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SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 84

SSC MTS - 20 July 2022 - Shift 2 • Reasoning • Q84

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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The Crosses, the village (1) ______ Vasili Andreevich lived, consisted of six houses. As soon as they had passed the blacksmith’s hut, (2)
______ last in the village, they realised that the wind was much stronger than they had thought. The road could hardly be seen. The tracks
left by the sledge-runners were immediately (3) ______ by snow and the road was only (4) ______ by the fact that it was higher than the
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rest of the ground. There was a swirl of snow over the fields and the line where sky and earth met could not be (5) ______.

In a certain code language, 'ADULT' is coded as '53' and 'LACK' is coded as '23'. How will 'HEAVEN' be coded in that language?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e 49

'ADULT' is coded as '53' and 'LACK' is coded as '23'.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

The logic used here is:

ADULT :- (A + D + U + L + T) - (No of letters) = (1 + 4 + 21 + 12 + 20) - 5 = 53

LACK :- (L + A + C + K) - (No of letters) = (12 + 1 + 3 + 11) - 4 = 23

Similarly,

HEAVEN :- (H + E + A + V + E + N) - ( No. of letters) = (8 + 5 + 1 + 22 + 5 + 14) - 6 = 49

So,  'HEAVEN' is coded as '49'.

Hence, option 3 is the correct option.