SSC Selection Post 2022 PYQ — Question 83

SSC Selection Post - Graduation Level - 4 Aug 2022 - Shift 2 • Reasoning • Q83

In a certain code language, ‘HEIGHT’ is written as ‘51’ and ‘FULL’ is written as ‘47’.How will ‘DISH’ be written in that language?

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. 36

Logic: (The sum of the Positional value of letters) - number of letters in a word

‘HEIGHT’ is written as ‘51’ → (8 + 5 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 20) - 6 = 51

‘FULL’ is written as ‘47’ → (6 + 21 + 12 + 12) - 4 = 47

Similarly, ‘DISH’ is written as 36 → (4 + 9 + 19 + 8) - 4 = 36