Of the several different types of questions in the Logical Reasoning section, Coding/Decoding or Codebreaking questions are an examiner favorite, because they are able to very simply test several concepts at the same time. They test knowledge of basic math, vocabulary, lateral thinking and plain common sense. Another such topic is Series Completion, which you can read about in its own section.
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Coding and Decoding
Coding-decoding questions are a common type of aptitude test. They require lateral thinking to understand the different types of coding logic used. Thankfully, there are only a few types of questions commonly asked, and we will go through them all in this section.
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In a certain code, CODING is written as DPEJOH. How will DECODING be written in that code?
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If in a language EMPLOYEE is coded as 101332121550510 then what will be the code for PERSON?
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Read the following codes carefully and answer the question. i) " Milk is white in color" coded as 52360 ii) " White represents peace " coded as 379 iii) " Milk contains calcium " coded as 248 What is the code used for the word 'Color' ?
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In a certain code APLOMB is written as CNNMQB. How DISPEL is written in that code ?
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In a certain code BURGEON is written as QTAGOPF. How OBTRUDE is written in that code ?
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In a certain code TEAMWORK is written as NBFUJQNV and SOME is written as PTDL. How is PERSON is written in that code ?
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In a certain code ACOLYTE is written as PDBKFUZ. How is BURNISH is written in that code ?
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In a certain code language 'Tom Eat' means 'Sleep Cat' and 'Eat Ball' means 'Roads Sleep'. What is the code for 'Sleep' in that code language ?
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In a certain code , 'pick and choose' is written as 'ko ho po' and 'pick up and come' is written as 'to no ko po'. How is pick written in that code ?
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If ENGLAND is written as 1234526 and FRANCE is written as 78529, how is GREECE coded?
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In a certain code, 33946 is coded as PPOAL and 1987 is coded as ROSE. How is 94678 coded in that code ?
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. In a certain code language, (A) ‘pic vic nic’ means ‘winter is cold’ (B) ‘to nic re’ means ‘summer is hot’ (C) ‘re pic boo’ means 'winter and summer’ (D) ‘vic tho pa’ means ‘nights are cold’ Which word in that language means 'summer'?
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In a certain code, '37' means 'which class' and '583' means 'caste and class'. What is the code for 'caste' ?
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In a certain code language, '743' means 'mangoes are good' ; '657' means 'eat good food' and '934' means 'mangoes are ripe'. Which digit means 'ripe' in that language?
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If in a certain code, TEACHER is written as VGCEJGT, how would DULLARD be written in the same code ?
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In a code, CORNER is written as GSVRIV. How can CENTRAL be written in that code?
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If CERTAIN is coded as XVIGZRM, how can MUNDANE be coded?
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If in a certain code, SWITCH is written as TVJSDG, which word would be written as CQFZE?
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If in a certain language, SHIFT is coded as RFFBO, which word would be coded as LKUMB?
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20. Question
If EHFNRQ is the code for BECKON, which word has the code QDFWXULQ?
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If QKKQUGQL is the code for OMISSION, which word is coded as RYVIWZB?
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If MISTAKE is coded as 9765412 and NAKED is coded as 84123, how is DISTANT coded?
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If REASON is coded as 5 and BELIEVED as 7, what is the code number for GOVERNMENT?
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If AT = 20, BAT = 40, then CAT will be equal to?
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25. Question
If MACHINE is coded as 19-7-9-14-15-20-11, how will you code DANGER?