If 'RUN' is coded as 'SVO', what is the code for 'JUMP'?
- (a)KVRQ
- (b)KVMO
- (c)KVMQ
- (d)KVNQ
Answer
Why
Correct — D.
Rule: every letter moves forward one place (+1).
Check: R → S, U → V, N → O gives SVO ✓
J + 1 = K
U + 1 = V
M + 1 = N
P + 1 = Q
Code for JUMP: KVNQ → option (d).
Why the others are wrong
- (a)KVRQ — KVRQ codes M as R, a jump of five places. Under the +1 rule M becomes N.
- (b)KVMO — KVMO leaves M unchanged and moves P back to O. Every letter moves forward one, so M → N and P → Q.
- (c)KVMQ — KVMQ is right on J, U and P but leaves M as M. The third letter must shift too: M → N.
Concept
Letter-shift coding moves each letter a fixed number of places along the alphabet. Find the shift from the example and confirm it on every letter: R to S, U to V and N to O are all +1.
Then apply that shift letter by letter to the new word. Each wrong option breaks the rule at one or two letters, so a letter-by-letter check beats judging the code as a whole.
JUMP has four letters and RUN three, so the rule must come from the shift, not from matching letters between the words. U appears in both and codes to V both times.
Key facts
- In a +1 code every letter moves to the next letter of the alphabet.
- M is the 13th letter and N the 14th.
- RUN → SVO and JUMP → KVNQ follow the same +1 shift.
Study next
Common traps
- Checking only the first two letters and picking KVMQ
- Taking the shift from one letter of the example without confirming it on all three
19 Sep 2025, 09:00, Reasoning Q.18 uses the same +1 shift: GOAL is coded HPBM, so FAIL becomes GBJM (keyed a).
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