Question

If PALAM could be given the code number 43, what code number can be given to SANTACRUZ?
A.75
B.85
C.120
D.123

Answer 1

Hint: This problem is based on the alphanumeric sequence method. In alphanumeric sequence we assign a number to each alphabet according to its position in alphabetic sequence.

Complete step-by-step answer:
It is given that PALAM is coded as 43.
To identify the pattern of this code, assigning numbers to each alphabet of its position,
A = 1, L = 12, M = 13, P = 16
Now,
PALAM = P + A + L + A + M = 16 + 1 + 12 + 1 + 13 = 43
Clearly, each alphabet had given its alphabetic position number as its code and the added codes of all the alphabets in the given word.
So following same pattern for SANTACRUZ,
Alphabetic positions of the alphabets in SANTACRUZ are given below:
A = 1, C = 3, N = 14, R = 18, S = 19, T = 20, U = 21, Z = 26
Now, adding all these codes of individual alphabets to find the code of SANTACRUZ, we get
SANTACRUZ = S + A + N + T + A + C + R + U + Z = 19 + 1 + 14 + 20 + 1 + 3 + 18 + 21 + 26 = 123
Therefore, according to this question SANTACRUZ can be given 123 as its code.
So, the correct answer is “Option D”.

Note: It is not always necessary that the given alphabet in a word is always given their original alphabetic position as its code. Sometimes their codes are being given after doing some manipulations to their original alphabetic numbers.