Explanation: The second and third letters, fourth and fifth letters, sixth and seventh letters of the word mutually
interchange positions to form the code.
17. Answer: D
Explanation: Divide the word into three groups of two letters each and write the letters of each group in the
reverse order. In the group of letters so obtained, the second, fourth and sixth letters are each moved one step
forward to get the code. Thus, we have:
AN SW ER → NA WS RE → NBWTRF
18. Answer: C
Explanation: Keeping the middle letter as it is, the first five and the last five letters of the word are written in
the reverse order. In the group of letters so obtained, the first five letters are each moved one step forward, the
middle letter is moved two steps forward and the last five letters are each moved one step backward to get the
code. Thus, we have:
CREDI/B/ILITY → IDERC/B/YTILI → JEFSD/D/XSHKH
19. Answer: C
Explanation: If in the word, a letter is the nth letter from the beginning of the English alphabet, then in the code
the corresponding letter is the nth letter from the end.
20. Answer: B
Explanation: Each letter in the word is replaced by the letter which occupies the same position from the other
end of the alphabet, to obtain the code. Thus, A is replaced by Z, B by Y, C by X, D by W and so on.
21. Answer: C
22. Answer: B
23. Answer: A
24. Answer: B
25. Answer: D
Explanation: $516538$
26. Answer: C
Explanation:
Letter B R A I N T E
Code * % ÷ # × $ +
The code for RENT is % + × $.
27. Answer: C
Explantion:
Letter S T R I N G P A E
Code % = – $ ÷ ? @ ×
The code for GRAPES is ÷ @ ? × %.