In a code language, SOLID is written as WPSLPIMFHA. What does the code word ATEXXQIBVO refer to ?

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Q: 137 (IAS/1999)
In a code language, ‘SOLID’ is written as “WPSLPIMFHA’. What does the code word ‘ATEXXQIBVO’ refer to ?

question_subject: 

Logic/Reasoning

question_exam: 

IAS

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0,5,3,1,0,2,5

keywords: 

{'code word': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'wpslpimfha': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'code language': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'wafer': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'atexxqibvo': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'solid': [0, 1, 1, 3]}

The code is designed such that each letter in the original word is replaced by first mirroring its position in the English alphabet (A↔Z, B↔Y, C↔X and so on) then the immediate next letter, hence forming the code pair.

Considering the word SOLID:

S (mirrored H) then the next letter I → HI,

O (mirrored L) then the next letter P → LP,

L (mirrored O) then the next letter I → OI,

I (mirrored R) then the next letter D → RD.

This gives us SOLID = HIPLRDF.

We have a discrepancy, the correct code should be "HIPLRDF," making the provided code wrong. Therefore, we should decipher the given code using this exact pattern.

The code `ATEXXQIBVO` corresponds to:

A ↔ Z, then the next letter A → ZA,

T ↔ G, then the next letter E → GE,

E ↔ V, then the next letter R → VR.

Giving us ZAGEVR, which is meant to represent `WATER,` but there seems to be an inconsistency in the coding structure. This suggests - Alert - correct answer should be - unable to calculate due to