Government exams
- Starting from point P, Nitin walks 20 m north, turns right and walks 30 m, turns right and walks 35 m, turns left and walks 15 m, and then turns left and walks 15 m. How far and in which direction is he from P? Answer: B. 45 m east Answer: (B) 45 m east N 20 → (0, 20). Right = E 30 → (30, 20). Right = S 35 → (30, −15). Left = E 15 → (45, −15). Left... 1
- At 7 a.m., Mohan was walking towards his own shadow. He then turned left and walked a little, and then turned left again. Which direction is he facing now? Answer: B. East Answer: (B) East At 7 a.m. the sun is in the east, so shadows fall to the west. Walking towards his shadow, he faces west. W... 1
- ‘P % Q’ means P is 4 m to the north of Q, and ‘P & Q’ means P is 3 m to the east of Q. If A % B & C, what is the position of A with respect to C?(Use the eight main directions: a place that is both north and east of another is taken to be north-east… Answer: D. 5 m to the north-east Answer: (D) 5 m to the north-east B & C: B is 3 m east of C. A % B: A is 4 m north of B. So A is 3 m east a... 1
- Ajay is facing north. He turns 90° clockwise, then 225° anticlockwise, and then 45° clockwise. Which direction is he facing now? Answer: D. West Answer: (D) West Net turn = +90° − 225° + 45° = −90°, i.e. 90° anticlockwise. North turned 90° anticlockwise is west. 1
- In a certain code language, ENGLISH is written as FMHKJRI. How will SCIENCE be written in that language? Answer: C. TBJDOBF Answer: (C) TBJDOBF E+1 = F, N−1 = M, G+1 = H, L−1 = K, I+1 = J, S−1 = R, H+1 = I. The shifts alternate +1, −1. S+1 = T,... 1
- In a certain code language, CONTRAST is written as TNOCTSAR. How will DISCOVER be written in that language? Answer: D. CSIDREVO Answer: (D) CSIDREVO CONTRAST is split into two halves, CONT | RAST, and each half is reversed: TNOC | TSAR. DISCOVER →... 1
- In a code, the letters of a word are first arranged in alphabetical order and then each letter is replaced by the next letter of the alphabet. How will GLOBE be coded? Answer: D. CFHMP Answer: (D) CFHMP GLOBE in alphabetical order: B, E, G, L, O → BEGLO. Each letter +1: B→C, E→F, G→H, L→M, O→P → CFHMP. HMPC... 1
- In a certain code language, CAT is written as DBU. How will DOG be written in that language? Answer: A. EPH Answer: (A) EPH C→D, A→B, T→U: each letter moves one place forward. D→E, O→P, G→H, so DOG = EPH. 1
- In a certain code language, MANGO is written as OGNAM. How will APPLE be written in that language? Answer: A. ELPPA Answer: (A) ELPPA OGNAM is MANGO written backwards. APPLE backwards is ELPPA. 1
- If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 and so on, and CAB = 6, then what is the value of BED? Answer: B. 11 Answer: (B) 11 CAB = 3 + 1 + 2 = 6, so the value of a word is the sum of its letter positions. BED = 2 + 5 + 4 = 11. 1
- In a certain code language, PEN is written as ODM. How will INK be written in that language? Answer: A. HMJ Answer: (A) HMJ P→O, E→D, N→M: each letter moves one place back. I→H, N→M, K→J, so INK = HMJ. 1
- In a certain code language, RED is coded as 6 and BLUE is coded as 8. How will GREEN be coded? Answer: B. 10 Answer: (B) 10 RED has 3 letters → 6; BLUE has 4 letters → 8. The code is twice the number of letters. GREEN has 5 letters → 1... 1
- In a certain code language, SUN is written as HFM. How will MOON be written in that language? Answer: D. NLLM Answer: (D) NLLM Each letter is replaced by its opposite letter (positions add to 27): S(19)↔H(8), U(21)↔F(6), N(14)↔M(13).... 1
- In a certain code language, ‘sky’ is called ‘sea’, ‘sea’ is called ‘road’, ‘road’ is called ‘tree’ and ‘tree’ is called ‘house’. Where do fish live in that language? Answer: D. road Answer: (D) road Fish live in the sea. In this language the sea is called ‘road’, so the answer is road. 1
- In a certain code language, CAT is written as 3120 (the letter positions written side by side: C = 3, A = 1, T = 20). How will DOG be written? Answer: B. 4157 Answer: (B) 4157 D = 4, O = 15, G = 7. Written side by side: 4 15 7 = 4157. 1
- In a certain code language, ROSE is written as 6821, CHAIR as 73456 and PREACH as 961473. How will SEARCH be written? Answer: B. 214673 Answer: (B) 214673 Match letters to digits: R = 6, O = 8, S = 2, E = 1 (ROSE); C = 7, H = 3, A = 4, I = 5 (CHAIR); P = 9 (... 1
- In a certain code language, HOME is written as IQPI. How will CODE be written in that language? Answer: C. DQGI Answer: (C) DQGI H+1 = I, O+2 = Q, M+3 = P, E+4 = I. The shifts are +1, +2, +3, +4. C+1 = D, O+2 = Q, D+3 = G, E+4 = I, so C... 1
- In a certain code language, WORD is written as ESPX. How will GAME be written in that language? Answer: C. FNBH Answer: (C) FNBH WORD reversed is DROW; then each letter +1: D→E, R→S, O→P, W→X = ESPX. GAME reversed is EMAG; +1 gives FNBH... 1
- In a certain code language, COLD is coded as 34. How will WARM be coded? Answer: B. 55 Answer: (B) 55 COLD = 3 + 15 + 12 + 4 = 34: the code is the sum of letter positions. WARM = 23 + 1 + 18 + 13 = 55. 1
- In a certain code language, ‘pit na sa’ means ‘you are good’, ‘na ta pa’ means ‘they are bad’ and ‘sa ka ri’ means ‘good and kind’. What is the code for ‘you’? Answer: A. pit Answer: (A) pit ‘are’ is in sentences 1 and 2; the common code is ‘na’. So are = na. ‘good’ is in sentences 1 and 3; the comm... 1
- In a certain code language, ‘tik pa lo’ means ‘blue big sky’, ‘lo ra ne’ means ‘sky is clear’ and ‘ne zu pa’ means ‘clear blue water’. What is the code for ‘is’? Answer: D. ra Answer: (D) ra ‘sky’ is in sentences 1 and 2 → common code ‘lo’. ‘clear’ is in sentences 2 and 3 → common code ‘ne’. Sentence... 1
- In a certain code language, GOLD is written as TLOW. How will SILVER be written in that language? Answer: C. HROEVI Answer: (C) HROEVI G(7)↔T(20), O(15)↔L(12), L(12)↔O(15), D(4)↔W(23): each letter is replaced by its opposite letter (sum 2... 1
- In a certain code language, TEACHER is written as VGCEJGT. How will STUDENT be written in that language? Answer: C. UVWFGPV Answer: (C) UVWFGPV T→V, E→G, A→C, C→E, H→J, E→G, R→T: each letter moves two places forward. S→U, T→V, U→W, D→F, E→G, N→P... 1
- In a certain code language, MOBILE is written as OMIBEL. How will LAPTOP be written in that language? Answer: C. ALTPPO Answer: (C) ALTPPO MOBILE is split into pairs MO | BI | LE and the letters of each pair are swapped: OM | IB | EL. LAPTOP... 1