Question

In a certain code language, ' JOURNEY ' is written as ' TNISZFO '. How is ' BONDING ' written in that language?

ANMEHOJ

​MNAHEOJ

MNAEJOH

​OPCEFMH

​​Select and give reason for your answer.

Answer 1

The answer is the second option. For any 7 letter word, first swap the first and third letters and also the fifth and seventh letters. Again swap the now sixth and seventh letters. Lastly, swap the fourth and fifth letters. Write the preceding letter for the first three letter and the succeeding letter for the next four. First BONDING is written as NOBGDIN . Then NOB-> MNA and GDIN-> HEOJ leaving MNAHEOJ.

Answer 2

The correct answer is MNAHEOJ.

GIVEN

In a certain code -

JOURNEY = TNISZFO.

TO FIND

Code of BONDING.

SOLUTION

We can simply solve the above problem as follows-

The pattern used-

• Swap the first and the third letters with the fifth and seventh letter.
• Swap the fifth and seventh letters.
• Now, swap the fourth letter with the fifth letter.
• The first three letters are swapped with their preceding letters and the next four letters are changed to their succeeding letters.

Therefore,

BONDING is written as - NOBGDIN.

Then,

NOB ---> MNA

GDIN --> HEOJ.

Hence, The word BONDING is changed to MANHEOJ.