Question 65Asked in UGC NET Computer Science, June 2015 (Paper II & III, Selected Questions)

A message "COMPUTER NETWORK" encrypted (ignore quotes) using columnar transposition cipher with a key "LAYER". The encrypted message is :

  1. ACTTOEWMROPNRUEK
  2. BMROUEKCTTPNROEW
  3. COEWPNRCTTUEKMRO
  4. DUEKPNRMROOEWCTT
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Correct answer: (C) OEWPNRCTTUEKMRO

Explanation

Key LAYER gives column order L = 3, A = 1, Y = 5, E = 2, R = 4. Writing the message row-wise: C O M P U T E R N E T W O R K Reading columns in order 1 (A), 2 (E), 3 (L), 4 (R), 5 (Y): OEW PNR CTT UEK MRO. Encrypted message: OEWPNRCTTUEKMRO.

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