AHEL is related to IPMT in a certain way based on the English alphabetical…
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AHEL is related to IPMT in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, CJGN is related to KROV. To which of the given options is ELIP related, following the same logic?
- A.
MTXQ
- B.
TMXQ
- C.
MTQX
- D.
TMQX
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Correct answer: C
In an English-alphabet letter-shift coding pattern, each letter of the coded word is obtained by moving the corresponding letter of the source word forward by the same fixed number of places in the alphabet (A = 1, B = 2, ..., Z = 26), position by position. Once this fixed shift is found from a given example pair and confirmed against a second example pair, the same shift is applied to the target word to get its code.
Write the alphabet positions of the letters of AHEL: A = 1, H = 8, E = 5, L = 12.
Write the alphabet positions of the letters of IPMT: I = 9, P = 16, M = 13, T = 20.
Subtract each letter's position in AHEL from the position of the corresponding letter in IPMT: 9 - 1 = 8, 16 - 8 = 8, 13 - 5 = 8, 20 - 12 = 8. Every letter shifts forward by exactly 8 places.
Check the same shift on the second pair, CJGN to KROV: C = 3, J = 10, G = 7, N = 14 and K = 11, R = 18, O = 15, V = 22; the differences are 11 - 3 = 8, 18 - 10 = 8, 15 - 7 = 8, 22 - 14 = 8, confirming the constant +8 shift.
Apply the confirmed +8 shift to each letter of ELIP: E (5) -> M (13), L (12) -> T (20), I (9) -> Q (17), P (16) -> X (24).
Reading the shifted letters in the same left-to-right order as ELIP gives the code M, T, Q, X.
As a check, subtracting 8 from each letter's position in M, T, Q, X returns 13-8=5 (E), 20-8=12 (L), 17-8=9 (I), 24-8=16 (P), which reproduces ELIP exactly, confirming the mapping works consistently in both directions.
So, by the same +8 alphabet shift, ELIP is related to MTQX.