LR - Coding Decoding - Previous Year CAT/MBA Questions

Answer: Option C

Explanation :

Observe that the word ‘orange’ is present only in statements I and III. Also, there is no other word that is common to both statements I and III. So, if you consider the only code that is common to both statements I and III, the code for orange can be found. 

Hence, only statements I and III are sufficient to answer the question. 

Hence, option 3.

Note: The code for ‘orange’ is “pa”; but you need not find this.

Answer: Option D

Explanation :

The first row has uppercase letters, the second has digits and the third has lowercase letters.

Use terms common to rows to identify the relation between these three groups.

From first two rows: C = 1; and from last two rows: 1 = a i.e. C = 1 = a

Hence, the required term i.e. BDCC corresponds to _ _ aa.

Hence, option 4.

Note: It can be verified that B = 2 = d and D = 4 = c (as A = 3)

Answer: Option B

Explanation :

agnoscrenia means poisonous spider and agnosdeery  means brown spider. Thus, the common term between them is agnos, which means spider.

Thus, options 1 and 4 are eliminated.

Agnoscrenia means poisonous spider and delanocrenia means poisonous snake. Thus, the common term between them is crenia, meaning poisonous.

Therefore, delano means snake.

Hence option 3 is also eliminated.

Therefore, black widow spider can mean agnosvitriblunin.

Hence, option 2.

Answer: Option C

Explanation :

From the first two statements, we can infer that ‘onot’ means ‘oak’. Note that ‘onot’ is in the second half of the word in the artificial language but ‘oak’ is the first word in the meaning.

From the second and third statement, we infer that ‘bly’ means ‘leaf’, so ‘crin’ will mean ‘maple’. Note that ‘crin’ is in the second half of the word.

We need to find those words from the artificial language that mean ‘maple syrup’.

Observe that ‘crin’ means ‘maple’.

Based on the pattern, since maple is the first word in ‘maple syrup’, ‘crin’ will be the second half of the coded word. That is true only for option 3.

Hence, option 3.

Answer: Option B

Explanation :

Consider the four statements 

(i) “lop eop aop fop” means “Traders are above laws”
(ii) “fop cop bop gop” means “Developers were above profitable”
(iii) “aop bop uop qop” means “Developers stopped following traders” 
(iv) “cop jop eop uop” means “Following maps were laws” 

From (i) and (ii): “fop” ⇒  above 
From (i) and (iii): “aop” ⇒  traders  

So, in (i), “are” and “laws” will be represented by “lop” and “eop” in no particular order. 

From (i) and (iv), “eop” ⇒  laws 

So, “lop” ⇒ are

From (iii) and (iv), “uop” ⇒  following
From (ii) and (iii): “bop” ⇒  developers

So, “developers are following laws” would be written as “lop bop eop uop”

Hence, option 2. 

Answer: Option A

Explanation :

From the previous solution, “eop” ⇒  laws 

So, the answer should have “laws” in the sentence. 

Therefore, option 3 can be eliminated. 

Also, looking at the previous solution, “developers”, “following” and “traders” have been identified. 

So, “qop” ⇒  stopped.  In (ii), “cop” and “gop” correspond to “were and “profitable” in some order”. 

Therefore, “qop gop cop eop” would mean “profitable laws were stopped”. 

Hence, option 1.

Answer: Option A

Explanation :

EXAMINATION = 56149512965.

If we arrange them in alphabetical order, X = 24 and sum of digits of 24 is 6.

So, every number is substituted by its sum of digits.

So, GOVERNMENT = 7645954552.

Hence, option 1.

Answer: Option B

Explanation :

In this question every alphabet is substituted by one less than its numerical equivalent.

i. e. A = 0, B= 1, etc.

So, MONKEY = 12141310424.

Hence, option 2.