IAS & ALLIED SERVICES TRAINING CENTRE

PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA

CLASS: - COMPETITIVE EXAMS.
PAPER: - GENERAL STUDIES (MENTAL ABILITY)
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PRACTICE Courses:-
By Dr.P.K.Sandhu
TEST- 10 IAS/PCS(E)/DSP/BDPO/CDS/MBA/MCA/P.O./B.Ed./LL.B.

Name of Student……………….……………………Roll No…………………

CODING & DECODING TEST

Directions :- The word COFFEE has been coded in five different ways :
(A) DPGGFF (B) EQHHGG (C) FRIIHH (D) GSJJII
(E) BNEEDD.
Which coding scheme has been followed in the questions?

1. Word :- NOODLES Code :- OPPEMFT.

2. Word :- SOUPS Code :- UQWRU.

3. If ‘COFFEE’ is coded as ‘EEFFOC’, how will you code ‘NOODLES’?

(A) MNNCKDR (B) SELDOON (C) RSSHPIW (D) QRRGOGV.

4. If ‘SOUPS’ is coded as ‘SPUOS’, how will you code ‘TENDER’?

(A) SDMCDQ (B) REDNET (C) XIRHIV (D) WHQGHU.

Directions :- If 12345671586 stands for ‘TERMINATION’,

5. What number does 371586 stand for ?

(A) MOTION (B) NATION (C) RATION (D) NOTION.

6. Decode the number 4271?

(A) RATE (B) MEAT (C) NEAT (D) TIME.

7. If ‘LOAD is coded as ’12-15-1-4’, how will you code ‘BAKE’?

(A) 2-1-10-5 (B) 2-1-11-5 (C) 2-1-12-5 (D) 2-1-10-4.

8. If ‘DEAL is coded as ‘4-5-1-12’, how will you code ‘SHOOT’?

(A) 19-8-14-14-20 (B) 19-7-15-15-20 (C) 19-8-15-15-20 (D) 19-8-14-15-20.

Directions :- If ‘RATE’ is coded as ‘9-26-7-22’, how will you code and decode the following :

9. BANK :
(A) 25-26-19-16 (B) 1-2-14-11 (C) 25-26-13-16 (D) 25-24-12-16.

10. ’13-12-9-14’ :
(A) NOTE (B) NORM (C) NEAT (D) NEAR.

11. If ABLE is coded as ’23-24-8-1’, how will you code ‘DARK’?

(A) 25-22-13-6 (B) 26-23-14-7 (C) 26-24-12-6 (D) 26-23-13-7.

12. If BAD is ‘5-4-7’, supply the appropriate number code for ‘NATION’?
(A) 17-4-22-12-18-17 (B) 17-4-23-12-18-17 (C) 17-4-22-11-18-17 (D) 17-4-23-12-19-17.

13. If CAR is 22, SCOOTER = ?

(A) 33 (B) 44 (C) 11 (D) 95.
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14. BOOK = 43 and PEN = 35, COPY = ?

(A) 48 (B) 60 (C) 59 (D) 79.

Direction :- If ‘MODERN’ and ‘ORTHODOXY’ (being opposites) are coded as ‘YOUNGS’ and ‘OGBAOUOML’
respectively, how will you code the following words?

15. THORN :
(A) BAGOS (B) BAOSG (C) BOASG (D) BAOGS (E) BAGSO.

16. REMOTE :
(A) GNOYBN (B) GYNOYB (C) GNYONB (D) GNYOBN (D) GNOYBN.

Directions :- ‘GENT AWAY, FIRE BACKWARDS, MOVE SLOW’ is coded in a defence message as ‘BENA CDCI,
QHOE PCTLDCOXU, ZMWE VFMD’. Based on this coding scheme, tick the code from the answer
choices (A-D) for each word given in bold letters in the beginning of each question :

17. SLIM:
(A) VFZH (B) VFHZ (C) VFHX (D) VFHW.

18. OVER :
(A) MWOE (B) MWZO (C) MWEO (D) MWED.

Directions :- Study the following code and its key. Using this code find appropriate codes from answer choices (A-D)
for the words given in capital letters :
Codes : - n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Key :- A B C D E F G H I J K L M

19. KLICK :
(A) xyupx (B) xpupx (C) xgvpx (D) xyvpx.

20. HIGH :
(A) uvtv (B) uvtu (C) vutv (D) vtun.

Directions :- If ‘COLD’ coded as ‘DPME’, select appropriate codes from the answer choices for the words in capital
letters :

21. ZEAL :
(A) AFBN (B) AFBM (C) AGBM (D) AFCM.

22. CHINA :
(A) DIJOB (B) BHIMB (C) DIJPB (D) DJKMB.

Directions :- If ‘ ‘BEAT’ is codes as ‘ADZS’, select appropriate code for the words given in capital letters :

23. TRACE :
(A) USBDF (B) SQZBD (C) SQABD (D) SQZDE.

24. ZEAL :
(A) YDZK (B) YFZK (C) AFBM (D) YFAK.

25. If ‘BUS’ is coded as ‘DWU’, how will you code ‘ROBS’?

(A) SPCT (B) TQCV (C) TQDU (D) SPDU.

26. If ‘BEAT is coded as ‘EHDW’, how will you code ‘ROAD’?

(A) SQCF (B) URDG (C) TQCF (D) UREG.

27. If PEOPLE is coded as PLPOEE, how is TREND coded?

(A) TREDN (B) DNERT (C) NDETR (D) TNERD.
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28. DELHI is coded as CCIDD, how would you encode BOMBAY?

(A) AJMTVT (B) AMJXVS (C) MJXVSU (D) WXYZAX.

Directions :- In a certain code ‘CHERAWTS’ = 36, where C=1, H=2, E=3 and so on, code and decode the following
with the help of the information given above :

29. How will you code size 34 cm?

(A) SR (B) EA (C) ER (D) EW (E) None.

30. If you have indicated on a tag on an article its worth as Rs. 15, how will you make use of the above coding
scheme?
(A) CA (B) CS (C) CR (D) CHERA.

Directions :- In the following words the codes are not under their respective positions : INSTALL, NATIONAS,
STINGS
I N S T A L L N A T I O N S S T I N G S
3 2 4 5 0 3 4 5 3 2 1 7 7 5 1 2 4 9 5 3
I N S T I L L S T A T I O N S O P T I O N S
9 6 2 4 9 5 3 4 5 3 2 4 7 7 3 2 1 2 4 9 5 3
After studying the above codes and words, give codes for the following words :

31. LOTIONS :
(A) 4532177 (B) 4532477 (C) 7924953 (D) 7532173.

32. POSTAL :
(A) 693417 (B) 694217 (C) 693517 (D) 693217.

33. STILL
(A) 32577 (B) 32477 (C) 54277 (D) 32677.

34. 32477
(A) STOPS (B) STILL (C) POSTAL (D) PISTON .

35. 2477
(A) TELL (B) TOSS (C) TILL (D) POST

Directions :- COST is coded as, = @ ?

DUPE is coded as; = 6 *
How will you code the following words;

36. DUST
(A) = @ ? * (B) 6 * ; = (C) ; = @ ?

37. POST
(A) ? : = * (B) * ? = ; (C) 6 = @ ?.

Directions :- You have been given one or more of these answer choices for the following questions. Select the
appropriate choice to replace the question mark in the equations.
(a) means ‘ ÷ 3’ (b) means ‘ × 3’ (c) means ‘– 3’ (d) means ‘+3’
(e) means ‘÷ 2’ (f) means ‘ × 2’ (g) means ‘– 1’ (h) means ‘+2’

38. 36 + 12? = 48
(A) a followed by f (B) a followed by b (C) b followed by f (D) c followed by a.

39. 48? + 12  4 = 80
(A) e followed by b (B) d followed by a (C) f followed by a (D) b followed by f (E) None.
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40. If white is called blue, blue is called red, red is called yellow, yellow is called green, green is called black,
black is called violet and violet is called orange, what would be the colour of human blood?
(A) Red (B) Green (C) Yellow (D) Violet (E) Orange.

41. If room is called bed, bed is called window, window is called flower and flower is called cooler, on what
would a man sleep?
(A) Window (B) Bed (C) Flower (D) Cooler (D) None.

42. If ‘ish lto inm’ stands for ‘neat and tidy’; ‘qpr inm sen’ stands for ‘small but neat’ and ‘hsm sen rso’ stands for
‘good but erratic’, what would but stand for?
(A) inm (B) qpr (C) sen (D) hsm.

43. In certain code, ‘nee tim see’ means ‘how are you’; ‘ble nee see’ means ‘where are you’, what is the code for
‘where’?
(A) nee (B) tim (C) see (D) Can’t be determined(E) None.

44. In a certain code, ‘37’ means ‘which class’ and ‘583’ means ‘caste and class’. What is the code for caste?
(A) 3 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) Either 5 or 3 (E) Either 5 or 8.

45. In a certain language, ‘743’ means ‘mangoes are good’; ‘657’ means ‘eat good food’ and ‘934’ means
‘mangoes are ripe’. Which digit means ‘ripe’ in that language?
(A) 9 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 7.

Directions :- ‘0’ is written as &; ‘1’ is written as #; ‘2’ is written as #&; ‘3’ is written as ##; and ‘4’ is written as
#&& and so on.

46. Which is the following will represent 8?

(A) ##AA (B) &##& (C) ##&& (D) &&## (E) None of these.

47. Which of the following numbers will be represented by ##&#?

(A) 8 (B) 11 (C) 13 (D) 12 (E) None of these.

48. Which of the following numbers will be represented by #&&&#?

(A) 22 (B) 31 (C) 14 (D) 17 (E) None of these.

(Directions :- In each of the following questions, a word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any
one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of
alphabets as in the two given matrices. The columns and rows of matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4
and that of matrix II from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and
next by column number e.g., in the matrices for question 1, A can be represented by 13, 23 etc. T can be
represented by 58, 65 etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word given in each questions)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 E A H T S 5 I P L K R
1 A T S H E 6 K R I L P
2 E S T H A 7 I R K L P
3 T H A E S 8 K R I P L
4 S T H E A 9 R K L P I

49. RISK
(A) 96, 66, 88, 98 (B) 95, 12, 67, 98 (C) 76, 21, 59, 89 (D) 59, 99, 21, 77.

50. STEP
(A) 12, 22, 14, 69 (B) 12, 14, 96, 41 (C) 22, 41, 21, 96 (D) 41, 12, 14, 96.