General Studies · Coding-Decoding

A group of letters is coded using numbers as per the table and conditions below. Find the correct code combination for the word 'EICHER'. Letter: I, L, M, H, Y, O, C, E, R Code: 4, 5, 9, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 Conditions: (i) If the first element is a vowel and the last is a consonant, the codes for these two are to be interchanged. (ii) If the first element is a consonant and the last is a vowel, the first and last elements are to be coded as 0. (iii) If both the second and fifth elements are vowels, their codes are to be interchanged.