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 option is ir.

To find the code for the word ‘big’, let us analyze 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 compare the statements to decode the common words:

Step 1: Find the code for ‘ensures’ and ‘win’
Comparing Statement 1 and Statement 2:
Common words: “ensures”, “win”
Common codes: “vr”, “kl”
Comparing Statement 1 and Statement 4:
Common words: “ensures”, “meticulous”
Common codes: “vr”, “sm”
Since “vr” is common to all three statements containing “ensures” (1, 2, and 4), the code for ‘ensures’ = vr.
Therefore, the code for ‘win’ = kl.

Step 2: Find the code for ‘meticulous’ and ‘plan’
From Statement 1 and Statement 4, the remaining common word is “meticulous” and the remaining common code is “sm”.
So, the code for ‘meticulous’ = sm.
Now, looking back at Statement 1 (“Meticulous plan ensures win” → “sm kl rn vr”):
The remaining word is “plan” and the remaining code is “rn”.
So, the code for ‘plan’ = rn.

Step 3: Find the code for ‘focus’
Comparing Statement 2 and Statement 4:
Common words: “focus” (since “ensures” code is already identified as “vr”)
Common codes: “ps”
So, the code for ‘focus’ = ps.

Step 4: Find the code for ‘big’
Now, examine Statement 4:
“Focus ensures big meticulous” is coded as “vr ps ir sm”.
We have already identified the codes for:
• focus = ps
• ensures = vr
• meticulous = sm

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