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In this type of questions, a few groups of numbers/symbols, each coding a certain message, are given. Through a comparison of the given coded messages, taking two at a time, the candidate is required to find the number/symbol code for each word and then formulate the code for the given message.

1)

In a certain code language, '253' means 'books are old' , '546'means 'man is old' and '378' means 'buy good books'. What stands for 'are' in that code?


A) 2

B) 4

C) 5

D) 6

E) 9

Answer:

Option A

Explanation:

In the first and second statements, the common code digit is '5' and the common word is 'old'. So, '5' means 'old'.

In the first and third statements, the common code digit is '3' and the common word is 'books'. So, '3' means 'books'. Thus, in the first statement, '2' means 'are'