Coding-Decoding
Coding means to hide the meaning of any message and decoding means to understand the actual
meaning of that message.
In questions based on coding-decoding, a word or sentence is coded in a particular way and the
candidates are asked to code other word or sentence in the same way or to decode the word or
sentence.
Position of Letters in English Alphabet
Sometimes a word or a sentence is coded by changing the position of English alphabet letters
according to a definite pattern, so it is necessary to remember the positions of all the letters in
English alphabetical order, both in forward and backward order.
Circular Arrangement of Letters in English Alphabet
1: Clockwise Arrangement 2: Anti-clockwise Arrangement
EXERCISE
Q. 1. 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
Q. 2. In a certain code, TRIPPLE is written as SQHOOKD. How is DISPOSE written in that
code?
(a) CHRONRD
(b) DSOESPI
(c) ESJTPTF
(d) ESOPSID
Q. 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
Q. 4. In a certain code, MONKEY is written as XDJMNL. How is TIGER written in that
code?
(a) QDFHS
(b) SDFHS
(c) SHFDQ
(d) UJHFS
Q. 5. If FRAGRANCE is written as SBHSBODFG, how can IMPOSING be written?
(a) NQPTJHOJ
(b) NQPTJOHI
(c) NQTPJOHJ
(d) NQPTJOHJ
Q. 6. Suppose that a particular ‘TIGER’ is written as ‘QDFHS’. Find out how ‘FISH’ will be
written in the same code?
A. GERH
B. GRHE
C. GREH
D. GHRE
Q. 7. Using a particular code ‘HILTON’ is encrypted as ‘IHTLNO’. Choose the right option
for ‘BILLION’ coded in the same form?
A. IBLLION
B. IBOILLN
C. IBLLOIN
D. IBLOILN
Q. 8. If ‘FROZEN’ is decoded as ‘OFAPSG’. Tick the right option that depicts ‘MOLTEN’
written in this way?
A. OFPOMN
B. OFSMPN
C. OFUMPN
D. OFUNPN
Q. 9. If BROWN is written as ‘ZPMUL’, then VIOLET is coded as
A. TGMJCR
B. SGMJCQ
C. TGMJCQ
D. TGWCQ
Q. 10. If CHAIR is written as ‘12345’, RENT is written as ‘5678’, and then REAR is written as
A. 5635
B. 5356
C. 5365
D. 5653
Q. 11. If a dog is called “cat”, cat is called “lion”, lion is called “rat”, then which of these
lives in a forest?
A. Rat
B. Lion
C. Dog
D. Cat
Q. 12. If the desk is called "chair", chair is called "blackboard", blackboard is called "duster",
duster is called "chalk", and then where do you sit in the classroom?
A. Blackboard
B. Chair
C. Desk
D. Duster
Q. 13. If cake is called “egg”, if egg is called “coffee”, coffee is called “tea”, then which is
white
in colour?
A. Cake
B. Egg
C. Coffee
D. Tea
Q. 14. If January is called “March”, March is called “April” and April is called “May”, then
which of the following months will have only 30 days?
A. January
B. March
C. April
D. May
Q. 15. If NECK is written as '123%', LUCK is written as '+@3%' and LIKE is written as '+÷%2',
then NICE is written as
A. 1%÷3
B. 1÷32
C. 1÷@2
D. ÷13+
Q. 16. If MEDICO is written as 'PBGFFL', then DOCTOR is coded as
A. GLFQRO
B. GLFQLR
C. GLFQLS
D. GRFWLQ
Q. 17. In a certain code language COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will MEDICINE
be written in that code language?
A. MFEDJJOE
B. EOJDEJFM
C. MFEJDJOE
D. EOJDJEFM
Q. 18. In a certain code language, '134' means 'good and tasty'; '478' means 'see good pictures' and
'729' means 'pictures are faint'. Which of the following digits stands for 'see'?
A. 9
B. 2
C. 1
D. 8
19. If Z = 52 and ACT = 48, then BAT will be equal to
A. 39
B. 41
C. 44
D. 46
20. If ROSE is coded as 6821, CHAIR is coded as 73456 and PREACH is coded as 961473,
what will be the code for SEARCH?
A. 246173
B. 214673
C. 214763
D. 216473
