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We saw some major changes in the pattern of Coding-Decoding questions last

year. To help you all prepare for this, we are now going to share some important
tips and approach for Coding – Decoding questions based on new pattern. We will
also discuss some different patterns of Coding-Decoding questions that you may
come across in this year’s bank exams.

How to solve Coding - Decoding based on New Pattern

Example(1-3)
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
In a certain code language
‘given time simple plan’ is written as ‘@E4 &N4 %N5 #E6’
‘tired solution plant great’ is written as ‘#N8 @D5 %T5 &T5’
‘sick point good turn’ is written as ‘#K4 %D4 @N4 &T5’
‘garden sister phone team’ is written as ‘&E5 #R6 %N6 @M4’
1.Which of the following code for ‘translate’?
A. @E8
B. @E9
C. #E8
D. #T8
E. #T9
2. Which of the following code for ‘plan’?
A. %N5
B. @E4
C. &N4
D. #E6
E. None of these
3.In the given code language, what does the code ‘%D4’?
A. point
B. turn
C. sick
D. good

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E. None of these
How to Solve
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Here are some points to keep in minds when we solve these kinds of questions-

As we all know there is always a concept behind this so we need to nd it.

When we look at that kind of questions we can see that in all steps all the 4
words start with same alphabet. They all start with- G, T, S and P and there
code words also starts with same symbol in each steps- @, %, & and #. So we
just have to nd which of the rst alphabet represent the particular symbol.
Now we can see that theirs code words end with digits. When we look at that
digits are total number of letters for each word.
Now we can see the middle code word is last letter of that particular word.
Now we solve the questions.

Answer 1: B We have to nd ‘translate’ code. As we can see that this word is not
given in any steps but as we know the idea of that so we can solve it.
Step I: rst we will count the letters of that word that is 9, then we put digit 9 at the
right end.
Step II: we will put the last letter of that word then it will like- E9
Step III: at the last step ‘t’ is coded for ‘@’( rst letter of each word is coded by a
speci c symbol like here ‘t’ is coded for ‘@’. We can nd the rst coded symbol by
looking at the other given words. Answer will be - @E9
Answer 2: C
We have to nd ‘plan’ code-
Now the same steps follow. plan is given in rst step. Total count of letters is 4 and
last letter is N and ‘p’ is coded as & so Final answer will be- &N4
Answer 3: D
We have given ‘%D4’ and we have to nd it’s word. So we can say that the number
of letters will be 4 and last digit will be D and ‘%’ is represent to G. so in 3 rd step we
can nd this word, nal answer will be –Good
Example (4-8): Consider the following statements and the questions that follow.
We will analyse this problem in detail after that.
In a certain code language
“login gradeup and scroll” is written as “&3d @6l *5n %7p”
“scroll for sbi exam” is written as “@6l @3i $3r #4m”
“study exam related notes” is written as “#4m @5y !7d =5s”
“read notes get job” is written as “+3b !4d =5s %3t”
4. Which of the following code is for gradeup?
A. @6l
B. &3d
C. %7p
D. *5n

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E. None of these
5. AccordingAlltoExams
the above information, code !7d is used for?
A. study
B. exam
C. related
D. notes
E. read
6. What will be the code for “exam gradeup sbi job”?
A. +3b #4m %7p =5s
B. %3t @6l @5y !7d
C. %7p +3b #4m @3i
D. !4d $3r @6l &3d
E. None of these
7. According to the coding, what will be the code for banking?
A. @7g
B. &7h
C. $7t
D. one of these
E. can’t say
8. What will be the code for probationary?
A. $12y
B. %11n
C. ^12y
D. *13t
E. #12p
Let’s analyse the above information in detail.
Firstly, read the statements and their given codes properly. You can see that there
are some words which are common in given statements like scroll, exam, notes
and in the codes as well - @6l, #4m, =5s. In codes there are also some special
characters which are repeating in different sentences like @ is repeating in all three
statements.
From statement 1 and statement 2
“login gradeup and scroll” is written as “&3d @6l *5n %7p”
“scroll for sbi exam” is written as “@6l @3i $3r #4m”
i.e. scroll is common in both statements, so we look for the common code in these
two statements, which is @6I.
Similarly, From statement 2 and 3
“scroll for sbi exam” is written as “@6l @3i $3r #4m”
“study exam related notes” is written as “#4m @5y !7d =5s”
From statement 3 and 4
“study exam related notes” is written as “#4m @5y !7d =5s”

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“read notes get job” is written as “+3b !4d =5s %3t”

Now scroll =All@6l, exam = #4m, notes = =5s
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Now, let us understand how the words are coded.

1. Last letter of codes is alphabet and it is same as the last letter of given word.
2. Given number in coding is total letter of words.
So, it is clear that in codes, number represents the total letter of words and the
code letter is the last letter of the word
3. But special characters are different for all words. Now our next step is to decode
them.
We can see that in statement 2, @ has been used two times in coding and s is also
rst letter of two words (i.e scroll and sbi). To become sure we can check another
words like gradeup and get, both have same % special characters. Similarly, related
and read have same (!) special characters.

l g a s f e r n j

* % & @ $ # ! = +

Hence code of word is given as code of rst letter, total no. of letters in word and
last letter of word.
IMPORTANT:In this question, short clue is total no. of letters in word is given as it
is in code.
As per this information,
Answer 4: (C)As we can see in word Gradeup
rst letter g = %
total letter = 7
last letter = p
So, code is %7p
Answer 5: (C) !is code for r, 7 total letters and d is the last letter.
So we can say that related is the word.
Answer 6: (C) Exam = #4m, Gradeup = %7p, sbi = @3i, job = +3b
Hence answer is C.
Answer 7:(E) can’t say. Because we don’t have code for rst letter “b” of banking.
All given special character in answer code are @=s, $=f and & = a.
Answer 8:(C) In this question our approach will be options elimination method. As
rst letter of probationary is ‘p’ and we don’t have any code for p. But in options A,
B ,D and E, code of rst letter is same as mentioned in above table. So options A,B,
D and E are eliminated and our answer will be C.
This was a new pattern question that was introduced in last year’s exams. Let us
now have a look at what other sort of pattern changes you can face in Coding-
Decoding.

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Example (9-12): Consider the following statements and the questions that follow.
We will analyse this problem in detail after that.
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In a certain code language

“login Gradeup and check” is coded as “$4e %4g #2n @6d”
“reads article study there” is coded as “@6i #4u $4e %4a”
“comment about yours doubt” is coded as “$4u @4o %6m #4u”
“get clear exams enjoy” is coded as “@4e #4a $4j %2e”
9. What is the code for exams?
A. @4e
B. #4a
C. $4j
D. %2e
E. None of these
10.What is the code for study?
A. $4e
B. #4u
C. %4a
D. @6i
E. None of these
11. What is the code for about?
A. %6m
B. $4u
C. @4o
D. #4u
E. None of these
12.If we code “study Gradeup clear exams” as per the above coding method, what
will be the code?
A. $6u %4d #4a @4e
B. %4u #4e @6d $4a
C. @4e $6d #6e %4a
D. #6d @4u @4e %4m
E. None of these
Let’s analyse this problem in detail -
Again, read the statements and given codes properly rst. In this we can see that
all (#$%@) are used in every statement. Clearly, they cannot represent any
particular letter because the letters are changing in different statements.
Next if we check number given in coding of rst statement - 4,4,2 and 6 are used
and letters in word are 5,7,3 and 5. So, numbering given in code is 1 less than
number of letters given in word. But we cannot comment about English letter given
in code.
#2n = and, @6d = Gradeup, but there is a confusion between $4e and %4g, both

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login and check are 5 letters word.

From 2 nd statement
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(i.e. 6), remaining all codes have number 4. Article is the only word which has 7
letters and we have derived that numbering in coding is 1 less than number of
letters in word. So, article = @6i
Now we will try to derive English letter which is given in coding statement.
#2n = and, @6d = Gradeup, @6i = article, hence letter in coding is the middle letter
of the word.
Next, Both Gradeup and article are at serial number 2 in statement and both have @
coding.
and is at serial no.3 in statement, so # = 3
Hence we have decoded this coding.
So, we can say that,
numbers in code = total no. of letter in word – 1
Special characters are serial no. of words, % = 1, @ = 2, # = 3 and $ = 4
English letter in code is middle letter of the word.
Important: If you have seen it carefully, you can check that all numbers in codes are
even and letters of words in statement is odd. So we can say that there is some
addition or subtraction in number of letters of word.
Answer 9 (B): exams is in statement 4 at third place, so for third place code is #,
no. of letters in exams is 5, so numerical code is (5-1) = 4 and middle letter of the
word is a. So code for it, is #4a.
Answer 10 (B): Studyis in statement 3 at third place, so for third place code is #;
no. of letters are 5, so numerical code is (5-1) = 4 and middle letter of the word is u.
So code for it is #4u.
Answer 11 (C): about is at second place in statement 3, so for second place code
is @, no. of ;letters are 5 so numerical code is (5-1) = 4 and middle letter of the
word is . so code for it is @4o.
Answer 12 (B): This is a different question, in which you have to code according to
above coding method.
study is at rst place in statement, so code is %4u.
Gradeup is at second place in statement, so code is @6d.
clear is at third place in statement, so code is #4e.
exams is at fourth place, so code is $4a.
You can also attempt the Quiz on Coding and Decoding based on the latest pattern
from the link given below:

Quiz on Coding and Decoding (based on latest pattern)

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Vishal Gilla Dec 26

Sir probationary
Question 8th ma f ka code $ de ne nhi kr skta too iska do answer bnta h $12y ,^12y
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Sandhya Kumari Jan 28

@Puneet Bansal g please explain question number 12.
I didn't understand in that question what is the logic behind special characters??
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Awesome sir ..tnq so much sir ....providing this post helpfull to me 👍👍👍
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Pls explain again example 9-12. unable to understand symbol one
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Sir will you please post some more questions regarding this topic ( new pattern )
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Can anyone plz explain this in detail that how p is coded as & in the above coding
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