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Coding-Decoding — SSC Questions & Practice

Practise 183 Coding-Decoding questions from SSC for competitive exams such as UPSC, Banking, SSC and Railway. Read the worked questions below, check every answer with an explanation, and track what you get wrong.

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Practice questions on Coding-Decoding — with answers

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1. In a certain code, each letter is shifted forward by 4 place(s) in the alphabet. How is 'MANGO' written in that code?

  1. AQERKS
  2. BWLJHU
  3. CNKIJV
  4. DUFUJW
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Answer: A

Each letter of 'MANGO' is shifted forward by 4 to get 'QERKS'.

2. In a certain code, each letter is shifted forward by 2 place(s) in the alphabet. How is 'STONE' written in that code?

  1. AUVQPG
  2. BLSYWI
  3. CGWJFI
  4. DJQWUG
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Answer: A

Each letter of 'STONE' is shifted forward by 2 to get 'UVQPG'.

3. In a certain code, each letter is shifted forward by 3 place(s) in the alphabet. How is 'PAPER' written in that code?

  1. AQERKS
  2. BSDSHU
  3. CZDWHU
  4. DDIBJS
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Answer: B

Each letter of 'PAPER' is shifted forward by 3 to get 'SDSHU'.

4. In a certain code, each letter is shifted forward by 1 place(s) in the alphabet. How is 'EAGLE' written in that code?

  1. ATKXGT
  2. BFBHMF
  3. COHPRQ
  4. DHQTZI
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Answer: B

Each letter of 'EAGLE' is shifted forward by 1 to get 'FBHMF'.

5. In a certain code, each letter is shifted forward by 5 place(s) in the alphabet. How is 'CHAIR' written in that code?

  1. AHMFNW
  2. BNGOQP
  3. CQMBOU
  4. DRNCPV
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Answer: A

Each letter of 'CHAIR' is shifted forward by 5 to get 'HMFNW'.

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