Puzzle-18 (NASSCOM- Sample Problems)

If “test is tuff” stands for “@ # $”, “test was easy” stands for “$ % ^”, “easy becomes tuff” stands for “^ @ &”, then what will be the code for ‘is’ and ‘was’?

(1) &, %                      (2) ^, $                        (3) #, %                       (4) #, ^

Solution follows here:

Solution:

test is tuff                  <---->   @ # $              ---(1)

test was easy             <---->   $ % ^               ---(2)

easy becomes tuff     <---->   ^ @ &             ---(3)

Comparing common terms in (1) and (2) on both sides => ‘test’ stands for ‘$’

Comparing common terms in (2) and (3) on both sides => ‘easy’ stands for ‘^’

Comparing common terms in (1) and (3) on both sides => ‘tuff’ stands for ‘@’

Now in (1), we got codes for ‘test’ and ‘tuff’ =>the remaining word ‘is’ stands for ‘#’

Now in (2), we got codes for ‘test’ and ‘easy’ =>the remaining word ‘was’ stands for ‘%’

Answer (3)