REASONING Symbol Coding

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REASONING
Symbol Coding
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Symbol Coding

• Symbol Coding is one of the important topics from
  which you can expect 2-5 questions in the
  Preliminary examination of clerical as well as PO
  level exams. This topic is not so difficult but
  you have to carefully read all the conditions
  given to the problems so that you can solve all
  the problems easily.
• Let us look at the following set of
  problems

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• Directions (1-5) In each of the questions given
  below, a group of letters followed by four
  combinations of digits/symbols numbered (a), (b),
  (c) and (d). Your job is to find out which of the
  combinations correctly represents the group of
  letters based on the following coding system and
  mark the answer accordingly. If none of the four
  combinations correctly represents the group of
  letters, mark 5, i.e. None of these, as your
  answer.

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• Conditions
• 1) If the first letter is a consonant and the
  last letter is a vowel, then their respective
  codes are to be interchanged.
• 2) If both the first and the last letters is a
  vowel, then both of them are to be coded as .
• 3) If both the first and the last letters are
  Consonant and in between if there are two or more
  vowels, then all those vowels are to be coded as
  0.
• 4) If the first letter is a vowel and the last
  letter is a consonant, both of them are to be
  coded as the code for the consonant.
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• 1. EFHKLB
• (a) _at_7963
• (b) 7963
• (c) _at_6963_at_
• (d) 663_at_
• (e) None of these.
• 1. As the first letter is a vowel and the last
  letter is a consonant, we will code both of them
  as the code for the consonant.
• So, code for EFHKLB will be 7963
• Answer (b)

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• 2. FTAMIR
• (a) 70802
• (b) 71842
• (c) 70882
• (d) 7089
• (e) None of these.
• 2. As both the first and the last letters are
  Consonant and in between, there are two vowels,
  then we will code all those vowels as 0.
• So, code for FTAMIR will be 70802
• Answer (a)

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• 3. DKPRTB
• (a) 652
• (b) 652
• (c) 652
• (d) 652
• (e) None of these
• 3. As both the first and the last letters are
  Consonant but in between, there are no vowels, so
  we will code the letters according to the digits/
  symbols given in the table.
• So, code for DKPRTB will be 652
• Answer (e)

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• 4. UPJTRA
• (a) 452
• (b) 4524
• (c) 52
• (d) 52
• (e) None of these
• 4. As both the first and the last letters is a
  vowel, then we will code both of them as .
• So, code for UPJTRA will be 52
• Answer (d)

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• 5. HLEKBI
• (a) 13_at_69
• (b) 93_at_61
• (c) 13_at_61
• (d) 93_at_69
• (e) None of these
• 5. As the first letter is a consonant and the
  last letter is a vowel, then we will interchange
  their respective codes.
• So, code for HLEKBI will be 13_at_69
• Answer (a)

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