Q9. Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given…

This item uses a mirror-alphabet substitution: each letter is replaced by the letter that sits the same distance from the other end of the alphabet, so a letter at position n (with A = 1) maps to position (27 minus n). This gives the pairs A with Z, B with Y, C with X, and so on, all the way through the alphabet.

Given clue: HJKP is coded as SQPK. Checking every letter against the rule: H is the 8th letter and S is the 19th letter, and 8 plus 19 equals 27; J is the 10th letter and Q is the 17th letter, and 10 plus 17 equals 27; K is the 11th letter and P is the 16th letter, and 11 plus 16 equals 27; P is the 16th letter and K is the 11th letter, and 16 plus 11 equals 27. Every letter satisfies position plus partner equals 27, confirming the mirror rule.

1. F is the 6th letter, so its mirror partner is the (27 minus 6) = 21st letter, which is U.

2. U is the 21st letter, so its mirror partner is the (27 minus 21) = 6th letter, which is F.

3. O is the 15th letter, so its mirror partner is the (27 minus 15) = 12th letter, which is L.

4. N is the 14th letter, so its mirror partner is the (27 minus 14) = 13th letter, which is M.

Reading the four mirror partners in order, U, F, L, M, gives the code UFLM for FUON. Each pairing above sums to 27 with its original letter, the same check that validated HJKP mapping to SQPK, confirming the result.