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Directions (1-5): Read the following information Directions (6-10). Study the following information
carefully and answer the questions given below. carefully to answer the given questions:
If, If,
“Newspaper may be choice published” was coded as ‘good clothes are costly’ is coded as ‘la pa zi ta’
“lkf ero kof jow rei” ‘new clothes are good’ is coded as ‘pa zi la sa’
“All newspaper was mobile power” was coded as “ero ‘designs are very nice’ is coded as ‘na hi ga pa’
ljb qwr nbc wea” ‘goodcolour and designs’ is coded as ‘zi mi jo ga’
“No Mobile was charging power” was coded as “qwr
oes ljb wea koq” 6) How will ‘good new designs’ be coded in the given
“All charging may choice power” was coded as “qwr language?
a) zi la sa b) zi sa ga c) sa mi jo d) pa zi mi
kof lkf nbc oes”
e) None of these
1). What is the code for the word “no”?
a) kof b) koq c) jow d) rei e) lkf 7) How is ‘nice’ coded in the given coded language?
a) pa b) na c) jo d) Either na or hi e) None of these
2). What is the code for the word “Choice”?
a) lkf b) oes c) kof d) Either b or c e) Either a or c 8) What does ‘pa’ stands for ?
a) new b) designs c) are d) colour e) None of these
3). What is the code for the word “published”?
a) jow b) rei c) ero d) Either a or c e) Either a or b 9) Which of the following will be coded as ‘na hi la’
in the given language?
4). What is the code for the word “power”? a) clothes are nice b) very nice clothes
a) ljb b) oes c) nbc d) wea e) qwr c) new clothes designs d) very good designs
e) None of these
5). What is the code for the word “mobile”?
a) kof b) ljb c) wea d) nbc e) Cannot be determined 10) How is ‘very costly’ coded in the given language
?
a) na ta b) hi ta c) hi la d) either ‘na ta, or ‘hi ta’
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e) None of these

Direction (11-15): following is given a set of letters/digits and the corresponding letter code of each digit
followed by certain conditions for coding.
Letter/ M 4 C Q 5 A P 7 E G 8 I 1 X U
Digits
Symbol ! Ω & µ © # @ < % $ * > ^ ® Ʊ

In each question below are given a group of letters/digits followed by four combinations of digits/symbols numbered
a), b), c) and d). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters based on
the following coding system and the conditions that follow and mark the number of that combination as your answer.
If none of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters, mark e) i.e. “None of these‟, as your answer.
I. If the first letter is consonant and the fourth digit is odd, both are to be coded as the code for that consonant.
II. If the last letter is vowel and the second digit is divisible by 2, both are to be coded as the code for first digit.
III. If the first digit is even and the last letter is consonant, their codes are to be interchanged.
11) M8XPCI a) *!@^® Ʊ b) Ʊ!@^®* c) *!@®^Ʊ d) Ʊ@!^®*
a) !^ ®@&! b) !! ®@&! c) !^ ®@&* d) !! ®&@! e) None of these
e) None of these
14) G1E8PA
12) Q4E75C a) #^%*@$ b) $^%$@# c) #^%*@# d) $^%*@#
a) µ Ω% <©& b) < Ω% <©& c) µ Ω% <©µ d) µ e) None of these
Ω% µ©& e) None of these
15) 45QAEG
13) 8MP1XU a) Ω© µ#%$ b) $© µ#%$ c) $© µ#%Ω d) $© #
µ%Ω e) None of these

Direction (Q. 16-20): In each question below is given a group of letters followed by four combinations of
digits/symbols numbers. You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the code based
on the given coding system.

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i) If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel, the codes of both these are to be interchanged
ii) If both the first and the last letters are consonants both these are to be coded as per the code of the last letter
iii) If the first letter is vowel and the last letter is a consonant both these are to be coded as *

16) EAKRF e) None of these

a) 21£¥0 b) *1£¥* c) 01£¥2 d) *£10¥
e) None of these 19) WDJPMI
a) &534β6 b) 6534&6 c) *534&* d) &534β&
17) JDHIU e) None of these
a) 35✮&7 b) 7✮5£7 c) 75✮&3 d) *5✮&*
e) None of these 20) URAPHI
a) &¥14✮& b) *¥14✮* c) &¥14✮β d) 7¥14✮&
18) RJKTP e) None of these
a) ¥3£!4 b) ¥3£!¥ c) £3¥!3 d) 43£!4

Direction (Q. 21-25): In each question below is given a group of letters followed by four combinations of
digits/symbols numbers. You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the code based
on the given coding system.
Digit 2 8 3 9 4 7 6 5 1 0
Letter/ B * T @ K $ © P C A
Symbol

Conditions:
I. If the first digit is odd and the last digit is even, the codes for the first and the last digits are to be
interchanged.
II. If the first, as well as the last digit, is even, both are to be coded by the code for the last digit.
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III. If the first, as well as the last digit, is odd, both are to be coded as X.
IV. If the first digit is even and the last digit is odd, both are to be coded by the code for the first digit.
V. If 0 is preceded and followed by an odd number then 0 is coded as ^.
VI. 0 is neither an odd number nor even number.

21) 8135246 e) None of these

a) *CTPBK* b) ©CTP*K© c) ©CTPBK©
d) *CTPB$* e) None of these 24) 9256473
a) XBP©K$T b) @BP©K$X c) @BP©K$T
22).4307058 d) XBP©K$X e) None of these
a) KTA$AP* b) *TA$AP* c) *T^APA* d) *T^$^P*
e) None of these 25) 2976581
a) B@$©P*B b) C@$©P*C c) B@$©P*C
23) 7503608 d) C@S©P*B e) None of these
a) $P^T©A* b) *P^T©^* c) *P^T©A$ d)*P^T©A*

Directions (26 – 30): Numerals are coded as given below and some conditions are given. Accordingly you have
t find out which coding is correct.
Digit 4 6 7 8 1 3 5 0 9 2
Letter/ # B M % E $ Z P & Y
Symbol

Conditions:-
I. If first digit as well as last digit is odd then both will be coded as ‘A’
II. If first digit as well as last digit is even then both will be coded as ‘0’
III. If first digit is even and last digit is odd, then the code will be interchanged
IV. If first digit is odd and last digit is even then both will be coded as the even number.
V. If the number starts or end with zero, then zero will be coded as ‘*’
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26) 316726 e) None of these

a) BBEMY4 b) BEBM$4 c) BEBMYB d) BMBMY4
e)None of these 29) 156587
a) AMB0%A b) A$B%SA c) A%BEZA d) AZBZ%A
27) 276134 e) None of these
a) 0M0BE$ b) 0MBE$0 c) 0MBE#0 d) MB0#$B 30) 825763
e) None of these a) #ZYNB% b) YZM%#B c) $YZMB% d) #YMZ%B
28) 097321
a) *&M$YE b) *MYE&B c) EY$M&* d) $EYM$* e) None of these
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Directions (31-35): Study the following information
to answer the given questions 33) According to the given code word, what will be
If, the code for “Jimmy Launched new app”?
“Picasa is good app” is written as “%S2 @A6 *P3 a) ~S5 $S5 &W3 #D4 b) !Y5 *P3 $D8 &W3
#D4” c) #E6 %C6 $D8 %S2 d) Cannot be determined
“Google launched new phone” is written as “@E5 $D8 e) None of these
&W3 #E6”
“Pooja likes advanced JAVA” is written as “@A5 !A4 34) Which of the following code represents the word
$S5 *D8” “Picasa”?
“Jimmy reads iconic newspaper” is written as “%C6 a) #D4 b) @A6 c) *P3 d) Either #D4 or @A6
!Y5&R9 ~S5” e) None of these
31) The code for word “JAVA” is? 35) The code “*D8” denote which of the following
a) !A4 b) @A5 c) %C6 d) *D8 e) $S5 word?
a) Likes b) JAVA c) Pooja d) Advanced
32) The code “%C6” denote which of the following e) None of these
word?
a) Reads b) Jimmy c) Iconic d) Newspaper Directions (36-40): Study the following information
e) None of these carefully and answer the questions given below:
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If, Directions (41-45): Read the following information

Verdict plans appeal- 72G 52Q 63H carefully and answer the questions given below. All
Party reside strikes-63L 72L 52W the codes given below are only in two letters format.
Extensive frigid voices-63F 92H 63J If,
36. What is the code for ‘parliment responsibility’? “Banks are digital today” is written as “Zi Li Ki Ti”,
a) 143S 92P b) 92O 153R c) 153S 92O “Money transfer through banks” is written as “Di Ki Si
d) 143S 92O e) None of these Fi”,
“Digital money easy today” is written as “Si Zi Ti Bi”
37. What is the code for ‘speech restricted’? and
a) 63H 103V b) 63H 103W c) 62H 103W “Today we have leave” is written as “Gi Xi ViZi”.
d) 63H 102W e) None of these 41) What is the possible code for “Easy for
transfer”?
38. Which of the following word represents the code a) Fi Bi Zi b) Di Ji Bi c) Bi Ti Ui d) Fi Li Xi
‘83D 103F’? e) None of these
a) resource stable b) confident memory
c) pyramids checkpoint d) inside narcotics 42) If “Banks have money” is coded as “Gi Si Ki”,
e) None of these then what will be the code for “Leave”?
a) Di b) Li c) Zi d) Vi e) Cannot be determined
39. What is the code for ‘123F 72D’?
a) agreement industry b) responsibility policemen 43) What is the code for “Transfer”?
c) wilders conclude d) Discriminate remarks a) Di b) Ti c) Fi d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these e) Either Di or Fi
40. Which of the following word represents the code
‘63U’? 44) What is the word for the code “Si” in the given
a) Innocents b) Container c) Secret d) Argument code language?
e) None of these a) Today b) Banks c) Money d) Digital
e) Either a) or b)

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45) If “Money market easy” is written as “Bi Si Ci”, a) Bi b) Si c) Ci d) Either Si or Ci

then what will be the code for “Market”? e) Cannot be determined

Directions (46-50): Study the following information to answer the given questions

Letter V L M A Y R K I T W O H E Q U

Code 9 * % 5 7 $ 2 & 8 3 ^ @ 5 1 0

Condition:
i)If the first letter is a vowel and the last letter is a consonant, the codes are to be interchanged.
ii)If the first letter is consonant and the last letter is a vowel,both are to be coded as the code for the last letter.
iii)If both the first and the last letters are vowels, both are to be coded as ‘&’.

46) LAOWYU e) None of these

a) *5^37* b) *8^370 c) 05^370 d) %5^731
e) None of these 49) URHWV
a) 3@%90 b) 90$@3 c) 0$@39 d) 9$@30
47) HMRKTQ e) None of these
a)%@$2*1 b)@%$281 c)281@%$ d)@2%8$1
e) None of these 50) KOEMYA
a) 2^%572 b) &^5%7& c) 2^4%75 d) 5^5%75
48) ALYWI e) None of these
a) &*73& b) 5*73& c) 5*635 d) 0*37&

Answer Key with Explanation

Solution(1-5):
Newspaper Ero

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may / choice kof / lkf

be/ published jow / rei
All Nbc
Power Qwr
mobile/was ljb/wea
Charging Oes
No Koq
1. B
2. E
3. E
4. E
5. E
Solution(6-10):
6. B
7.D
8.C
9.B
10.D
Solution(11-15):
sol:
11). B
Hence, it follows condition ii).
12). D
Hence, it follows condition i).
13). A
Hence it does not follow any condition.
14). D
Hence it does not follow any condition.
15). C
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Hence, it follows condition iii).

Solution(16-20):
16) B
Hence, it follows condition (iii).
17) C
Hence, it follows condition (i).
18) D
Hence, it follows condition (ii).
19) A
Hence, it follows condition (i).
20) D
Hence, it does not follows any condition .

Solution(21-25):
21. C
. 8 1 3 5 2 4 6
© C T P B K ©

By using condition (ii).

22.D

4 3 0 7 0 5 8

* T ^ $ ^ P *

By using condition (ii) and (v)

23. C

7 5 0 3 6 0 8

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* P ^ T © A $

By using condition (i) and (v)

24.D

9 2 5 6 4 7 3

X B P © K $ X

By using condition (iii).

25. A
2 9 7 6 5 8 1
B @ $ © P * B
By using condition (iv).
Solution(26-30):
26.C
Hence, it follows condition (iv).
27.B
Hence, it follows condition (ii).
28.A
Hence, it follows condition (v).
29.D
Hence, it follows condition (i).
30.C
Hence, it follows condition (iii).

Solution(31-35):

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Letter Symbol
P @
I %
G #
A *
L $
N &
J !
R ~

1) First element is the symbol which is fixed for each first letter of the word (shown is above table
2) Middle element is a letter which is last letter of the word
3) Last element of the code shows a number that represents the number of letter in the word.
(Picasa will be written as “@A6” where
@= denotes symbol, A=denote last letter of the word , 6= denote number of letter in that word)
31 . A
32. C
33. B
34. B
35. D
Solution(36-40):
1st number represents the number of letters in a word.
2nd number represents
If number of letter is odd, then 2 will be coded else 3 will be coded.
Letter represents the fourth letter from left end+3.
36. (d)
37. (b)
38. (c)
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39. (d)
40. (c)
Solution(41-45):

Words Codes
Banks Ki
Money Si
Today Zi
Digital Ti
Easy Bi
Are Li
Transfer/Through Di/Fi
We/Have/Leave Xi/Vi/Gi

41.B
42.E
43.E
44.C
45.C
Solution(46-50):
46.C
47.B
48.A
49.D
50.D

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