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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2017 — General Studies · Question 152 of 200

Q152
ReasoningCoding-Decoding
If MASON is coded as NBTPO, then WORLD is coded as
  1. a.XPSME
  2. b.PSMEX
  3. c.SMEXP
  4. d.EXPSM

Answer: (A) XPSME

Each letter of MASON is shifted one place forward in the alphabet to give NBTPO (M→N, A→B, S→T, O→P, N→O). Applying the same +1 shift to WORLD gives W→X, O→P, R→S, L→M, D→E, i.e. XPSME.

If MASON is coded as NBTPO, then WORLD is coded as — WBCS Preliminary Examination 2017 Q152 | Prostuti360°