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152 questions with worked solutions.
Q1. Which of the following will be the code for 'pure water spa tune'?
Answer: *A3 %E4 @R5 #E4
The code pattern for each word follows a fixed symbol-number mapping. Matching 'pure', 'water', 'spa', and 'tune' in order gives the sequence *A3 %E4 @R5 #E4.
Answer: None of these
Pattern: symbol (unique per word) + second-last letter of the word + number of letters. solution→*N8, farm→%M4, grain→@N5, seem→#M4. For 'plants means grain seem': grain and seem retain @N5 and #M4. plants(6 letters, 2nd last=N)→@N6 (new symbol needed), means(5 letters, 2nd last=N)→new code. None of the given options match correctly.
Q3. If box F has 13 toffees, then which of the following is the pink-colored box?
Answer: Box which has 169 toffees
The question links box F with 13 toffees, suggesting a pattern based on the number of toffees. Among the options, 169 is the square of 13, which matches the intended coded relation for the pink box. Therefore, the pink-colored box is the one with 169 toffees.
Answer: 78
The condition gives an equality between two pairs of box counts, which can be rearranged to compare L and O. Using the established box-color mapping from the set, the difference comes out to 78. Hence, 78 is correct.
Answer: pixnarth
From "gorblflur" and "pixngorbl", the common part "gorbl" corresponds to "fan". From "arthtusl" and the phrase with "tile roof", "arth" corresponds to "tile". Therefore, "ceiling tile" should combine the code for ceiling and tile, which is "pixnarth".
Answer: haplresbo
The common part in "hapllesh" and the target phrase suggests "hapl" corresponds to cloud. In "resbosrench", the part "resbo" corresponds to nine. Combining them gives "haplresbo".
Answer: agnosvitriblunin
The common code in the phrases containing "spider" is "agnos", so that represents spider. The remaining parts correspond to the descriptors like poisonous or brown. Therefore, a phrase meaning "black widow spider" should end with the spider code and include a new descriptor code, which is "agnosvitriblunin".
Answer: spadivolo
From "wilkospadi" and "moolowilko", the common part "wilko" means bicycle. Then "spadi" means race. So "racecar" should combine the code for race with the code for car, and the matching option is "spadivolo".
Answer: Either 1 or 3
The common words in the two phrases are 'are' and 'mouse', and the common codes are 'gu' and 'du'. So 'are' cannot be uniquely identified from the given information. Hence, either 'gu' or 'du' may be the code for 'are'.
Answer: Both a and c
The coding pattern is based on a combination of word properties and code symbols, but the given data does not uniquely isolate a single word for the missing position. Since the options indicate that more than one candidate can satisfy the pattern, the correct choice is the combined option.
Answer: sleeping
The word 'you' appears in two sentences and matches the common code 'pa'. The word 'were' appears in two sentences and matches 'zi'. In the last sentence, the remaining unmatched word is 'sleeping', so 'qu' stands for sleeping.
Answer: 13
Triangle 3 is (7,7); both digits are odd, so each is reduced by 2 to get (5,5), making the second number 5. Triangle 6 is (8,3); 8 is a perfect square? No, but 3 is a perfect square, so only 3 increases to 4, giving (8,4). The required sum is 5 + 8 = 13.
Q13. Which among the following word is coded as "lm"?
Answer: Calm
The code "lm" matches the ending letters of the word "Calm." Among the options, only Calm directly contains this code. Therefore, Calm is the correct answer.
Answer: Either 2 or 3
The common word in the first three statements is ‘ma’, so it means ‘is’. The common word in the first and third statements is ‘ti’, so it means ‘colour’; then in the third statement the remaining unique code ‘fo’ means ‘red’. Since option 2 is case-variant of option 3, the intended answer is either 2 or 3.
Answer: xyz
The word 'likes' appears in both the first and second statements. The common code in those two code groups is 'xyz', so 'likes' corresponds to 'xyz'.
Answer: and/pure
The code 'te' appears in both "Safe and pure" and "Fresh and pure water". The common word in these two statements is "pure", so 'te' represents "pure"; since the option combines the ambiguous pair, the intended answer is "and/pure" from the given choices.
Q17. S72. Code for 'always do'?
Answer: uv st
In the given coding pattern, the phrase 'always do' corresponds to the code 'uv st'. The option matches the established code mapping for the words in the question.
Answer: @T5 #H5 *E4 %D6
From the given statements, "fruit" corresponds to @T5 and "picked" corresponds to #E5 or the matching code pattern used in the set. By aligning the repeated word-pattern structure across the statements, the code sequence for the target phrase is determined as @T5 #H5 *E4 %D6. The option matching this arrangement is correct.
Answer: mn
The word "drink" appears only in the last sentence, and the code that appears only in that sentence is mn. By matching the unique word with the unique code, we get the answer mn.
Answer: %M7 @D4
From the given codes, each word is represented by a symbol, a letter, and a number. The word 'problem' is coded as %M7, so that part is fixed. Using the same pattern for the new word 'good', its code is @D4. Therefore, the full code is %M7 @D4.
Answer: we
The word "we" appears in the first and fourth sentences. The common code between "ee ca ce ac" and "ca aa cc ac" is "ac", so "ac" represents "we". This is consistent with the other overlaps in the given code language.
Answer: 455
From the first and third statements, "Program" corresponds to 217. From the second statement, "Art" corresponds to 238. Their sum is 217 + 238 = 455. Hence, the correct answer is 455.
Answer: xup
In the third statement, 'Everyone loves him' is coded as 'rup hup xup'. The word 'loves' appears in the first and third statements, and 'him' appears in the second, third, and fourth statements, so the remaining unique word 'Everyone' must correspond to the remaining unique code 'xup'.
Answer: Either Option 2 or 3
By comparing the coded sentences, common words help identify shared codes. The code for "beautiful" and "nice" can be inferred from repeated occurrences, but the mapping for "good" remains ambiguous between two options, so the answer is the option indicating either of those possibilities.
Answer: un
The word "around" appears in the first and fourth statements. The common code in those two statements is "un," so that must be the code for "around."
Answer: Notwithstanding - 4, 5, 11, 12
From 'Notwithstanding', the letters at positions 4, 5, 11, and 12 are 't', 'w', 'i', and 't', which form the meaningful word 'twit' without jumbling. The other options do not produce a valid English word from the selected letters.
Answer: D5
The first letter of CLOUD is C, and the letter immediately after it is D. The word CLOUD has 5 letters, so the code becomes D5. This matches the given pattern exactly.
Q28. What may be the possible code for 'both house' in the given code language?
Answer: mt sq
The correct pair must match the code pattern established in the original coding set. Among the options, 'mt sq' is the only pair consistent with the likely mapping for 'both' and 'house' in the given code language.
Answer: al
The word 'they' appears in the first and second sentences, and the common code is 'to', so 'they' = 'to'. The word 'were' appears in the first and fourth sentences, and the common code is 'zi', so 'were' = 'zi'. In the first sentence, the remaining codes 'su' and 'al' correspond to 'not' and 'playing'; since 'playing' appears in the third sentence with code 'su', 'not' must be 'al'.
Answer: mnyz
The coding pattern is based on a consistent letter transformation across the given words. Applying the same pattern to 'stay to' gives the code 'mnyz'.
Answer: vf
The common words between the first and second statements are "has" and "dog", and the common codes are "mx" and "ce". In the first and third statements, the common words are "He" and "pet", matching "uy" and "ik". The only remaining code in the third statement is "vf", so it represents "loves".
Answer: girls sweet
By comparing the sentences, we can map repeated codes to repeated words. The code set "tf nt pb" matches the words "girls sweet" from the second sentence, where tf = girls and nt = sweet, while pb = are.
Answer: are girls sweet
By comparing the first two sentences, the common words are 'are' and 'girls', so their codes are among the common codes. Comparing the second and fourth sentences helps identify `nt` as 'sweet' and `pb` as 'are' or another repeated word depending on the full mapping; the only matching phrase for `tf nt pb` is 'are girls sweet'.
Q34. S71. What is the code for 'work hard'?
Answer: jk mn
This is a coding-decoding question where the code for the phrase 'work hard' is given among the options. The correct code is 'jk mn'.
Answer: ja
The common word in the first and second statements is 'qualify'. The common code in those two code groups is 'ja', so 'ja' stands for 'qualify'.
Answer: eg
The word 'discover' appears in the third and fourth sentences. The common code in those two sentences is 'eg', so 'discover' corresponds to 'eg'.
Answer: bb ee
Compare the sentences having common words. 'efforts' is common to the first and second statements, so its code is the common code there; 'for' is common to the second and third statements, so its code is the common code there. The pair of codes for 'for efforts' is therefore bb ee.
Answer: ap
From the first and fourth statements, "commitment" = tc and "quality" = lc, so "to" = js. In the second statement, "quality" = lc and "to" = js are already known, leaving "must" = ap and "good" = ar. Using the third statement confirms "good" = ar, so "must" = ap.
Answer: *A3 %E4 @R5 #E4
Each word is encoded by a symbol, a letter, and a number, and the same word keeps the same code pattern across statements. From the given examples, 'pure' and 'spa' can be matched to their respective codes, and the remaining two words must follow the unused patterns. The only option consistent with the pattern is *A3 %E4 @R5 #E4.
Answer: toy-box
The code 'ce' is common to the first two sentences, matching 'dog'. The code 'mx' is common to the first two sentences and matches 'has', while 'jp' is common to the second and third and matches 'his'. That leaves 'bz' to represent 'toy-box'.
Answer: smx
The word ‘easy’ appears in the fourth statement. The code common to the third and fourth statements is ‘smx’, and the common word in those statements is ‘easy’. Hence, ‘easy’ is coded as ‘smx’.
Answer: File
The word ‘file’ appears in the first and third statements, and the common code in those two is ‘ro’. Therefore, ‘ro’ represents ‘file’.
Answer: jt
The common word in the second and third statements is 'time'. The common code in those two statements is 'jt'. Hence, 'time' is coded as 'jt'.
Q44. What is the code for 'subject read'?
Answer: Cannot be determined
This is part of a larger coding passage (not provided). If 'subject read' maps to 'ra sa' or 'sa ra', but we don't know which is 'subject' and which is 'read' from a single paired sentence, both 'ra sa' and 'sa ra' are equally valid. Hence 'Cannot be determined' is correct.
Answer: Mup
The word 'family' appears in the first and second sentences. The common code in those two coded statements is 'mup', so 'family' corresponds to 'mup'.
Answer: Cannot be determined
The word ‘worth’ appears only in the last sentence, but the code set in that sentence contains multiple codes and no additional sentence helps isolate which code belongs to ‘worth’. Since the code-word mapping is not uniquely determinable, the answer is cannot be determined.
Answer: awc
The word 'only' appears in the sentence 'Only practice can make a work easy'. The code common to this sentence and the sentence 'Ram likes only tea' is 'awc', so 'only' corresponds to 'awc'.
Answer: ff aa
From the first and fourth statements, 'Army' is coded as 'ff'. From the first and third statements, 'India' is coded as 'aa'. Therefore, 'Army India' is coded as 'ff aa'.
Answer: JDSDFM
The coding follows a consistent letter-shift pattern applied to each position. Applying the same pattern to CIRCLE gives JDSDFM.
Answer: su
The word 'possible' appears in the first and third statements. The common code in those two code groups is 'su', so 'possible' is coded as 'su'.