Reasoning: Coding/Decoding Set 1

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
   
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   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. 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
   
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   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. 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
   
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   C) making strike sight
   
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
   
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   B) #a5 %s7 %a7
   Explanation:
   surfeit – % for t, s for s, 7 for surfeit
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
   
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   D) %f6 @c6 !m6
   

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
   
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   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. 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
   
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   B) craze also course
   Explanation:
   #e6 – course
   #e5 – craze
   @04 – also
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
   
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   D) !e5 !t7 !p4
   Explanation:
   peace – !e5
   protect – !t7
   pump – !p4
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
   
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   B) peaceful modern advance
   Explanation:
   tis – lists
   since da and arise both not present so ‘da’ can be ‘arise’
   tip – regime
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
    
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    B) !e5 @r5 #t6