Difficulty: Medium
Correct Answer: Sud
Explanation:
Introduction / Context:
This question is from the logical coding–decoding pattern where each word in English is represented by a unique code word. Several coded sentences are given, and by comparing them we can infer the meaning of individual code words. Here, the focus is on correctly identifying which code corresponds to the action word "barking", based on overlaps between sentences. This type of problem is very common in competitive exams and helps test your ability to use set intersection and logical deduction.
Given Data / Assumptions:
Concept / Approach:
The standard technique for such questions is to compare sentences pairwise and look at common code words versus common English words. Words that appear in both English sentences must correspond to code words that appear in both coded sentences. By systematically applying this idea, we can progressively map each English word to its coded equivalent. Once we know the codes for "dogs" and "are", the remaining unknown code in the first sentence must represent "barking". This method is a direct application of set intersection on small word sets.
Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Compare "Tom Kun Sud" = "Dogs are barking" with "Kun Jo Mop" = "Dogs and horse".
Step 2: Common English word in these two sentences is "Dogs".
Step 3: Common code words in the two coded sentences are "Kun", because "Tom Sud" and "Jo Mop" are unique to their respective sentences.
Step 4: Therefore, "Kun" must mean "Dogs".
Step 5: Now compare "Tom Kun Sud" = "Dogs are barking" with "Mut Tom Ko" = "Donkeys are mad".
Step 6: Common English word here is "are".
Step 7: Common code word in the coded forms is "Tom", because "Kun Sud" and "Mut Ko" are unique.
Step 8: Thus, "Tom" must represent "are".
Step 9: In the first sentence, we now know that "Kun" = "Dogs" and "Tom" = "are". The remaining English word is "barking" and the remaining code word is "Sud".
Step 10: Therefore, "Sud" must stand for "barking".
Verification / Alternative check:
To verify, you can reconstruct each sentence using the mappings we found. Sentence 1: "Tom Kun Sud" becomes "are dogs barking". Rearranged naturally, it is "dogs are barking", which matches the given meaning. Sentence 2: "Kun Jo Mop" becomes "dogs and horse" if we accept "Jo" = "and" and "Mop" = "horse". Sentence 3: "Mut Tom Ko" becomes "donkeys are mad" if we take "Mut" = "donkeys" and "Ko" = "mad". All sentences remain logically correct, which confirms that our mapping, especially "Sud" = "barking", is consistent and accurate.
Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Option B ("Kun") actually represents "dogs", not "barking", as seen from the overlap of the first and second sentences. Option C ("Jo") only appears in the second sentence and matches the connecting word "and". Option D ("Mop") also only appears in the second sentence and clearly corresponds to "horse". Option E ("Mut") appears only in the third sentence where it is uniquely paired with "donkeys". None of these matches "barking" when sentence intersections are analysed properly, so they cannot be correct.
Common Pitfalls:
Students sometimes mix up the mapping by assuming one code can have multiple meanings or by not carefully checking which words overlap in the English sentences. Another common mistake is to forget that the order of words in the sentence does not matter for mapping; only the presence and overlap are important. Also, be cautious not to assign the same code word to two different English words, as that would break the one-to-one assumption. Systematic comparison avoids these errors.
Final Answer:
Hence, in this code language, the word "barking" is represented by Sud.
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