In a certain code language, ‘ki ru pi’ means ‘nobody like cruel’, ‘ki mi cha’ means ‘king was cruel’ and ‘ru pi cha’ means ‘nobody like king’. What is the code for ‘was’ in the given code language?

The correct option is mi.

To find the code for the word ‘was’, we can analyze the given statements and compare them to find the codes for each word step-by-step:

1. We are given the following code-word matches:
- Statement 1: ‘ki ru pi’ means ‘nobody like cruel’
- Statement 2: ‘ki mi cha’ means ‘king was cruel’
- Statement 3: ‘ru pi cha’ means ‘nobody like king’

2. First, let's compare Statement 1 and Statement 2:
- Both statements share the common word ‘cruel’.
- Looking at their code representations, ‘ki ru pi��� and ‘ki mi cha’ share the common code ‘ki’.
- Therefore, the code for ‘cruel’ is ‘ki’.

3. Next, let's compare Statement 2 and Statement 3:
- Both statements share the common word ‘king’.
- Looking at their code representations, ‘ki mi cha’ and ‘ru pi cha’ share the common code ‘cha’.
- Therefore, the code for ‘king’ is ‘cha’.

4. Now, we analyze Statement 2 (‘ki mi cha’ means ‘king was cruel’):
- We already know that the code for ‘cruel’ is ‘ki’ and the code for ‘king’ is ‘cha’.
- The only remaining word in Statement 2 is ‘was’, and the only remaining code is ‘mi’.
- Therefore, the code for ‘was’ must be ‘mi’.