Reasoning Quiz On Coding Decoding


Directions (1-4): Study the following information to answer the given questions:
In a certain code, ‘za la ka ga’ is code for ‘must obey traffic rules’ ,“ za fa sa na ‘ is code for  ‘we obey the elders’ , ‘ na la da sa’ is a code for  ‘ we must be elders’ ,  and ‘wa sa za da’ is code for ‘be elders obey younger’.

1.    Which of the following is the code for ‘must’ ?
(1) sa                     (2) da               (3) la               
(4) na                     (5) None of these

2.    What does the code ‘za’ stand for  ?
(1) traffic                (2) must           (3) be              
(4) younger           (5) obey

3.     Which of the following is the code for ‘elders’ ?
(1) sa                     (2) wa              (3) za              
(4) la                      (5) fa

4.    How does ’we of  younger’ coded in the code language?
(1) ka da fa           (2) wa ka sa    (3) ja da wa    
(4) na wa ya          (5) Cannot be determined

Directions (5-8): Study the following information to answer the given question :
In a certain code, ‘ze lo ka gi’ is a code for ‘must save some money’, fe ka so ni’ is a code for ‘he made good money’, ‘ni lo da so’ is a code for ‘he must be good’ and ‘we so ze da’ is a code for ‘be good save grace’.

5.    Which of the following is the code of ‘must’ ?
(1) so                     (2) da               (3) lo               
(4) ni                      (5) Cannot be determined

6.    What does the code ‘ze’ stand for ?
(1) some               (2) must           (3) be              
(4) grace               (5) save

7.     Which of the following is the code of ‘good’ ?
(1) so                     (2) we              (3) ze              
(4) lo                      (5) fe

8.    ‘grace be money’, may be coded as ____
(1) ka da fe           (2) we ka so    (3) ja da we    
(4) ka we da         (5) ja ka ze

Solutions (1-4):


Word
Code
obey
za
must
la
elder
sa
we
na
be
da
the
fa
younger
wa
traffic
ka/ga
rule
Ga/ka


1.    (3)             
2.    (5)             
3.    (1)             
4.    (4)

Solutions (5-8)



word
Code
money
ka
must
lo
save
ze
some
gi
good
so
he
ni
made
fe
be
da
grace
we


5.     (3)            
6.     (5)            
7.     (1)            
8.     (4)