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The letters in a word are replaced by certain other letters according to a specific rule to form its code. It is required to detect the coding pattern/rule and answer the questions accordingly.

1)

In a certain code, PLEADING is written as FMHCQMFB. How is SHOULDER written in that code?


A) KCDQTIPV

B) QDCKVPIT

C) QDCKTIPV

D) TIPVQDCK

E) None of these

Answer:

Option C

Explanation:

The last four letters of the word are written in the reverse order, followed by the first four letters in the same order. In the group of letters so obtained, each of the first four letters moved one step backwards while each of the last four letters is moved one step forward to get the code. Thus, we have:

SHOULDER->SUP/REME->EMER/SUP->DLD/S/RTO