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1.  

Directions (Q 35–39): Each digit is coded as follows:

Digit123456789
CodePKMQRTWYB
Conditions (check them in this order and apply only the FIRST one that is true; if none is true, use the table):
(i) If the first digit is odd and the last digit is even, the codes of the first and last digits are interchanged.
(ii) If the first and the last digits are both even, both are coded as Z.
(iii) If the middle (third) digit of a five-digit number is even, it is coded as #.

What is the code for 31864?

Correct Answer: C [QPYTM]

Explanation:

First digit 3 is odd, last digit 4 is even → condition (i): MPYTQ becomes QPYTM.

2.  
(Use the directions above – Coding–Decoding, Q 35–39)
What is the code for 48352?

Correct Answer: E [ZYMRZ]

Explanation:

First 4 and last 2 are both even → condition (ii): Z Y M R Z (condition (i) does not apply).

3.  
(Use the directions above – Coding–Decoding, Q 35–39)
What is the code for 79413?

Correct Answer: C [WB#PM]

Explanation:

First 7 and last 3 are odd → (i) and (ii) fail; middle digit 4 is even → (iii): W B # P M.

4.  
(Use the directions above – Coding–Decoding, Q 35–39)
What is the code for 95731?

Correct Answer: D [BRWMP]

Explanation:

First 9 and last 1 are odd, middle 7 is odd → no condition: B R W M P.

5.  
(Use the directions above – Coding–Decoding, Q 35–39)
Which number is coded as TKBPW?

Correct Answer: B [62917]

Explanation:

62917: first digit even, last odd, middle 9 odd – no condition applies: T K B P W.

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Directions (Q 40–44): In a certain code language:
"banks cut loan rates" is written as "fo ki mu za";
"loan rates rise again" is written as "za mu pe vo";
"banks raise loan limits" is written as "ki za lu de";
"rise in rates" is written as "pe mu xa".

What is the code for "cut"?

Correct Answer: C [fo]

Explanation:

loan = za (1, 2, 3), rates = mu (1, 2, 4), banks = ki (1, 3) → cut = fo.

7.  
(Use the directions above – Coding–Decoding, Q 40–44)
What does "xa" stand for?

Correct Answer: B [in]

Explanation:

Statement 4: rise = pe (2 and 4), rates = mu → in = xa.

8.  
(Use the directions above – Coding–Decoding, Q 40–44)
What is the code for "raise"?

Correct Answer: E [Cannot be determined]

Explanation:

raise and limits take lu and de, but no statement tells which is which.

9.  
(Use the directions above – Coding–Decoding, Q 40–44)
Which may be the code for "loan again"?

Correct Answer: E [za vo]

Explanation:

loan = za and again = vo.

10.  
(Use the directions above – Coding–Decoding, Q 40–44)
How many of the words "banks, cut, loan, rates, rise" have their code in the coded form of statement 2 ("za mu pe vo")?

Correct Answer: A [3]

Explanation:

loan = za, rates = mu, rise = pe are in “za mu pe vo” → 3.

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