50 coding–decoding aptitude questions
Easy Level (20 Questions)
1. If in a certain code, CAT = DBU, how is DOG coded?
2. If BALL = CBMM, then CALL = ?
3. If PEN = QFO, what does BOOK become?
4. If APPLE = BQQMF, what is BANANA?
5. In a code language, 123 = CAT, 456 = DOG, 789 = RAT. What does 345 stand for?
6. If S = 19, T = 20, U = 21, what is SUM?
7. If FLOWER = GNPXFS, then PLANT = ?
8. If MAN = NBO, how is WOMAN coded?
9. If HOUSE = IPVT F, then SCHOOL = ?
10. If TREE = USFF, what is FOREST?
11. If MANGO = NBOHP, what does GRAPE become?
12. If FISH = GJTI, then SHARK = ?
13. If SUN = TVO, then MOON = ?
14. In a code, 123 = CAT, 231 = ACT, 312 = TAC. What is 132?
15. If KITE = LJUF, then BIRD = ?
16. If BOOK = CPLL, then READ = ?
17. If WATER = XBUF S, then RIVER = ?
18. If COLD = DPME, what is HEAT?
19. If LION = MJPO, then TIGER = ?
20. If STUDY = TVVEZ, then EXAM = ?
🟡 Medium Level (20 Questions)
21. If ROAD = 6821, DARE = 1286, READ = 8216, then what does DEAR = ?
22. If EARTH = 41562, HEART = 51462, TEAR = 6514, then RATE = ?
23. In a certain code, BANK = 2134, LOAN = 4652, NEED = 2778. What does BOND
represent?
24. If DELHI = 73541, CALCUTTA = 82589662, then what is LUCKNOW?
25. If PAPER = 78765, PEN = 787, then RAP = ?
26. If RAINS = 71592, TRAIN = 27159, then STAIN = ?
27. If JULY = 102524, then MARCH = ?
28. If STOVE = FNBLK, then what is OVEN = ?
29. If FISH = 6482, SHIP = 2845, then HIPS = ?
30. If SCHOOL = 876655, BOOK = 3225, then COLLEGE = ?
31. In a code, HELP = 8512, LAMP = 1234, HEAP = 4812. What is MAPLE?
32. If DELHI = 73541, BOMBAY = 462721, then HYDERABAD = ?
33. If WORK = 23, WORD = 22, WOOD = 20, then what is WORLD?
34. If GIVE = 2468, LIFE = 1358, then FILE = ?
35. If MOTHER = 564789, FATHER = 234789, then BROTHER = ?
36. In a certain code, ’CAT IS BLACK’ = 1234, ‘DOG IS WHITE’ = 5674, then what is
’BLACK DOG’?
37. If ’MY NAME IS JOHN’ = 4521, and ’JOHN LIKES APPLE’ = 1678, then what is the
code for ’NAME LIKES’?
38. If ’sun rises in east’ = 4321, ’moon sets in west’ = 8761, what does ’rises west’ mean?
39. If ZEBRA = 26591, LION = 4378, then BEAR = ?
40. If CLOUD = 31246, RAIN = 5879, then STORM = ?
🔴 Hard Level (10 Questions)
41. In a code, consonants are replaced by their next letter, vowels are replaced by their
previous letter. What is the code for FRIEND?
42. In a certain coding scheme, words are reversed and then each letter shifted +1. What is the
code for PLACE?
43. If A=1, B=2, …, Z=26, and a word’s code is the sum of its letters, then what is the code for
KNOWLEDGE?
44. If in a language, CODE = 27, DATA = 22, then what does ALGORITHM = ?
45. A word is coded by taking the difference of ASCII values of consecutive letters. What is the
code for GAME?
46. In a certain scheme, letters are assigned prime numbers in order (A=2, B=3, C=5, …). Then
the code for a word is the product. What is the code for DOG?
47. In a code, vowels are replaced with their square position values (A=1, E=25, I=81, O=225,
U=441), and consonants remain unchanged. What is the code for HOUSE?
48. If every second letter of a word is written rst, followed by the remaining letters, then coded
by shifting -2, what is the code for MARKET?
49. A word is coded by writing it in reverse, then replacing letters by numbers as per phone
keypad (e.g., A/B/C=2, D/E/F=3 …). What is the code for SMART?
50. If KING = 11+9+14+7 = 41, and QUEEN = 17+21+5+5+14 = 62, then what is PRINCE?
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