If book is called watch, watch is called bag, bag is called dictionary and…
2023
If book is called watch, watch is called bag, bag is called dictionary and dictionary is called window, which is used to carry the books?
- A.
Dictionary
- B.
Bag
- C.
Book
- D.
Watch
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Correct answer: A
In a renaming-based coding puzzle, the words in the question are substituted for one another according to a stated rule. To answer, first identify the real-world fact the question is actually asking about, then trace that fact through the renaming chain to find which new (renamed) term has been assigned to the object that satisfies it — the answer is always the new term, never the object's original, un-renamed name.
Applying this to the given renaming chain (book → watch, watch → bag, bag → dictionary, dictionary → window):
The real-world fact needed here is that a bag is the object used to carry books.
In the renaming chain, the original word 'bag' has been renamed to 'dictionary'.
So the object that carries the books is now called 'dictionary'.
Cross-check against the other options: 'bag' is the new name given to the original 'watch' (watch → bag), not to the carrier; 'book' is only the original, un-renamed word for the item being carried; and 'watch' is the new name given to the original 'book' (book → watch) — again the item carried, not the container. None of these three terms corresponds to the object that carries the books.
Hence, 'dictionary' is used to carry the books.