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Direction: In the following questions given below are two matrices of twenty five cells each containing two classes of letters from the alphabet. The columns and rows of matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of matrix II from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row number and next by its column number, for example, R can be represented by 02, 31. In each of the questions following, identify one set of number pairs out of (1)(, (2), (3), (4) which represents the given word.

  1. PENT
    1. 87, 21, 31, 66
    2. 95, 33, 40, 78
    3. 57, 02, 34, 87
    4. 78, 42, 11, 58
Correct Option: D

The possible representations of each alphabet:
E ⇒ 00, 13, 21, 34, 42
N ⇒ 04, 11, 22, 33, 40
O ⇒ 56, 67, 75, 88, 99
P ⇒ 57, 69, 78, 86, 95
T ⇒ 58, 65, 79, 87, 96
As shown in given figure , all the values for word PENT are matched in only option ( 4 ) for every letter . So , the set for the word PENT will be 78, 42, 11, 58 .From matrix , option ( 4 ) is correct .



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