Coding and Decoding Questions and Answers Part-2

1. If every alternative letter starting from B of the English alphabet is written in small letter, rest all are written in capital letters, how the month 'September' be written as:
a) SeptEMbEr
b) SEpTeMBEr
c) SeptembeR
d) None of these

Answer: d
Explanation:

Since every alternative letter starting from B of the English alphabet is written in small letter, the letters written in small letter are b, d, f, h and so on. And Capital letters are C, E, G so on.
In option first, third and fourth e is written in small letter, so it cannot be the answer And In second option second e is written in small. Therefore, none of above options are satisfy the condition. .


2. If in a certain code, LUTE is written as MUTE and FATE is written as GATE, then how will BLUE be written in that code?
a) CLUE
b) GLUE
c) FLUE
d) SLUE

Answer: a
Explanation: The first letter of the word is moved one step forward to obtain the first letter of the code, while the other letters remain unaltered.

3. In a certain code, FAVOUR is written as EBUPTS. How is DANGER written in that code?
a) CBFFDS
b) CBMHDS
c) EBFHDS
d) EBHHFS

Answer: b
Explanation: The first, third and fifth letters are each moved one step backward, while the second, fourth and sixth letters are each moved one step forward to obtain the corresponding letters of the code.

4. If in a certain language, MIRACLE is coded as NKUEHRL, then how is GAMBLE coded in that language?
a) JDOCMF
b) CLEMNK
c) HCPFQK
d) AELGMN

Answer: c
Explanation: The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh letters in the word are moved one, two, three, four, five, six and seven steps forward respectively to obtain the corresponding letters of the code.

5. If DELHI can be coded as CCIDD, how would you code BOMBAY?
a) AJMTVT
b) AMJXVS
c) MJXVSU
d) WXYZAX

Answer: b
Explanation: The first, second, third, fourth, . . . . . letters of the word are moved one, two, three, four, . . . . . steps backward respectively to obtain the corresponding letters of the code.

6. In a certain code language, GERMINATION is written as IMGRENNOAIT. How is ESTABLISHED written in that code?
a) BEATSLDEIHS
b) BAETSLEDIHS
c) BATESLDEIHS
d) BAETSLDEIHS

Answer: d
Explanation: The middle letter remained unaltered in the code. Let us label the five letters before the middle letter as well as those after it, from 1 to 5. Then, the code contains the letters of each group in the order 5, 4, 1, 3, 2.
Thus, we have :
ESTABLISHED => BAETSLDEIHS
12345/12345 => 54132/54132

7. In a certain code, cloud is written as GTRKF. How is SIGHT written in that code?
a) UGHHT
b) UHJFW
c) WFJGV
d) WGJHV

Answer: d
Explanation: The letters of the word are written in the reverse order and in the group of letters so obtained, the first, third and fifth letters are each moved three steps forward while the second and fourth letters are each moved one step backward to get the code.

8. In a certain code, ROAD is written as URDG. How is SWAN written in that code?
a) VXDQ
b) VZDQ
c) VZCP
d) UXDQ

Answer: b
Explanation: Each letter in the word is moved three steps forward to obtain the corresponding letter of the code.

9. In a certain code, BASIC is written as DDULE. How is LEADER written in that code?
a) NGCFGT
b) NHCGGU
c) OGDFHT
d) OHDGHU

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.

10. In a certain code, SPRING is written as UNUFRC. How will the word MOBILE be written in that code language?
a) KQEFPA
b) OMDGNC
c) OMDGPA
d) OMEFPA

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.