IBPS REASONING PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Coding – Decoding

1.       If in a certain language, TRIANGLE is coded as SQHZMFKD, then which word would be coded as DWZLOKD?
a]  EXAMPLE             b]   DISMISS            c]  FIGMENT            d]  DISJOIN

2.       if PRATAP could be given the code number 161820116, then what code number can be given to NAVIN?
a]  73957614              b]   24639125           c]  14122914            d]  19274651

3.       Seven men : A, B, C, D, E, F and G are standing in a queue in that order. Each one is wearing a cap of different colour – violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. D is able to see in front of him green and blue, but not violet. E can see violet and yellow, but not red. G can see caps of all the colours other than orange. If E is wearing an indigo coloured cap, then the colour of the cap worn by F is
a]  Blue                       b]   Violet                 c]  Red                      d]  Orange

4.       If ALTERED is written as ZOGVIVW, how good you write the word RELATED in the same code?
a]  VIOGZVW             b]   IVOZGWV          c]  VOIZGVW           d]  IVOZGVW

5.       If in a code language, ‘TUTORIAL’ is written as ‘DODNGLCF’ and ‘DANCE’ is written as ‘YCJMZ’, how can ‘EDUCATION’ be written in that code?
a]  ZYOTNLCMD        b]   ZYOMDCLNJ     c]  ZYOMCDLNJ       d]  ZYMODCLNJ

6.       If ‘BIRLA’ is written as ‘MYXTB’ in a code, how can ‘LIBRA’ be written in that code?
a]  TYMXB                 b]   TMXYB              c]  TBYMX               d]  TYMBX

7.       If ‘RUPA’ is written as ‘MNOP’ in a code, how can ‘PARU’ be written in that code?
a]  OPMN                    b]   POMN                c]  OPNM                  d]  PONM

8.       If ‘CLASS’ can be coded as ‘FODVV’, then ‘STUDENT’ can be coded as
a]  VWXGHQW           b]   VUXEHPU          c]  UVWEGOV          d]  UXWGHOU

9.       If in a code language, ‘MARBLE’ is written as ‘CNDFGO’ and ‘CENTURY’  is written as ‘BOPXYDL’, how can ‘MATURE’ be written in that code?
a]  CNXYDO               b]   NXYCOD            c]  CNXYOD             d]  CNXODY

10.     If in a code language ‘CAMELS’ is written as ‘XPOGTZ’ and ‘RABBITS’ is written as ‘YPUULFZ’, how can ‘S. AMERICA’ be written in that code?
a]  Z.POGYLAFX        b]   Z.OPGYLPX       c]  Z.POGLXPY         d]  Z.POGYLXP

11.     In a certain code, TEACHER is written as VGCEJGT. How is CHILDREN written in that code?
a]  E J K N F I T P                                       b]  E J K N F G T O
c]   E J K N E G T P                                     d]  None of these

12.     In a certain code  LIBERATE is written as 56423172. How TRIBAL will be written in this code?
a]  736415                  b]   673451               c]  476315                d]  743615

Directions (Q. 13-16) : In a code language, the following alphabets are coded in a particular way:

X	C	Y	O	M	G
	I	R	Q	V
8	4	1	6	2	0
	9	3	5	7

Which group of alphabets can be decoded from the following?

13.     608175
a]  OGXYCV               b]   OGXYMR           c]  OGXYVQ             d]  OXMRYI

14.     710926
a]  VYGIXC                b]   VYGIMV            c]  VYGIOM              d]  VYGIMO

15.     019278
a]  GYIMXV                b]   GYIMOQ            c]  GYIMVX              d]  GIQMXV

16.     450639
a]  CMYXOI                b]   CQGORI             c]  CQIRGO              d]  CYMOGI

17.     In a code language, the following alphabets are coded in a particular way:

V	U	N	L	J
E	A	T	K	P
1	5	8	6	3
4	7	2	9	0

          Which group of alphabets can be decoded from the following?
                        762539
a]  ALTJUK                 b]   ALTUKJ             c]  ALTVJK               d]  ALTUJK

18.     In a code language, the following alphabets are coded in a particular way:

P	N	C	Y	A
D	J	R	J	Q
2	7	5	1	6
8	4	3	9	0

          Which group of alphabets can be decoded from the following?
                        QAJYNR
a]  064713                  b]   064173               c]  064513                d]  061473

19.     If CONSCIOUSLY is written as PEBNPJEXNKM, then SOIL is written as
a]  NEKJ                     b]   NEJK                  c]  JENK                   d]  ENJK

20.     In a certain code language, ORGANISATION’ is written as ‘JMBFSNRBSJNO’. How is ‘PRODUCTIVITY’ written in that code?
a]  SJUJSZDTENSO                                     b]  DTENSOSJUJSZ
c]   DVEPSQSJUJSZ                                     d]  DTENSOUJWJUZ

21.     In a certain code, BEAM is written as ‘$  ×  ¸  +’ and ROAD is written as ‘#, –, ¸,  *’. How is DOME written in that code ?
a]  ¸  –  +                    b]   $  –  +  ×             c]  #  –  ¸  ×              d]  ¸  –  +  ×

Directions (Q. 22-26) : The group of letters in each of these questions is to be coded as per the numeric codes and the conditions given below:

Letters

:

M

D

E

J

R

I

P

H

A

Numeric Codes:

5

8

6

7

2

4

9

3

1

Conditions:
i]       If the last letter of the letter group is a vowel, then both the last and the first letters are to be coded as the number representing the vowel as the first letter.
ii]      If the first letter of the letter group is a vowel, then both the first and the last letters are to be coded as the number representing the consonant as the first letter.
iii]     It both the first and the last letters are vowels, then both these letters are to be coded as ‘0’.

Now based on the above, find out the coded form of the letter groups given in each of the questions 22 to 26.

22.     MEJHR
a]  96732                    b]   56734                 c]  56732                  d]  None of these

23.     PHAID
a]  03140                    b]   43144                 c]  93149                  d]  None of these

24.     IMDHP
a]  45834                    b]   95839                 c]  45839                  d]  None of these

25.     AJRPI
a]  17294                    b]   47294                 c]  17291                  d]  07290

26.     DRHMJ
a]  82357                    b]   42357                 c]  02350                  d]  None of these

27.     In a certain code OVER is written as ‘PWFSQ’ and ‘BARE’ is written as ‘CBSFD’. How is OPEN written in that code?
a]  PQFOM                  b]   NODMO             c]  PQFOO                 d]  POFMM

28.     In a certain code language ‘OMNIPRESENT’ is written as ‘QJONPTSMDRD’. How is ‘CREDIBILITY’ written in that code?
a]  JEFSDCXSHKH                                     b]  JEFSDDXSHKH  
c]   DSFEJDDXSHKH                                  d]  JEFSDDZUJMJ

29.     If ‘white’ is called ‘rain’, ‘rain’ is called ‘green’, ‘green’ is called ‘blue’, ‘blue’ is called ‘cloud’, ‘cloud’ is called ‘red’, ‘red’ is called ‘sky’, ‘sky’ is called ‘yellow’ and ‘yellow’ is called ‘black’, what is the colour of ‘blood’?
a]  Red                        b]   Blue                   c]  Cloud                   d]  Sky

30.     In a particular way of coding, the word CENRAL is coded as ABCDEFG and PLANETARIUM as HGFCBDFEIJK. With the same coding, how can we express the word LANTERN?
a]  GFCDFEG              b]   GFCDBEC          c]  GFCDEFG            d]  GFCDBEB

31.     In a certain language, ‘I like you’ is written as 123; ‘you love me and her’ is written as 34567; and ‘They are crazy’ is written as 890. How will you write, ‘You, they and I are crazy and love her’?
a]  386196047            b]   38160964           c]  381690647          d]  386190647

32.     In a certain, ‘BASIC’ is written as ‘DDULE’. How is ‘LEADER’ written in that code?
a]  NHCGGU               b]   OHDGHU           c]  NGCFGT              d]  OGDFHT

33.     In a certain code ‘VISHWANATHAN’ is written as ‘NAAWTHHSANIV’. How is ‘KARUNAKARANA’ written in that code?
a]  NKKRANKRAUK                                  b]  RURNKAAUNAK
c]   AKNUARRANKA                                  d]  KAANRAURANAAK

34.     In a certain code, ‘CONVENTIONAL’ is written as ‘NOCNEVOITLAN’. How is ‘ENTHRONEMENT’ written in that code?
a]  TNEROHEMNTNE       b]                       TNEORHMENTNE
c]   NTEROHEMNNTE       d]                       TNEROHEMNNTE

Directions (Q. 35-37) : According to a certain code: ‘min fin bin gin’ means ‘Trains are always late’  ‘gin din cin hin’ means ‘Drivers were always punished’. ‘bin cin vin rin’ means ‘Drivers stopped all trains’. ‘din kin fin vin’ means ‘All passengers were late’.

35.     Which word is represented by ‘vin’?
a]  Trains                    b]   Drivers               c]  Late                     d]  All

36.     ‘Drivers were late’ would be written as
a]  fin cin din              b]   min cin din         c]  fin din gin            d]  gin hin min

37.     ‘hin min kin’ would mean
a]  Always late trains                                  b]  All passenger trains
c]   Passengers are late                                     d]                         Passengers are punished

38.     In a certain code, ‘FORGET’ is written as ‘DPPHCU’. How would ‘DOCTOR’ be written in that code?
a]  BPAUMS                b]   BPAUPS             c]  EMDRPP              d]  BPARPP

39.     If LPPHGLDWH means IMMEDIATE, what does WRSVHFUHW stand for
a]  MARINATED         b]   STRONGEST      c]  TOPGRADED       d]  TOPSECRET

40.     In a certain code, PEAK is written as ‘3512’ and DINE is written as ‘6895’. How is KIND written in that code?
a]  2396                      b]   2986                   c]  2896                    d]  2596

41.     In a certain code, TERMINAL is written as SDQIJOBM. How is CREDIBLE written in that code?
a]  BQDCJCMF           b]   DSFEJCMF         c]  BQDCHAKD        d]  DSFEHAKD

42.     In a certain code, LABOUR is written as KBAPTS. How is CANDID written in that code?
a]  DBOEJE                 b]   DZOCJC             c]  BBMCHC            d]  BBMEHE

43.     In a certain code, ‘BELIEF’ is written as ‘AFKKDI’. How is ‘SELDOM’ written in that code?
a]  RDKCNL               b]   TFKENP             c]  RFKENM             d]  RFKFNP

44.     If ‘CERTAIN’ is coded as ‘XVIGZRM’, then how can ‘MUNDANE’ be coded in that language?
a]  NFMWZMX           b]   VMZWMFN        c]  NFMWZMV         d]  MFMXZMV

Directions (Q. 45-49) : Read the given statements and answer these questions:

45.     If ‘ROAD’ is ‘WTFI’, then ‘BEAT’ is
a]  URDG                    b]   TQCF                 c]  GJFY                    d]  UREG

46.     If ‘EFGHIJK’ are coded letters representing ‘VUTSRQP’ then the code for ‘GROUP’ is
a]  TILFK                    b]   TILEL                c]  TILGH                 d]  TFGFK

47.     If BAD is coded as 5-4-7, then the code for DARK is
a]  7-4-20-14               b]   7-4-21-3             c]  7-4-21-14             d]  7-4-20-13

48.     If CURTAIN is coded as NIATRUC, how will you code ‘FURNITURE’?
a]  TINRUFURE          b]   ERUTINRUF      c]  EUTRINRUF        d]  FERUTINRU

49.     If FOCUS : GPDVT, then LOTUS:
a]  MPUVT                  b]   MQUVT              c]  MQRSV                d]  SUTOL

50.     If BAD is coded as YZW and FIGHT is coded as URTSG. How will you encode HIGH?
a]  TRST                     b]   SRTS                  c]  STSR                    d]  TSRT

Answers:

1.       a     2.       c     3.      c     4.       d     5.       c     6.       a     7.      a     8.       a     9.       a          10.  d        11.  d       12.  a        13.  c        14.  d        15.  c        16.  b        17.  d        18.  b          19.  b        20.  b       21.  d        22.  c        23.  d        24.  d       25.  d        26.  a        27.  a          28.  b        29.  d       30.  b        31.  d        32.  a        33.  d       34.  b        35.  d        36.  a          37.  d        38.  a       39.  d        40.  c        41.  a        42.  d       43.  d        44.  c        45.  c          46.  a        47.  c        48.  b        49.  a        50.  b