CODING DECODING

The term Coding - Decoding primarily relates with massage

sent in secret form which can not be understood by others easily.
Coding, therefore, means rule or method used to hide the actual
meaning of a word or group of words and decoding means the method
of making out the actual message that is disguised in coding. Coding
Decoding is two Types. 1. Letter Coding 2. Number Coding.
Letter Coding:
In this, certain letters of alphabet stand for certain other letters
of alphabet. For example, LOVE can be coded as MQYI where the first
letter L is shifted one place to M, second letter O is shifted two places
to Q, third letter V is shifted three places and so on. Hence according
to this pattern the code for ANIL will be BPHP.
Number Coding:
In this type, letters are changed by the number of letters in
their corresponding alphabetic position. Some important questions
are discussed below







Some Models:
In a certain code language OUTCOME is written as OQWWEQOE.
How is REFRACT written in that code?
1) RTGITCET 2) RTGTICET 3) RTGITECT 4)
RTGICTET 5) None of these
Ans: 1.
Hint: The first letter is coded as two letters: the first remains
unchanged and the second two letters forward as in English alphabet.
The second, fourth, fifth and sixth letters are coded as two letters
forward while the third letter is coded as three letters forward as in
English alphabet. The last letter remains unchanged.
In a certain code language GEOPHYSICS is written as
IOPDHZRJBT. How is ALTIMETERS written in that code?
1) NHULBFSDQT 2) NIUKBFSDQT 3) NHUKCFSDQT
4) NHUKBFSEQT
5) None of these
Ans:5








Hint: Divide the word into two hales. Now, reverse the order of the
letters of the first half and replace odd positioned letters with one
letter forward and even-positioned letter with one letter backward as
in English alphabet.
For the second half letters, the odd-positioned letters are coded as
one letter forward and even-positioned letters are coded as one letter
backward as in Englishalphabet.
In a certain code language BRAKE is written as ASDBJ. How is
SOLAR written in that code?
1) RPKBS 2) TPMBS 3) RPKBQ
4) TPKBQ 5) None of these
Ans: 3.
Hint: The odd-positioned letters are coded as one position backward
and the evenpositioned letters are ended as one position forward as in
English alphabet.








In a certain code language EMPHASIS is written as NDIOBRJR.
How is CREATURE written in that code?
1) SBBDUTSD 2) QBBDTUSD 3) DSDBSTSF
4) SBDBUTDS 5) None of these


Ans:1.



In a certain code language BORN is written as APQON and LACK is
written as KBBLK. How is GRID written in that code?
1) FQHCD 2) FSHED 3) HSJED
4) FSHCD 5) None of these
Ans: 2.
Hint: B O R N
-1 +1 -1 +1
A P Q O N
L A C K
-1 +1 -1 +1
K B B L K

Similarly,
G R I D
-1 +1 -1 +1
F S H E D

In a certain code language STREAMLING is
written as CGTVUHOJMN. How is PERIODICAL
written in that code?
1) PJSFQMNBJE 2) QKTGRMBDJE
3) QKTGRMCEKF
4) PJSFQMBDJE 5) None of these
Ans: 2.
Hint: Split the word STREAMLING into two
groups consisting of equal letters. You get STREA
and MLING. Now, reverse both the groups. You
get AERTS and GNILM. Write each letter of
second group two places forward. You get CGTVU.
Write each letter of second group one place
forward. You get HOJMN. Now join both the
groups without changing the order of letters. You
get CGTVUHOJMN.




Similarly PERIODICAL is coded as
PERIODICAL - OIREPLACID
QKTGRMBDJE
In a certain code language OVER is written
as PWFSQ and BARE is written as CBSFD.
How is OPEN written in that code?
1) PQFOM 2) NODMO 3)
PQFOO 4) POFMM 5) None of these
Ans: 1.
Hint: O V E R
O P E N
+1 +1 +1 +1 -5
Similarly, +1 +1 +1 +1 -1
P W F S
Q P Q F O M






In a certain code language OMNIPRESENT is written as
QJONPTSMDRD. How is CREDIBILITY written in that code?
1) JEFSDCXSHKH 2) JEFSDDXSHKH 3)
DSFEJDDXSHKH
4) JEFSDXDSHKH 5) None of these
Ans: 2.
Hint: Split the word OMNIPRESENT in three parts
OMNIP, R, and ESENT.
Reverse the order of the letters of the first part. It becomes
PINMO. Now write each letter of this part one place forward, i.e
PINMO becomes QJONP. Write the letter of the second part two
places forward, i.e R becomes T. Again, reverse the order of the
letters of the third part, i.e ESENT becomes TNESE. Now write
each letter one place backward, i.e TNESE becomes SMDRD.
Hence OMNIPRESENT is coded as QJONPTSMDRD. Similarly,
CREDIBILITY will be written as JEFSDDXSHKH.







In a certain code language POETRY is written as
QONDSQX and OVER is written as PNUDQ. How is MORE
written in that code?
1) NNNQD

2) NLPQD

3)
NLNQD 4) LNNQD 5) None of these
Ans: 3.

In a certain code language MOTHERS is written as
OMVGGPU. How is BROUGHT written in that code?
1) CPRTIEV 2) DPQSIFV 3) DPRTIDV 4)
DPQTIFV 5) None of these

Ans: 4.










Number Coding:

Some Models:
If each alphabet is assigned a sequential numerical value in terms of
odd numbers on the basis of their position in the English alphabet;
viz. A = 1; B = 3; C = 5 and so on. What will be the value of the word
DESK?
1) 76 2) 74 3) 64 4) 68 5) None of these
Ans: 2.
Hint: According to the question, the value of all the letters will be: its
sequential numerical value as in English alphabet + the no. of letters
before it in English alphabet.
Hence D = 4 + 3 = 7, S = 19 + 18 = 37
E = 5 + 4 = 9 , K = 11 + 10 = 21
If each of the letters in the English alphabet is assigned odd
numerical value beginning
A = 1, B = 3 and so on, what will be the total value of the letters of the
word 'INDIAN'?
1) 96 2) 89 3) 88 4)
86 5) None of these

Ans: 1.
Hint: INDIAN = 17 + 27 + 7 + 17 + 1 + 27 = 96

If all consonants starting from B are given sequentially the value of
even numbers such as B = 2, C = 4 and so on and all the vowels are
given the value of 5 each, then what will be the value of the letters of
the 'CUSTOM'?
1) 92 2) 86 3) 82 4) 96 5) None of these
Ans: 4.

If letters in the word HAEMOPHILIA are arranged in the
alphabetical order and each letter is assigned numerical value equal to
its serial number from the left in this rearranged order, what is the
difference in the total of numerical values of vowel and that of
consonants?
1) 8 2) 9 3) 10 4) 7 5) None of these
Ans: 1.
Hint: Arranging the word alphabetically, we get,
A A E H H I I L M O P
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Difference = (4+5+8+9+11) -
(1+2+3+6+7+10) = 8

If letters in the word SHAMEFACED are arranged in the
alphabetical order and each letter is assigned numerical value
equal to its serial number from the right in this rearranged
order, what is the difference in the total of numerical values of
vowels and that of consonants?
1) 21 2) 13 3) 9 4) 5 5) None of these
Ans: 4.

If each alphabet is assigned a sequential numerical value in
terms of even numbers on the basis of their position in the
English alphabet; viz. A = 2, B = 4, C = 6 and so on, what will be
the value of the word ZANDU?
1) 130 2) 122 3) 142 4) 132 5) None of these
Ans: 4.
Hint: Z + A + N + D + U = 52+2+28+8+42 = 132
If each alphabet is assigned a sequential numerical value in
terms of multiples of 3 on the basis of their position in the
English alphabet, viz. A= 3, B = 6, C = 9 and so on, what will be
the value of the word FEAST?
1) 51 2) 153 3) 157 4) 193 5) None of these
Ans: 2.
If each alphabet is assigned a sequential numerical value in
terms of even numbers on the basis of their position in the
English alphabet, viz. A = 2, B = 4, C = 6 and so on, what will be
the value of the word LOCATION?
1)180 2) 182 3) 186 4) 178 5) None of
these
Ans: 4.
Hint: Here the value of each letter = its place value as in
English alphabet x 2.
Hence LOCATION = 2 x (12+15+3+1+20+9+15+14) =
178
If letters in the word ULTRAVIOLET are rearranged in the
alphabetical order and, each letter is assigned numerical value
equal to its serial number as in the English alphabet,what is the
difference between the sum of odd-positioned no's, and that of
even-positioned no's?
1) 11 2) 7 3) 15 4) 9 5) None of these
Ans: 4.
Hint: Arranging the letters as in English alphabet, we get