Decoding the MONKEY and TIGER Pattern

The question asks us to find the coded word for TIGER based on the coding pattern used for MONKEY which is coded as XDJMNL.

Let's analyze the relationship between MONKEY and XDJMNL.

• MONKEY has 6 letters. XDJMNL has 6 letters.

Let's look at the letters and their positions:

• M $\rightarrow$ X
• O $\rightarrow$ D
• N $\rightarrow$ J
• K $\rightarrow$ M
• E $\rightarrow$ N
• Y $\rightarrow$ L

A direct letter-to-letter mapping doesn't seem obvious based on simple alphabetical shifts.

Let's try reversing the word MONKEY first. Reversing MONKEY gives YEKNOM.

Now let's compare the letters of the reversed word YEKNOM with the code XDJMNL:

• Y (25) $\rightarrow$ X (24)
• E (5) $\rightarrow$ D (4)
• K (11) $\rightarrow$ J (10)
• N (14) $\rightarrow$ M (13)
• O (15) $\rightarrow$ N (14)
• M (13) $\rightarrow$ L (12)

We can see a consistent pattern here: Each letter in the reversed word YEKNOM is shifted one position backward in the English alphabet to get the corresponding letter in the code XDJMNL.

The pattern is: Reverse the word and then shift each letter one step backward.

Now, let's apply this same pattern to the word TIGER.

Step 1: Reverse the word TIGER.

TIGER reversed is REGIT.

Step 2: Shift each letter of REGIT one step backward in the alphabet.

• R $\rightarrow$ Q (R is the 18th letter, Q is the 17th)
• E $\rightarrow$ D (E is the 5th letter, D is the 4th)
• G $\rightarrow$ F (G is the 7th letter, F is the 6th)
• I $\rightarrow$ H (I is the 9th letter, H is the 8th)
• T $\rightarrow$ S (T is the 20th letter, S is the 19th)

Applying the backward shift to REGIT gives us QDFHS.

Therefore, following the same coding pattern, TIGER will be coded as QDFHS.

Let's check the given options to find QDFHS.

• Option 1: SHFDQ
• Option 2: QDHFS
• Option 3: QDFHS
• Option 4: SDFHS

The coded word QDFHS matches Option 3.