What is Coding Decoding?

This topic is included in the reasoning ability syllabus and as the name suggests, candidates have to decode a code given in the question and answer them accordingly. It is one of the most common topics from which questions are asked in competitive exams, especially bank exams.

There are various types of coding decoding questions which are asked. These include:

1. Alphabet Coding
2. Numerical Coding
3. Symbol Based Coding
4. Alphabet-Symbol-Numerical Coding
5. Values Coding
6. Substitution Coding
7. Decipher Coding

Questions for coding decoding may also be combined with other concepts. For example- blood relation questions may be asked, where the relationship between two people/values may be defined using symbols. Thus, having a clear understanding of this topic is a must.

Preparation Tips for Coding-Decoding Section

To help the aspirants prepare well for the bank and SSC upcoming exams, we bring a few important tips to approach the exam questions of Coding-Decoding with the new pattern, in a faster and effective manner.

Candidates after learning these tips will be able to do the coding and decoding questions without any difficulty in the bank and SSC upcoming exams.

Some Practice Question :

COADING – DECODING

1.     In a certain language,’ TRACK’ is coded as ‘BATMP’. How is ‘KACRT’ coded in that language?

A.   PTMAB                                        B. OTMAB

C.   PUMAB                                        D. PTMAE

2.    If in a certain language, ‘TIMEN’ is coded as ‘ACMOG’. How is ‘EMTIN’ coded in that language?

A.   ONACG                                       B. OMACG

C.   OMACN                                       D. OMBCG

3.    In a certain language, ‘LONGE’ is coded as ‘MNPQT’. How is ‘EGNOL’ coded in that language?

A.   TQPNM                                        B. PNMTQ

C.   TTPMN                                         D. PQTMN

4.    In a certain language, ‘MNOPQ’ is coded as ‘ABCDE’. How is ‘QPONM’ coded in that language?

A.   EDCBA                                        B. BDCBA

C.   CBABD                                        D. EDBCA

5.    In a certain language, ‘TARGT’ is coded as ‘MOPGM’. How is ‘RATGT’ coded in that language?

A.   POTIM                                          B.POMGM

C.   QOTGM                                        D. POUGM

6.    In a certain language, ‘REASO’ is coded as ‘GPTMB’. How is ‘AEROS’ coded in that language?

A.   TGPMB                                        B. TPGBM

C.   GPTBM                                        D. PTGMB

7.    In a certain language, ‘TARGET’ is coded as ‘TEGRAT’. Then, how ‘MANOJ’ is coded in that language?

A.   OONAM                                       B. JONAM

C.   JOMAN                                        D. JONAM

8.    In a certain language, ‘NUMBER’ is coded as ‘UNBMRE’. How is ‘GHOSTS’ coded in that language?

A.   GHOTSS                                     B. HGSOST

C.   HGOTSS                                     D. HSGOST

9.    In a certain language, ‘FIRE’ is coded as ‘DGPC’. How is ‘SHOT’ coded in that language?

A.   PFMR                                           B. QGMR

C.   QFMR                                          D. QFNR

10. In a certain language, ’GUN’ is coded as ‘HVO’. Then, the coded from ‘IBU’ is for which word?

A.   G A Q                                           B. H A T

C.   H B T                                            D. H A Q

11. In a certain language, ‘SOCAIL’ is written as ‘TQFENR’, then ‘DIMPLE’ is coded as

A.   EKPTQK                                      B. AKTPKQ

C.   ELPTKQ                                      D. KQTPKE

12. In a code, ‘JUNE’ is written as ‘NXPF’,  then what will be the code of ‘STAY’?

A.   WXCZ                                          B. WWCZ

C.   WXBZ                                          D. EDMGJ

13. In a code, ‘BOMBAY’ is coded as ‘CNNABX’, then what will be the code of ‘DELHI’?

A.   EDMJG                                        B. GMDEJ

C.   DEGMJ                                        D. EDMGJ

14. In a certain language, ‘TOUR’ is coded as ‘1234’ and ‘CLEAR’ is coded as ‘56784’ and  ‘SPARE’ is as ‘90847’, then how is ‘SCULPTURE’ coded in that language?

A.   1453602347                                B. 953401347

C.   85360245                                                D. 953601347

15. If ‘LINGER’ is ‘123456’ and ‘FORCE’ is ‘98675’, then ‘FIERCE’ is  coded in that language?

A.   925675                                         B. 915675

C.   924575                                         D. 925665

16. If ‘MAGIC’ is ‘45876’. How is ‘AICMG’ is coded in that language?

A.   57467                                           B. 57368

C.   58448                                           D. 57648

17. If ‘GIVE’ is coded as ‘5137’ and ‘BAT’ is coded as ‘924’, how is ‘GATE’ coded?

A.   5427                                             B. 5724

C.   5247                                             D. 2547

18. If ‘PALE’ is coded as ‘2134’, ‘EARTH’ is coded as ‘41590’, how is ‘PEARL’ coded in that code?

A.   29530                                           B. 24153

C.   25413                                           D. 25430

19. In a certain language, ‘OUT’ is ‘152120’, then what is the code ‘IN’?

A.   915                                               B. 918

C.   814                                               D. 914

20. In a certain language, ‘ARMY’ is coded as 1, 18, 13, 25. How is ‘LOVE’ coded in that language?

A.   12, 5, 4, 15                                   B. 12, 15, 22, 5

C.   4, 5, 15, 22                                   D. 13, 15, 22, 6