SSC Selection Post 2022 PYQ — Question 97

SSC Selection Post - Graduation Level - 1 Aug 2022 - Shift 4 • Reasoning • Q97

In a certain code language, ‘SHOUT’ is written as ‘10110’ and ‘COLOUR’ is written as
‘110110’. How will ‘OCEAN’ be written in that language?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3, i.e., 11110.

Logic: The place value of odd letter code is 1, the Place value of even letter code is 0.

 ‘SHOUT’ is written as ‘10110’

S ⇔ 19 =1, H ⇔ 8 = 0, O ⇔ 15 = 1, U ⇔ 21 = 1, T ⇔ 20 = 0

‘COLOUR’ is written as ‘110110’

C ⇔ 3 = 1,O ⇔ 15 = 1, L ⇔ 12 = 0, 0 ⇔ 15 = 1, U ⇔ 21 = 1, R ⇔ 18 = 0

‘OCEAN’ will be written as ‘11110’

O ⇔ 15 = 1, C ⇔ 3 = 1, E ⇔ 5 = 1, A ⇔ 1 = 1, N ⇔14 = 0