Logical Reasoning

Coding-Decoding, Alphanumeric Series &

Input-Output
Place Position Alphabets Alphabets Place Position Clue word

1 A Z 26 A to Z
2 B Y 25 BY
3 C X 24 CRUX
4 D W 23 DEW
5 E V 22 EVE
6 F U 21 FUN
7 G T 20 GUJARAT TITANS
8 H S 19 HIGHER SECONDARY
9 I R 18 INDIAN RAILWAYS
10 J Q 17 JACK & QUEEN
11 K P 16 KINGS XI PUNJAB
12 L O 15 LOL
13 M N 14 MAN
 Coding Decoding
1. If BOMBAY is coded as YLNYZB, then KOLKATA will be coded
as:
2. If MOUSE is coded as LNTRD, then MONKEY will be coded as:
3. If BANANA is coded as CBOZMZ, then PAPAYA will be coded as:
4. If HORSES is coded as HVHILS, then LOVELY will be coded as:
5. If HARYANA = 8197151, then DELHI= _______________
6.If RED=27, BLUE=40, GREEN=_____________
7. If MAN=14, RAM=16, JAPAN=_________
8.If CAB=6, JAM=130, ACE=______________
Ans:

1.PLOPZGZ 2.LNMJDX 3.QBQZXZ 4.BOVELO 5.45389

6.49 7.21 8.15
1.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 (6) Green (c) Yellow d) Violet (e) Orange
2.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 (e) None of these
3.If orange is called butter, butter is called soap, soap is called ink, ink is called honey and honey is
called orange, which of the following is used for washing clothes?
(a) Honey (6) Butter (c) Orange id) Soap (e) Ink
4.If sand is called air, air is called plateau, plateau is called well, well is called island and island is
called sky, then from where will a woman draw water?
(a) Well (b) Island (c) Sky (d) Air (e) None of these
5.If bangle is called cassette, cassette is called table, table is called game and game is called
cupboard, then which is played in the tape recorder?
(a) Bangle (6) Cassette (c) Table (d) Cupboard (e) None of these
Answers

Q1:c)
Q2: a)
Q3: e)
Q4: b)
Q5: c)
1.If Bye Dye Shy is coded as Be Very Strong, Cool Breeze Wind is
coded as Relaxed Mind Body, what will ‘Bye Cool Shy’ be coded as?
a)Be Strong Mind b)Be Relaxed Strong c)Very Strong Mind d)None
2.In certain code language, ‘Tom Jam Sud’ means “Dogs are barking’,
‘Jam Jo Mop’ means ‘Dogs and Horses’ and ‘Mut Tom Ko’ means
‘Donkeys are mad’. Which word in that language means ‘barking’?
a)Jam b)Tom c) Sud d)Mop
3.If ‘nitco sco tingo’ stands for ‘softer than flower’, ‘tingo rho mst’
stands for ‘sweet flower fragrance’ and ‘mst sco tmp’ stands for ‘sweet
than smile’, what would ‘fragrance’ stand for?
a)Rho b)mst c)sco d)nitco
4.In a certain code, ‘37’ means ‘which class’ and ‘583’ means ‘caste and
class’. What is the code for caste?
a)5 b)3 c)7 d)Either a or b
5.In certain code language, ‘253’ means ‘books are old’, ‘546’ means
‘man is old’ and ‘378’ means ‘buy good books’. Which of the following
digit stands for ‘are’ in that language?
a)3 b)7 c)8 d)None of the above
Answers:
1. Sud
2. rho
3. Either 5 or 8
4. 2(as it is not given in the options, none of the above should be
chosen).
Alphanumeric Series:
Study the following digit-letter-symbol sequence carefully and answer the
questions that follow:
* E7O&6^4Z5*39T!D#2$U
1. If all the digits are dropped, which of the following is the third to the right
of the eleventh from the right end?
2. What is the 7th element to the left of the element that is 9th from the right
end?
3. How many digits are there which are preceded by a symbol and followed
by a letter?
4. If all the symbols are removed, then what will be the element which is 9th
from the left?
5. If all the digits are arranged in decreasing order from the left, how many
digits will have their positions unchanged?
Answers:

1. Z
2. &
3. 1
4. 9
5. 2
Input-Output:
Input: 28 97 Craft Machine Urge Furious 49 38 70 Wait 16 Bother Parent
Step I: Bother 28 97 Craft Machine Urge Furious 49 38 70 Wait Parent 16
Step II: Bother Craft 97 Machine Urge Furious 49 38 70 Wait Parent 28 16
Step III: Bother Craft Furious 97 Machine Urge 49 70 Wait Parent 38 28 16
Step IV: Bother Craft Furious Machine 97 Urge 70 Wait Parent 49 38 28 16
Step V: Bother Craft Furious Machine Parent 97 Urge Wait 70 49 38 28 16
Step VI: Bother Craft Furious Machine Parent Urge Wait 97 70 49 38 28 16
Step VI is the final step of the above arrangement as the resulted arrangement is
obtained. On the basis of the sequence and the logic followed in each step of the
above Input, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps for the
given input.
Input: Tank 15 35 Sweet 39 26 Ignite Brush Assumption Kite 49 80 60
Q-1) What is the position of ’49’ in Step III?
A) Seventh from the right end
B) Fifth from the left end
C) Sixth from the left end
D) Sixth from the right end
E) Seventh from the left end
Q-2) Which of the following is the fifth element from the left end in
step V?
A) 49
B) Kite
C) Sweet
D) 80
E) None of these
Q-3) Which of the following would be step III after arrangement?
A) Assumption Brush Kite Ignite Tank Sweet 49 39 80 60 35 26 15
B) Assumption Brush Ignite Tank Sweet 39 Kite 49 80 15 60 35 26.
C) Assumption Brush Kite Ignite Tank Sweet 49 26 39 80 60 35 15
D) Assumption Brush Kite Ignite Tank Sweet 39 49 80 60 35 26 15
E) Assumption Brush Ignite Tank Sweet 39 Kite 49 80 60 35 26 15
Answers:
1.D
2. C
3. E
Practice Questions-Homework:

1. If EARTH is coded as FCUXM, then MOON will be coded as:

2. If DELHI is coded as EDMGJ, then NEPAL will be coded as:
3. If SYMBOL is coded as NZTMPC, then NUMBER will be coded
as:
4. If COMPUTER is coded as PMOCRETU, then DECIPHER will be
coded as:
5.If GO=484, TEA=676, BAND=___________
6.If NEWYORK=111, NEWJERSEY=_____________
Answers:

1.NQRR 2.ODQZM 3.NVOSFC 4.ICEDREHP 5.441

6.124
 Set-2
1.If green means red, red means yellow, yellow means blue, blue means orange and orange means
green, what is the colour of the clear sky?
(a) Blue (6) Red (c) Yellow (d) Green (e) Orange
2. If cloud is called white, white is called rain, rain is called green, green is called air, air is called
blue and blue is called water, where will the birds fly?
(a) Air (6) Cloud (c) White (d) Rain (e) Blue
3. If book is called watch, watch is called bag, bag is called dictionary and dictionary is called
window, which is used to carry the books?
(a) Dictionary (6) Bag (c) Book (d) Watch (e) None of these
4. If the animals which can walk are called swimmers, animals who crawl are called flying, those
living in water are called snakes and those which fly in the sky are called hunters. then what will a
lizard be called ?
(a) Swimmers (6) Snakes (c) Flying (d) Hunters (e) None of these
5. If water is called food, food is called tree, tree is called sky, sky is called wall, on which of the
following grows a fruit?
(a) Water (b) Food (c) Sky (d) Tree (e) Wall
Answers:

Q1: e)
Q2: e)
Q3: a)
Q4:c)
Q5: c)
Set-3
Based on the series given below, answer the following questions:
H # K O & L $ % X I A V E @ ? D + F M
Q 1. How many symbols in the given series are immediately preceded by a vowel?
1.One 2. Two 3.Three 4.Four 5.Five
Q 2. Which is the seventh element from the left of the 15th element from left?
1.A 2. $ 3. % 4.D 5.?
Q 3. How many such consonants are there in the given series, each of which is
immediately preceded by a vowel and succeeded by a symbol?
1.Four 2. Six 3. None 4. One 5. Two
Q 4. Which element is placed 4th to the right of 11th element from left?
1.D 2. + 3. # 4. ? 5. X
Answers: 1. Two. 2. % 3.None 4. ?