Reasoning: Coding/Decoding (New Pattern)

Directions (1 – 5): Study the following information arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below: 

With a certain code language,
‘alarm forest cuddle morning’ is written as ‘%f6 !m7 #a5 @c6’,
‘sight fire making criticism’ is written as ‘#c9 @f4 %s5 !m6’,
‘raising centre recent alarm’ is written as ‘@c6 %r6 #a5 !r7’, and
‘strike arm ignoring sight’ is written as ‘!i8 %s5 @s6 #a3’.

1.                     What is the code for ‘raising’? 
A) !r7
B) @c6
C) #a5
D) %r6
E) Cannot be determined

2.                     What is the code for ‘fire arm morning’? 
A) @c6 !m6 %s5
B) #a3 !i8 @c6
C) @f4 !m7 #a3
D) None of these
E) Cannot be determined

3.                     What does ‘@s6 %s5 !m6’ stand for? 
A) ignoring cuddle forest
B) sight morning arm
C) making strike sight
D) strike raising fire
E) Cannot be determined

4.                     What could be the code for ‘surfeit attempt alarm’? 
A) %a6 #a5 @s6
B) #a5 %s7 %a7
C) %s8 #a5 @s4
D) #a5 #a3 !m4
E) None of these

5.                     What is the code for ‘making centre forest’? 
A) !m7 #a5 @c6
B) %r6 %f6 #c9
C) !m6 @s6 #a3
D) %f6 @c6 !m6
E) Cannot be determined

Directions (6-10): Study the following information to answer the given questions: 

In a certain code,
‘commit also make policy’ is written as ‘%e4 !y6 #t6 @o4’,
‘policy craze anger mobile’ is written as ‘!y6 @r5 %e6 #e5’,
‘allow mild course prize’ is written as ‘!e5 %d4 #e6 @w5’, and
‘craze manner pump artist’ is written as ‘%r6 #e5 !p4 @t6’.

6.                     What is the code for ‘mild’ ?
A) @w5
B) %d4
C) %e4
D) %e6
E) Can’t be determined

7.                     What does ‘#e6 #e5 @04’ stand for? 
A) also make course
B) craze also course
C) commit course mobile
D) artist mild craze
E) Either also make course or prize also course

8.                     Which could be the code for ‘peace protect pump’? 
A) #t4 %d6 !r4
B) !e4 !r4 !e2
C) !p4 @w3 !r4
D) !e5 !t7 !p4
E) None of these

9.                     ’!l8 %n6 @e7’ could be a code for which of the following? 
A) mobile charge victory
B) peaceful modern advance
C) against modern effort
D) mild peaceful west
E) None of these

10.                 Which of the following is the code for ‘anger prize commit’? 
A) !e5 %d4 %e4
B) !e5 @r5 #t6
C) @r5 #e6 #t6
D) #t6 @o4 %e6
E) None of these




SOLUTION

1.      A) !r7
Explanation: 
# for last letter m, % for last letter t, @ for last letter e, and ! for last letter g
Number represents number of alphabets in word
Alphabet represents the first letter of word.
So raising = ! for g, r for first r in raising and 7 for raising

2.      C) @f4 !m7 #a3
Explanation:
# for last letter m, % for last letter t, @ for last letter e, and ! for last letter g
Number represents number of alphabets in word
Alphabet represents the first letter of word.

3.      C) making strike sight

4.      B) #a5 %s7 %a7
Explanation:
surfeit – % for t, s for s, 7 for surfeit

5.      D) %f6 @c6 !m6

6.      B) %d4
Explanation: 
# for first letter c, % for first letter m, @ for first letter a, and ! for first letter p
Number represents number of alphabets in word
Alphabet represents the last letter of word.
So mild = % for m, d for last d in mild and 4 for mild

7.      B) craze also course
Explanation: 
#e6 – course
#e5 – craze
@04 – also

8.      D) !e5 !t7 !p4
Explanation: 
peace – !e5
protect – !t7
pump – !p4

9.      B) peaceful modern advance
Explanation:
tis – lists
since da and arise both not present so ‘da’ can be ‘arise’
tip – regime

10. B) !e5 @r5 #t6