Question: What is the code for 'build skill logic trust'?
General Intelligence & Reasoning ·Previously asked in SSC CGL 2025
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Question
Instruction: In a certain coding system: 'dream focus build skill' is coded as 'trq, xnz, hmd, clv'
'focus logic dream' is coded as 'trq, jkp, xnz'
'trust logic build dream' is coded as 'xnj, clv, jkp, trq'
Question: What is the code for 'build skill logic trust'?
- A. clv, hmd, jkp, xnj (Correct answer)
- B. clv, xnj, jkp, trq
- C. hmd, xnz, jkp, xnj
- D. hmd, clv, xnj, xnz
Correct Answer
Option A — clv, hmd, jkp, xnj
Detailed Solution & Explanation
The correct answer is clv, hmd, jkp, xnj.
Key Points
- Compare the statements pairwise and cancel what they share:
- Lines 1 and 2 share dream and focus, whose codes must be the shared trq and xnz.
- Lines 2 and 3 share dream and logic, and their common codes are trq and jkp. Since dream is already tied to {trq, xnz}, dream = trq and therefore logic = jkp and focus = xnz.
- Now use the leftovers:
- Line 3 leaves {trust, build} = {xnj, clv}; line 1 leaves {build, skill} = {hmd, clv}.
- build appears in both, so it takes the code common to both sets: build = clv. Hence skill = hmd and trust = xnj.
- Reading off "build skill logic trust" gives clv, hmd, jkp, xnj.
- Start with the statement pair sharing the most words, and finish with the word appearing in two different leftover sets — it is always the one that resolves first.
Additional Information
- Word-coding questions are solved by elimination through overlap: compare two statements, cancel the words they share, and the leftover code belongs to the leftover word.
- Begin with the pair of statements sharing the most words, since each shared word removes one unknown.
- Where two leftover sets both contain the same word, that word takes the code common to both sets — the step that resolves the remaining ambiguity.
प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)
निर्देश: एक निश्चित कोडिंग प्रणाली में: 'dream focus build skill' को 'trq, xnz, hmd, clv' के रूप में कोडित किया जाता है। 'focus logic dream' को 'trq, jkp, xnz' के रूप में कोडित किया जाता है। 'trust logic build dream' को 'xnj, clv, jkp, trq' के रूप में कोडित किया जाता है। प्रश्न: 'build skill logic trust' का कूट क्या है?
- A. clv, hmd, jkp, xnj
- B. clv, xnj, jkp, trq
- C. hmd, xnz, jkp, xnj
- D. hmd, clv, xnj, xnz
Topics covered: Coding-Decoding Word Coding