In a certain code language: “Kashmiri cuisines are good” is coded as “KI CI FI…

Concept

In sentence-coding questions, words repeated across two statements correspond to the codes repeated in those statements.

After fixing the shared word–code pairs, eliminate them from each statement; the remaining unmatched word receives the remaining unmatched code.

Application

1. The word ‘cuisines’ appears in all four statements, and CI is the only code common to all four code groups. Therefore, cuisines → CI.

2. The first and second statements share ‘Kashmiri cuisines’ and the codes KI and CI. Since cuisines → CI, Kashmiri → KI.

3. The second and third statements share ‘like’ and ‘cuisines’, while their common codes are LI and CI. Hence, like → LI.

4. The third and fourth statements share ‘Punjabi cuisines’, while their common codes are BI and CI. Hence, Punjabi → BI.

5. The first and fourth statements share ‘are’ and ‘cuisines’, while their common codes are FI and CI. Hence, are → FI.

6. After removing the known codes, AI remains for ‘you’ in the second statement, MI remains for ‘Indians’ in the third statement, and TI remains for ‘best’ in the fourth statement. Thus, the required sequence is AI, MI and TI.

Cross-check

• Substituting you → AI, like → LI, Kashmiri → KI, and cuisines → CI reproduces AI LI KI CI.

• Substituting Indians → MI, like → LI, Punjabi → BI, and cuisines → CI reproduces MI LI BI CI.

• Substituting Punjabi → BI, cuisines → CI, are → FI, and best → TI reproduces BI CI FI TI.

Therefore, ‘you’, ‘Indians’, and ‘best’ are coded as AI, MI, and TI, respectively.