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Chapter Rating: 5*
No. of questions asked in CSAT over the years

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SOLVED EXAMPLES
Ex 1. If GOLD is coded as EMJB, then code NMPR stands for what? (CAPF 2014)
(a) ONQT
(b) ROTS
(c) PORK
(d) PORT

Hence, ‘PORT’ is the correct answer.

Ex 2. If in a certain language NEOMAN is coded as OGRQFT, then ZKCLUP is the code of (CAPF 2015)
(a) YJBKTO
(b) YIZHPJ
(c) YIAQKJ
(d) YIZIRM

Ex 3. In a coding system, GODREJ is written as KFSEPH. In such a coding system, RED will be written as
(MPPSC 2016)
(a) EPH (b) ESF
(c) SFE (d) EFS

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Ex 4. In a certain code language, DAM is written as WZN. How will TABLE be written in the same code
language? (MPPSC 2017)
(a) GZYOV
(b) EYXNU
(c) FZXNU
(d) HZANW

Ex 5. In a certain code language 157 means ‘parents love kids’, 619 means ‘love birds nice’ and 952 means
‘parents like birds.’ Then the word ‘nice’ stand for what in the same language? (MPPSC 2015)

(a) 1 (b) 6
(c) 9 (d) None

Ex 6. If KAMAL is written as 21413, then MAHAL can be written as. (UPPSC 2015)
(a) 48113 (b) 41813
(c) 41831 (d) 38141

Ex 7. If 289 ST has some relation to 17 ST, then 729 ST is related to which of the following? (MPSC 2007)
(a) 19 ST (b) 33 ST
(c) 27 ST (d) 34 ST

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Ex 8. If 6 x 4 = 12, 7 x 5 = 20, 5 x 8 = 21, then 5 x 7 =? (MPPSC 2017)

(a) 20 (b) 18
(c) 24 (d) 35

Ex 9. If 30 + 40 = 1520
36 + 28 = 1814
40 + 20 = 2010
Then 50 + 22 = ? (UPPSC 2016)
(a) 1125 (b) 1126
(c) 2511 (d) 2250

Ex 10. If ‘+’ means ‘x’, ‘-‘ means ‘÷′ , ’x’ means ‘-‘ and ‘÷’ means ‘+’, then 4 ÷ 8 – 2 x 2 + 4 = ? (UPPCS 2018)
(a) 4 (b) 0
(c) 8 (d) 6

Ex 11. How many ‘7’s are there in the following number series which are preceded by an odd number and
followed by an even number? (PPSC 2011)
374579673173978375971572
(a) 8 (b) 5
(c) 3 (d) 4

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EXERCISE
Q.1) In a code language, TINY is coded as RGLW. In the same language, ZEBRA will be coded as (MPPSC 2018)
(a) XCZYP (b) XCZPY
(c) XZCPY (d) XZCYP

Q.2) In a code language, FRIEND is coded as HUMJTK. In the same language, BHOPAL will be coded as
(MPPSC 2018)
(a) DJQRCN (b) CJRTEQ
(c) DKSUGS (d) DLSVHT

Q.3) If BEAT is coded as GIDV in a specific code, how will SOUP be written in the same code? (MPSC 2007)
(a) YSXR (b) XSYR
(c) XSXR (d) XSYS

Q.4) If PUBLIC is coded as SXEOLF, then how will BIRD be written? (MPSC 2007)
(a) CJSE (b) AHQC
(c) ELUG (d) EHQC

Q.5) In a certain code SCHOOL is written as LPPIDS. How is COMPUTER written in the same code? (Kerala
2016)
(a) RFVUPNPC (b) RFUVQNPC
(c) KCZFXMYA (d) DPNQVSFT

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Q.6) If LSJXVC is the code for MUMBAI, then code for DELHI is (CSAT 2018)
(a) CCIDD (b) CDKGH
(c) CCJFG (d) CCIFE

Q.7) In a certain code HOUSE is a written as FTVPI. How is CHAIR written? (PPSC 2010)
(a) DIBJS (b) SBJID
(c) SHBGD (d) SJBID

Q.8) In a coded language ‘MATHEMATICS’ is written as ‘LBSIDNZUHDR’. How will CHEMISTRY

be written in that code language? (CSAT 2021)
(a) DIDLHRSSX (b) BIDNHTSSX
(c) BIDLHTSSX (d) DGFLIRUQZ

Q.9) A military code writes SYSTEM as SYSMET and NEARER as AENRER. Using the same code, FRACTION can
be written as: (CSAT 2016)
(a) CARFTION (b) FRACNOIT
(c) NOITCARF (d) CARFNOIT

Q.10) In a certain code, '256' means 'red colour chalk', '589' means 'green colour flower' and '254' means 'white
colour chalk'. The digit in the code that indicates `white' is (CSAT 2017)
(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 8

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Q.11) In a certain code language, 134 means 'Good and Tasty', 478 means 'see good pictures' and 729 means
'pictures are faint'. Which of the following numerical symbols stands for 'see'?
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 7 (d) 8

Q.12) In a certain code language,’3a, 2b, 7c’ means ‘Truth is external’;’7c, 9a, 8b, 3a’ means ‘Enmity is not
external’ and ‘9a, 4d, 2b, 8b’ means ‘Truth does not perish’. Which of the following means ‘enmity’ in the
code language? (PPSC 2013)
(a) 3a (b) 8b
(c) 9c (d) 9a

Q.13) If COFFEE is 3, 15, 6, 6, 5, 5, what is MILK? (AP 2017)

(a) 13, 9, 12, 11 (b) 13, 10, 12, 11
(c) 14, 10, 13, 12 (d) 14, 9, 12, 11

Q.14) BACD is coded as 2134, what would HFEG stands for: (Kerala 2017)
(a) 8567 (b) 8765
(c) 8756 (d) 8657

Q.15) If RAMON is written as 12345 and DINESH as 675809, then HAMAM will be written as (CSAT 2018)
(a) 92233 (b) 92323
(c) 93322 (d) 93232

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Q.16) The letters from A to Z are numbered from 1 to 26 respectively. If GHI = 1578 and DEF = 912, then what is
ABC equal to? (CSAT 2020)
(a) 492 (b) 468
(c) 262 (d) 246

Q.17) If A is coded as 1, B as 3, C as 5 and so on, which of the following is the numerical value of the word
‘FAZED’ if the numerical value of ‘CABLE’ is 41? (CAPF 2013)
(a) 81 (b) 80
(c) 79 (d) 77

Q.18) In a code, if (,d dksM esa] ;fn ) (UPPCS 2018)

41 – 32 = 55
42 – 34 = 76
53 – 13 = 48
Then, 33 - 22 is
(a) 11 (b) 44
(c) 46 (d) 64

Q.19) Consider the following pattern of numbers :

What is the number at ? in the above pattern? (CSAT 2018)

(a) 17 (b) 19
(c) 21 (d) 23

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Q.20) If ‘+’ means ‘divided by’, ‘-‘ means ‘added to’, ‘x’ means ‘subtracted from’ and ‘÷ ′ means ‘multiply by’, then
what is the value of 24÷12-18+9?
(PPSC 2015)
(a) -25 (b) 34
(c) 15.30 (d) 290

Q.21) If ‘×’ means ‘+’, ‘-‘ means ‘÷ ′, + means ‘-‘ and ′ ÷ ′ means ‘×’. Then the value of :
4 - 4 × 4 ÷ 4 + 4 - 4 is equal to: (Kerala 2016)
(a) 4 (b) 0
(c) 16 (d) 1

Q.22) If $ means ‘÷ ′, @ means ‘×’, # means ‘-’, then the value of 10#5@1$5 is (CSAT 2019)
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 9

Q.23) In the sequence 1, 5, 7, 3, 5, 7, 4, 3, 5, 7, how many such ‘5’s are there which are not immediately preceded
by ‘3’ but are immediately followed by ‘7’? (CSAT 2019)
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) None

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Q.24) Consider the following sequence of numbers:

51473985726315
863852243496
How many odd numbers are followed by the odd number in the above sequence? (CSAT 2020)
(a) 5 (b) 6
(c) 7 (d) 8

Q.25) Consider the following sequence that follows some arrangement: (CSAT 2019)
c_accaa_aa_bc_b
the letters that appear in the gaps are?
(a) abba (b) cbbb
(c) bbbb (d) cccc

Q.26) Consider the following arrangement that has some missing letters: (CSAT 2020)
abab_b_bcb_dcdcded_d
The missing letters which complete the arrangement are
(a) a, b, c, d (b) a, b, d, e
(c) a, c, c, e (d) b, c, d, e

Q.27) In the series _ b _a _ba _b _abab _aab; fill in the six blanks (_ ) Using one of the following given four
choices such that the series follows a specific order. (CSAT 2021)
(a) bababa (b) baabba
(c) bbaabb (d) ababab

Q.28) If the order of the letters in the English alphabet is reversed and each letter represents the letter whose
position it occupies, then which one of the following represents LUCKNOW? (CSAT 2022)
(a) OGXPMLD (b) OGXQMLE
(c) OFXPMLE (d) OFXPMLD

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EXERCISE ANSWER KEYS AND SOLUTIONS

1. B 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. B
6. A 7. D 8. B 9. D 10. B
11. D 12. B 13. A 14. D 15. B
16. D 17. C 18. C 19. A 20. D
21. C 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. B
26. C 27. D 28. D

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