In a columnar transposition cipher, the plain text is “the tomato is a plant in the night shade family”, keyword is “TOMATO”.
The cipher text is
(A) “TINESAX / EOAHTFX / HTLTHEY / MAIIAIX / TAPNGDL / OSTNHMX”
(B) “TINESAX / EOAHTFX / MAIIAIX / HTLTHEY / TAPNGDL / OSTNHMX”
(C) “TINESAX / EOAHTFX / HTLTHEY / MAIIAIX / OSTNHMX / TAPNGDL”
(D) “EOAHTFX / TINESAX / HTLTHEY / MAIIAIX / TAPNGDL / OSTNHMX”
Answer: (A)
Explanation: According to Columnar Transposition Cipher :
Columnar Transposition involves writing the plaintext out in rows, and then reading the ciphertext off in columns one by one.
Hence, cipher text is,
TINESAX / EOAHTFX / HTLTHEY / MAIIAIX / TAPNGDL / OSTNHMX
Option (A) is correct.
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