College of Admission Tests Multan

Coding and Decoding

Solve the question of and select the option from the choices A through D/E. Check your Answer and view the explanation.

Question: 8

If FIRE is coded as ‘#*?%’, then FREEZE will be coded as
  • #&%%?*
  • ??%%#*
  • %%%?^^
  • ???%#@

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Correct Answer: D

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Now this is a tricky question. You won’t be able to solve the question, so you have to follow "Options elimination" approach. Now one basic thing to be kept in mind is that FREEZE contains 3 E’s. and as per FIRE code we can assume that any one of the symbols can be for E and so it will be repeated 3 times in the answer. Option a and b are directly eliminated because there is no symbol repeating thrice. Now in option C if we notice, there is a new sign which is ^. So this sign can be for Z. but there is only one Z in FREEZE. So two ^^ are not possible. In option D there are ??? which can be for E. and @ which can be for Z. and rest % # for F and R.