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IBPS PO Mains 5 Nov 2023 Paper

Question Numbers: 35-38

Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

There is a matrix that contains four rows (I, II, III, and IV) from top to bottom and four columns (I, II, III, and IV) from left to right. Word will be formed when we go left to right in a row and top to bottom in the column.

Conditions:

1. No letters are repeated more than twice.

2. If a column/row has one letter then the entire column/row should not have that letter. For example: If row I and column I has x letters then that letter should not repeat in entire row I or column I.

3. Alphabets are coded as A1, B2, C3, D4, E5, F1, G2, H3, ...Z1

4. Place values of column and row are added to get the cell value of a particular row or column.

5. A Meaningful letter has to be formed in each column.

Column I: I, II, and IV positions contain V, A, and T respectively.

Column II: III and IV positions contain H and O respectively.

Column III: II position contains R.

Column IV: I, III, and IV positions contain N, T, and S respectively.

Question : 35 of 155

Marks: +1, -0

What is the sum of the place values of (I, IV) and ( III, I)?

Six
Eight
Nine
Two
Five

Validate

Solution:

Concept:

The grid is arranged so that every row and column forms a meaningful English word, and each letter is coded with a cyclic place value from

1

5

Explanation:

The final arrangement of the grid is:

Row I:

V, E, I, N

→ VEIN

Row II:

A, C, R, E

→ ACRE

Row III:

S, H, O, T

→ SHOT

Row IV:

T, O, N, S

→ TONS

The coding pattern given is

A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, E=5

, and then it repeats cyclically, so

F=1, G=2, H=3, I=4, J=5

, and so on.

Now,

(I, IV)

means the letter at Row I, Column IV, which is

N

From the cyclic code,

N = 4

Similarly,

(III, I)

means the letter at Row III, Column I, which is

S

From the cyclic code,

S = 4

Therefore, the required sum is

4 + 4 = 8

Answer:

Eight (Option B).

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