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In cryptography, the order of the letters in a message is rearranged by __________

(a) transpositional ciphers

(b) substitution ciphers

(c) both transpositional ciphers and substitution ciphers

(d) quadratic ciphers

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Correct answer is (a) transpositional ciphers

Explanation: In transposition ciphers, the order of letters in a plaintext message is shuffled using a pre-defined method. Some of such ciphers are Rail fence cipher and Columnar transposition.

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