Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
“Meticulous plan ensures win” is coded as “sm kl rn vr”
“Win ensures patience focus” is coded as “vr bz ps kl”
“Future demands patience plan” is coded as “bz hi jr rn”
“Focus ensures big meticulous” is coded as “vr ps ir sm”

What is the code for ‘big’?

The correct answer is ir.

To find the code for the word ‘big’, let us compare the given statements and their corresponding codes step-by-step:

1. “Meticulous plan ensures win” → “sm kl rn vr”
2. “Win ensures patience focus” → “vr bz ps kl”
3. “Future demands patience plan” → “bz hi jr rn”
4. “Focus ensures big meticulous” → “vr ps ir sm”

Now, let us decode each word present in statement 4 (“Focus ensures big meticulous”):

• 'ensures' is common in statements 1, 2, and 4. The common code in statements 1, 2, and 4 is vr. Therefore, ‘ensures’ = vr.

• 'meticulous' is common in statements 1 and 4. Comparing the remaining codes in statement 1 (“sm kl rn”) and statement 4 (“ps ir sm”), the common code is sm. Therefore, ‘meticulous’ = sm.

• 'focus' is common in statements 2 and 4. Comparing statement 2 remaining codes (“bz ps”) and statement 4 remaining codes (“ps ir”), the common code is ps. Therefore, ‘focus’ = ps.

Now looking at statement 4 (“Focus ensures big meticulous” = “vr ps ir sm”):
• We know 'focus' = ps
• We know 'ensures' = vr
• We know 'meticulous' = sm

The only remaining word in statement 4 is ‘big’, and the only remaining code is ir.

Thus, the code for ‘big’ is ir.