SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 12 September 2025, Shift 3 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 8 of 100

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Identify the similar address: No. 45, First Avenue, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600028

(a)No. 45, 1st Avenue, R.A. Puram, Chennai, TN 600028
(b)No. 45, First Avenue, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600028
(c)45, First Avenue, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600028
(d)No. 45/1, First Avenue, R. Annamalaipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600028

Answer

Why

Correct — B.
Rule: match every part exactly: number, street, locality, city, state, PIN.

Option (b) keeps No. 45, First Avenue, Raja Annamalaipuram as written, the full state name and the dash before 600028.

It is a character-for-character copy → option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
No. 45, 1st Avenue, R.A. Puram, Chennai, TN 600028 — Abbreviations change the text: 1st for First, R.A. Puram for Raja Annamalaipuram and TN for Tamil Nadu. The dash before the PIN is gone too.
(c)
45, First Avenue, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600028 — No. is missing before 45, and the locality is broken into Raja Annamalai Puram, where the given address writes Annamalaipuram as one word.
(d)
No. 45/1, First Avenue, R. Annamalaipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600028 — 45/1 changes the door number itself, and R. Annamalaipuram shortens Raja to an initial.

Concept

Address matching is a proofreading task. Here each wrong option changes small details: an abbreviation, a missing label, a split word, an extra /1.

Compare one part at a time instead of reading the whole line. The first difference you find rules an option out, and the option with no difference is the answer.

The stem says similar, and (a) and (c) would arguably reach the same door. What separates the options is exact text, so read similar as identical, as the key does.

Key facts

Option (b) matches the given address character for character.
Option (d) changes the door number from 45 to 45/1.
Option (a) abbreviates First, Raja Annamalaipuram and Tamil Nadu.

Study next

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Common traps

Accepting R.A. Puram or TN because they mean the same thing
Missing the /1 added to the door number in option (d)

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