The SPOORTHY Coding-Decoding

Standard types
● Letter Coding
● Number & Symbol Coding
● Mixed Coding
● Substitution

Coding Based on Rearrangement of Letters

1. If in a certain code language ‘THREAT’ is written as ‘RHTTAE’, then how Will

‘PEARLY’ be written in that code?
(a) EAPLRY (b) AEPLRY (c) AEPLYR (d) AEPYLR

2. If in a certain code language ‘TELANGANA’ is written as ‘ELNATAGNA’, then

how will ‘CREATE’ be written in that language?
(a) RETCAE (b) RETACE (c) RTECAE (d) TERCAE

Coding Based on Replacement of Letters

3. If in a certain code language ‘TREND’ is written as ‘USFOE’, then how will

‘ENTRY’ be written in that code?
(a) GNUSZ (b) FOUSZ
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(c) FUDSZ (d) FOUZS
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4. If in a certain code language ‘NAME’ is written as ‘OYPA’, then how will
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‘TEAM’ be coded in that language?

(a) UCDI (b) UCID (c) UICD (d) UDCI
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Opposite Letters Coding

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5. If in a certain code language ‘NOTION’ is written as ‘MLGRLM’, then how will

‘VECTOR’ be written in that language?
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(a) EVXLGI(b) EVGXIL (c) EVXGIL (d) EVXGLI

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Coding of Letters by Their Left and Right Letters

6. If in a certain code language ‘BAT’ is written as ‘ACZBSU’, then how will ‘SIX’
be written in that code?
(a) RTHJYW (b) RHTJYW (c) RTHWJY (d) RTHJWY

7. If in a certain code language ‘BOMBAY’ is written as ‘MYMYMY’, then how

will ‘TAMILNADU’ be written in that code’
a) TIATIATIA b) MNUMNUMNU
c) IATIATIAT d) ALDALDALD

Number Coding

8. If in a certain code language ‘PUT’ is written as ‘57’, then how will ‘BAT’ be
written in that language?
(a) 25 (b) 60 (c) 55 (d) 23

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9. If in a certain code language ‘AT’ is written as ‘20’, ‘BAT’ is written as ‘40’, then
how will ‘CAT’ be written in that language?
a) 30 b) 50 c) 60 d) 70

10. If in a certain code language ‘DEER’ is written as ‘12215’, ‘HIGH’ is written as

‘5645’, then how will ‘HEEL’ be written in that language?
a) 2328 b) 3449 c) 4337 d) 5229

11. If ‘MACHINE’ is coded as ‘19 - 7 – 9 – 14 – 15 – 20 – 11 ’, then ‘DANGER’ can be

coded as
a) 11-7-20-16-11-24 b) 13-7-20-9-11-25
c) 10-7-20-13-11-24 d) 13-7-20-10-11-25

12. If in a certain code language ‘DEW’ is written as ‘1625529’, ‘GET’ is written as

‘4925400’, then how will be ‘two’ is written in that language?
(a) 400529522 (b) 400529225 (c) 400925225 (d) 400225925

13. If ‘REASON’ is coded as 5 and ‘BELIEVED’ as 7, what is the code number for
‘GOVERNMENT’?
(a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 9
Y (d) 8
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14. If E = 5 & HOTEL = 12, then LAMB?

a) 7 b) 10 c) 26 d) 28
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15. If O = 16, FOR = 42 then FRONT?

a) 61 b) 65 c) 73 d) 78
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16. If RAIN = 8$%6, MORE= 7#8@ then REMAIN =?

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a) #@7$%6 b) #@&$%6 c) 8@#$%6 d) 8@7$%6

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions (for Q.no 17
& 18) given below it:

In below table
LETTER P N A J I R E B U K
DIGIT CODE 5 3 9 1 4 6 2 7 0 8

CONDITIONS (నియమాలు)
1. If both the first and the last letters in the group are vowels, both should be
coded as $
2. If both the first and the last letters in the group are CONSONANTS, both
should be coded as #
17. What is the code for RBUKAE?
(a) #70892 (b) 670892 (c) 670982 (d) 607892

18. What is the code for KUNAJB?

(a) 803917 (b) #0395# (c) #0391# (d) $0391$
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Coding by Substitution/Word Replacement

19. In a certain code language “PRE NOT BIS “means “SMOKING IS HARMFUL
“ &“VOT DOR NOT “ means “AVOID HARMFUL HABIT “ &“DOR BIS
YEL” means “PLEASE AVOID SMOKING “. What is the code for HABIT?

(a) NOT (b) DOR (c) VOT (d) BIS

20. If ‘green’ is called ‘red’, ‘red’ is called ‘blue’, ‘blue’ is called ‘white’, ‘white’ is
called ‘yellow’, ‘yellow’ is called ‘pink’, then what is the colour of grass?
(a) Blue (b) Yellow (c) Violet (d) Red

21. If ‘milk’ is called ‘curd’, ‘curd’ is called ‘salt’, ‘salt’ is called ‘sugar’, ‘sugar’ is
called ‘water’, then what is used to mean tea sweet?
(a) salt (b) curd (c) sugar (d) water

22. If “Fabulous” is coded as “61233631”, then what will be the code for “Square”?
(a) 192114 (b) 103195 (c) 1918135 (d) 183195

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23. If “ACE” is coded as “0-78-620”, then what will be the code for “BAD”?
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(a) 14-0-252 (b) 16-0-248 (c) 62-0-4100 (d) 16-0-4096

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions (for Q.no 24
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& 25) given below it:

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In a certain code language

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'Card win team time' is written as 'la ta ja sa', 'Fight game play card' is written as 'ja
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pa ra da' 'In win team fight' is written as 'da ta fa la'.

24. What is the code for 'game'?

(a) pa (b) ra (c) da (d) either (a) or (b)

25. 'Card fight in' is coded as?

(a) ta da la (b) fa ja sa (c) la ra ta (d) ja da fa

Key:
1-c 2-a 3-b 4-a 5-b 6-b 7-b 8-d 9-c 10-d 11-c 12-b 13-c 14-a 15-d 16-d 17-b 18-c 19-c 20-d
21-d 22-d 23-a 24-d 25-d

UPSC PYQS

1. In a code language ‘MATHEMATICS’ is written as LBSIDNZUHDR’. How is

‘CHEMISTRY’ written in that code language? (UPSC CSAT 2021)

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(a) DIDLHRSSX (b) BIDNHTSSX (c) BIDLHTSSX (d) DGFLIRUQZ

2. In the English alphabet, the first 4 letters are written in opposite order, and the
next 4 letters are written in opposite order and so on; and at the end Y and Z are
interchanged. Which will be the fourth letter to the right of the 13th letter? (UPSC
CSAT 2021)
(a) N (b) T (c) H (d) I

3. The letters from A to Z are numbered from 1 to 26 respectively. If GHI = 1578 and
DEF = 912, then what is ABC equal to? (UPSC CSAT 2020)
(a) 492 (b) 468 (c) 262 (d) 246

4. If every alternative letter of the English alphabet from B onwards (including B) is

written in lower case (small letters) and the remaining letters are capitalised, then
how is the first month of second half of the year written?(UPSC CSAT 2019)
(a) JuLY (b) JUly (c) jUlY (d) julY

5. If LSJXVC is the code for MUMBAI, the code for DELHI?(UPSC CSAT 2018)
(a) CCIDD (b) CDKGF (c) CCJFG (d) CCIFE

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6. If RAMON is written as 12345, and DINESH as 675849, then HAMAM will be
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written as? (UPSC CSAT 2018)

(a) 92233 (b) 92323 (c) 93322 (d) 93232
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7. In a certain code, '256' means 'red colour chalk', '589' means "green colour flower'
and '254' means 'white colour chalk'. The digit in the code that indicates 'white' is
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(CSAT 2017)
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 8
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8. A military code writes SYSTEM as SYSMET and NEARER as AENRER. Using the
same code, FRACTION can be written as: (CSAT 2016)
(a) CARFTION (b) FRACNOIT (c) NOITCARF (d) CARFNOIT

9. If the order of the letters in the English alphabet is reversed and each letter
represents the letter whose position it occupies, then which one of the following
represents “LUCKNOW"? (CSAT 2022)
(a) OGXPMLD (b) OGXQMLE (c) OFXPMLE (d) OFXPMLD

Key:
1- b 2-b 3-d 4-c 5-a 6-b 7-b 8-d 9-d

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