CSAT (PYQ)

Previous Year Questions

ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION

(CODING & DECODING)
 CSAT-PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS (PYQ)
(CODING & DECODING)

1. If the order of the letters in the English alphabet is 8. Number 136 is added to 5B7 and the sum obtained
reversed and each letter represents the letter whose is 7A3, where A and B are integers. It is given that
position it occupies, then which one of the following 7A3 is exactly divisible by 3. The only possible
represents ‘LUCKNOW’? (2022) value of B is (2019)
(a) OGXPMLD (a) 2
(b) OGXQMLE (b) 5
(c) OFXPMLE (c) 7
(d) OFXPMLD (d) 8

2. In the English alphabet, the first 4 letters are written 9. If every alternative letter of the English alphabet
in opposite order; and the next 4 letters are written from B onwards (including B) is written in lower
in opposite order and so on; and at the end Y and Z case (small letters) and the remaining letters are
are interchanged. Which will be the fourth letter to capitalized, then how is the first month of the second
the right of the 13th letter ? (2021) half of the year written? (2019)
(a) N (a) JuLY
(b) T (b) jULy
(c) H (c) jUly
(d) I (d) jUIY

3. In a code language ‘MATHEMATICS’ is written as 10. If $ means ‘divided by’; @ means ‘multiplied by’; #
‘LBSIDNZUHDR’. How is ‘CHEMISTRY’ written means ‘minus’, then the value of 10#5@1$5 is
in that code language? (2021) (2019)
(a) DIDLHRSSX (a) 0
(b) BIDNHTSSX (b) 1
(c) BIDLHTSSX (c) 2
(d) DGFLIRUQZ (d) 9

4. 11. Consider the following sum :

• + 1 • + 2 • + • 3 + • 1 = 21 •
In the above sum, • stands for (2018)
(a) 4
(b) 5
5. Let A3BC and DE2F be four-digit numbers where (c) 6
each letter represents a different digit greater than 3. (d) 8
If the sum of the numbers is 15902, then what is the
difference between the values of A and D? (2020) 12. If LSJXVC is the code for MUMBAI, the code for
(a) 1 (b) 2 DELHI is (2018)
(c) 3 (d) 4 (a) CCIDD (b) CDKGH
(c) CCJFG (d) CCIFE
6. The letters from A to Z are numbered from 1 to 26
respectively. If GHI = 1578 and DEF = 912, then 13. If RAMON is written as 12345 and DINESH as
what is ABC equal to? (2020) 675849, then HAMAM will be written as (2018)
(a) 492 (a) 92233 (b) 92323
(b) 468 (c) 9332 (d) 93232
(c) 262
(d) 246
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 CSAT-PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS (PYQ)
14. In a certain code, ‘256’ means ‘red colour chalk’, 16. If ABC x DEED = ABCABC; where A, B, C, D and
‘589’ means ‘green colour flower’ and ‘254’ means E are different digits, what are the values of D and
‘white colour chalk’. The digit in the code that E? (2015)
indicates ‘white’ is (2017) (a) D = 2, E = 0
(a) 2 (b) D = 0, E = 1
(b) 4 (c) D = 1, E = 0
(c) 5 (d) D = 1, E = 2
(d) 8
17. The letters L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T in their order
15. A military code writes SYSTEM as SYSMET and are substituted by nine integers 1 to 9 but not in that
NEARER as AENRER. Using the same code, order. 4 is assigned to P. The difference between P
FRACTION can be written as : (2016) and T is 5. The difference between N and T is 3.
(a) CARFTION What is the integer assigned to N ? (2014)
(b) FRACNOIT (a) 7
(c) NOITCARF (b) 5
(d) CARFNOIT (c) 4
(d) 6

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