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Coding YEMEN from FRANCE and GERMANY

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Question

If FRANCE is coded as 654321 and GERMANY is coded as 9158437, then how is YEMEN coded?

Options

a

54321

b

81913

c

71913

d

71813

Answer

Explanation

Check if this is a direct substitution cipher by comparing letters that appear in both reference words. The letter 'E' is the last letter in FRANCE (1) and the second letter in GERMANY (1). The match confirms direct substitution. The letter 'N' is the 4th in FRANCE (3) and 6th in GERMANY (3). Match confirmed. Map the required letters for YEMEN directly from the given words: Y = 7 (last in GERMANY) E = 1 (last in FRANCE) M = 8 (4th in GERMANY) E = 1 N = 3 (4th in FRANCE) Concatenating these gives 71813.

If the target word is constructed entirely from letters present in the given examples, always test for a direct 1-to-1 digit substitution before trying complex alphabetical math.

Answer: (d).

Question details

Year

2025

Paper

CSAT

Question

Q47

Section

Logical & Analytical Reasoning

Sub-topic

Coding-Decoding

Type

Coding-decoding

Difficulty

Medium

Source hint

Coding pattern

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