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 ‘demands’?

The correct answer is Can’t be determined.

To find the code for the word ‘demands’, 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”

Let us compare the statements to decode each word:

Step 1: Decoding common words across statements
• Comparing statements 1, 2, and 4, the word ‘ensures’ appears in all three statements. The only code common to all three statements is vr. Therefore, the code for ‘ensures’ is vr.
• Comparing statements 1 and 2, the word ‘win’ appears in both. The common code between them (excluding ‘ensures’ / vr) is kl. Therefore, the code for ‘win’ is kl.
• Comparing statements 1 and 4, the word ‘meticulous’ is common. The common code between them is sm. Therefore, the code for ‘meticulous’ is sm.
• From statement 1, since ‘meticulous’, ‘ensures’, and ‘win’ are coded as sm, vr, and kl respectively, the remaining word ‘plan’ must be coded as rn.

Step 2: Decoding words in statement 3
• Comparing statements 2 and 3, the word ‘patience’ is common. The code common between them is bz. Therefore, the code for ‘patience’ is bz.
• Now look at statement 3: “Future demands patience plan” = “bz hi jr rn”.
From our deductions above, we know:
- ‘patience’ = bz
- ‘plan’ = rn

This leaves the words ‘Future’ and ‘demands’, and the remaining codes hi and jr.

Step 3: Determining the code for ‘demands’
Since neither ‘Future’ nor ‘demands’ appears in any other given statement, we cannot uniquely match hi or jr to either word.
Therefore, the code for ‘demands’ is either hi or jr, which means it Can’t be determined with certainty.