In a certain coded language, 'ana ilo gao' means 'humans are good', 'gao nado da' means 'good and bad', and 'di ilo da' means 'they are bad'. In this language, which words stand for 'and' and 'they' respectively?

A'ilo' and 'di'

B'ilo' and 'da'

C'nado' and 'di' ✓ Correct

D'nado' and 'da'

Correct answer: (C) 'nado' and 'di'

Explanation

In this language nado means and while di means they.

The first phrase gives ana, ilo, gao for humans, are, good, so gao is good.

The second phrase, good and bad, shares gao for good, leaving nado and da for and and bad.

The third phrase, they are bad, shares ilo for are and da for bad, fixing da as bad.

That leaves nado as and in the second phrase and di as they in the third.

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