SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 12 September 2025, Shift 2 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 10 of 100

We transcribed this text from the pictures on a candidate's response sheet for this shift; the answer is the key SSC colour-marked on that sheet. Solution last reviewed 13 September 2026.

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Which of the following addresses are identical to each other: 1. Rajeev Chauhan 3/5, Lotus Enclave, Kanpur, 208012 2. Rajeev Chauhan 3-5, Lotus Enclave, Kanpur , 208012 3. Rajeev Chauhan 3-5, Lotus Enclave, Kanpur , 208012 4. Rajeev Chauhan 3-5, Lotus Enclave, Kanpur , 208002

(a)1 and 2
(b)2 and 3
(c)2 and 4
(d)3 and 4

Answer

Why

Correct — B.
Rule: compare field by field (name, house number, locality, city, PIN) and treat any changed mark as a difference.

Addresses 2 and 3 match in every character: 3-5 with a hyphen, a space before the comma after Kanpur, and PIN 208012.

Address 1 writes 3/5 with a slash, and address 4 ends 208002 → option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
1 and 2 — 1 and 2 differ in the house number: address 1 writes 3/5 with a slash, address 2 writes 3-5 with a hyphen. Address 1 also has no space before the comma after Kanpur.
(c)
2 and 4 — 2 and 4 differ in the PIN code: address 2 ends 208012, address 4 ends 208002. One changed digit is enough to make two addresses different.
(d)
3 and 4 — 3 and 4 break on the same digit: address 3 ends 208012 and address 4 ends 208002, so the fifth digit of the PIN differs.

Concept

Address-matching items test careful reading, not knowledge. The reliable method is to compare one field at a time across all four lines: the name, the house number, the locality, the city, then the PIN.

The differences hide in small marks: a slash for a hyphen, one digit in a six-digit PIN, a space before a comma. Strike out each line as it fails, and the pair left standing is the answer.

Address 1 differs from 2 and 3 in two places, the slash and the spacing before the comma. The slash alone already rules it out.

Key facts

Indian PIN codes have six digits.
3/5 and 3-5 are different strings: a slash and a hyphen do not match.
A single changed digit or mark makes two addresses non-identical.

Study next

Matching copies against a single given addressSpotting the odd one out among near-identical codes and numbersComparing names and codes field by field

Common traps

Reading 3/5 and 3-5 as the same house number
Checking the name and locality carefully but skimming the PIN

14 Sep 2025, 09:00, Reasoning Q.10 and Q.11 set the same task, four addresses compared with one another, and both key 2 and 3.

In Q.10 a missing full stop after Amitabh S and a missing hyphen in Block-B decide it. In Q.11 the full stop after Dr decides it.

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