Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given…
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Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given question. If "ABHI" is coded as 23910 and "BIG" is coded as 3108 then answer the following question. How is "RAM" coded in the language?
- A.
18113
- B.
19214
- C.
17112
- D.
None of these
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Correct answer: B
In coding-decoding based on alphabet position, each letter of a word is mapped to a numeral derived from its position in the English alphabet (A=1, B=2, ..., Z=26); often a constant is added to every position before the numerals are concatenated (placed side by side, not summed) to form the code word.
Find the alphabetical position of each letter of R, A, M: R = 18, A = 1, M = 13.
Confirm the shift rule from the given examples. In "ABHI" -> 23910: A(1)+1=2, B(2)+1=3, H(8)+1=9, I(9)+1=10, concatenated as 2-3-9-10 = 23910. In "BIG" -> 3108: B(2)+1=3, I(9)+1=10, G(7)+1=8, concatenated as 3-10-8 = 3108. Both examples confirm the same rule: add 1 to each letter's position, then concatenate the results.
Apply the same rule to R, A, M: R(18)+1=19, A(1)+1=2, M(13)+1=14.
Concatenate the shifted values in the same order as the letters: 19-2-14 = 19214.
Both anchor words, ABHI and BIG, independently verify the same add-1-then-concatenate rule, and applying that rule to RAM gives 19214 with no ambiguity.
