Study the following information carefully and answer
the questions given below:
In a certain code language, ‘Cinderella shouted for rescue’ is written as ‘pr co ly bu’
‘rescue all the bugs’ is written as ‘ke mt co rx
‘bugs ate all carrots’ is written as `vg rx ke sh’
‘carrots for pretty Cinderella’ is written as ‘ly pr vg as’
(All codes are two letter codes only)
In the given code language, what does the code ‘pr’ stand for ?
The common word in the first two statements is 'rescue' coded as = 'co'
The common word in first and last statements are 'for' and 'Cinderella' coded as = 'pr' or 'ly'
=> Only word left in first statement is 'shouted' coded as = 'bu'
The common words in second and third statements are 'bugs' and 'all' coded as = 'ke' or 'rx'
=> Only word left in second statement is 'the' coded as = 'mt'
The common word in last two statements is 'carrots' coded as = 'vg'
=> Only word left in third statement is 'ate' coded as = 'sh'
Similarly, Only word left in last statement is 'pretty' coded as = 'as'
Thus, code 'pr' stands for = either 'Cinderella' or 'for'
=> Ans - (C)
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