WEEK 1 CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

CODING, DECODING & PROGRESSION

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1. If 'dust' is called 'air', 'air' is called 'fire', 'fire' is called 'water', 'water' is called 'colour', 'colour' is
called 'rain', and 'rain' is called 'dust', then where do fish live ?
a) Water b) Fire c) Colour d) Air
2. In a coded language, PARADISE is denoted by ARPAESDI. In the same manner DROWINNG
is denoted by
a) WODRGNIN b) OWDRNGNI c) OWDRNING d) OWROGNIN
3. In a certain code, STATION is denoted by URCRKMP. Similarly, how the word BRING can be
denoted in the same code -
a) CSKLH b) DPKLI c) DSKPH d) DTKLH
4. In a code INFORM is denoted by JMGNSL. How PLAYER can be denoted in the same code –
a) QKBZFQ b) QKBXFQ c) OKBXFQ d) OMBZFQ
5. In a certain code ‘nit ju pus’ means ‘orange is red’ ‘ju sa tum’ means ‘red and black’ and ‘sa pus
num’ means ‘watch is black’, then which of the following word is used for ‘orange’?
a) pus b) ju c) nit d) sa
6. If TOUR is coded as 1234, CLEAR as 56784 and SPARE as 90847, then SCULPTURE will be
coded as
a) 983602358 b) 953601347 c) 963601354 d) 345602460
7. If AUTHORITY can be written as YTUROHTIA, how can DESIGNATE are written in that
code?
a) ESENGITAD b) SEDIGAETN c) DIGSENTANE d) ESDIGANET
8. In a certain code language, MADRAS is coded as NBESBT, how is BOMBAY coded in that
code ?
a) CNPDEO b) DCEGPW c) CPNCBZ d) CENGRT
9. If “LESD” is written as “ @ $ & # “ , “NAC” is written as “ % ? * “, how “CANDLES” is coded
in the same way?
a) @*%#&?$ b) %*$#@?& c) #&%@*?# d) *?%&@$#
10. If DELHI is coded as 73541 and CALCUTTA as 82589662, how can CALICUT be coded ?
a) 8251896 b) 8253672 c) 8356471 d) 8456723
11. If ROSE is coded as 6821, CHAIR is coded as 73456 and PREACH is coded as 961473, what
will be the code for SEARCH ?
a) 278543 b) 214673 c) 286354 d) 298563
12. In a certain code language, if the value of CONTRACT = 56 and ‘GROWTH’ = 30, then what is
the value of DISTRIBUTION?
a) 164 b) 183 c) 132 d) 152
13. If Z = 52 and ACT = 48, then BAT will be equal to
a) 26 b) 36 c) 96 d) 46
14. In a certain code language, '134' means 'good and tasty', '478' means 'see good pictures' and '729'
means 'pictures are faint'. Which of the following digits stands for 'see'?
a) 8 b) 7 c) 4 d) 3
15. ‘good time to buy’ is written as ‘sy bo nj kw’

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 ‘invest money and time’ is written as ‘sy ta ge mr’.
‘buy good stuff only’ is written as ‘kw bo rd fp’.
‘only work and money’ is written as ‘ta fp mr ux’.
What is the code for “invest time to work” in that code language?
a) sy bo ta mr b) fp kw mr ux c) rd ta fp ge d) ux ge nj sy
16. The sum of the first five terms of a G.P is 363. If the common ratio is 1/3 find the first term.
a) 323 b) 243 c) 232 d) 332
17. Find the 15th term of an arithmetic progression whose first term is 2 and the common difference
is 3.
a) 45 b) 38 c) 44 d) 40
18. Find the sum of the following series,1,4/5,16/25,64/125 ……………..
a) 10 b) 6 c) 9 d) 5
19. Find the number of terms in an arithmetic progression with the first term 2 and the last term
being 62, given that common difference is 2.
a) 31 b) 40 c) 22 d) 27
20. Find the last term of a G.P whose first term is 9 and common ratio is ( 1/3 ) if the sum of the
terms of the G.P is ( 40/3 )
a) ⅓ b) ⅖ c) ¼ d) ⅔
21. The first term of an arithmetic progression is 3 and the 10 th term is 21. Find 15 th and 22 nd
terms.
a) 21, 35 b) 31, 45 c) 30, 46 d) 29, 40
22. Find the common ratio of three numbers in G.P whose product is 216 and the sum of the products
taken in pairs is 114.
a) 2 or ½ b) ⅔ or 3/2 c) ¾ or 4/3 d) 4 or ¼
23. Five times the fifth term of an A.P is equal to six times the sixth term of the A.P, What is the
value of the eleventh term?
a) 1 b) 5 c) 0 d) 2
24. Find the first term and the common ratio of a G.P whose fourth term is 250 and seventh term is
31,250
a) ⅖, 25 b) 4, 5/2 c) 1, 16 d) 2, 5
25. How many terms are there in 2,4,8,16,………..1024?
a) 10 b) 6 c) 9 d) 8
26. What is the sum of the first 15 terms of an A.P whose 11 th and 7 th terms are 5.25 and 3.25
respectively
a) 60 b) 52.5 c) 55 d) 56.25
27. There are n arithmetic means between 3 and 45 such that the sum of these arithmetic means is
552. find the value of n.
a) 11 b) 15 c) 23 d) 17
28. Which term of the G. P.: 6, –12, 24, – 48, ... is 384?
a) 5 b) 7 c) 8 d) 10
29. In an A.P consisting of 27 terms, the sum of the first three terms is 21 and that of the three
middle terms is 93. Find the first term and the common difference.
a) 6, 3 b) 6, 23 c) 7, 3 d) 5, 2
30. The arithmetic mean between two numbers is 75 and their geometric mean is 21. Find the
numbers.
a) 133,17 b) 63, 87 c) 3,147 d) 73, 77

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