SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 14 September 2025, Shift 1 · 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 11 September 2026.

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Which of the following addresses are identical to each other: 1. Amitabh S 112/44 Block-B, Indira Nagar, Lucknow, 226016 2. Amitabh S. 112/44 Block-B, Indira Nagar, Lucknow , 226016 3. Amitabh S. 112/44 Block-B, Indira Nagar, Lucknow , 226016 4. Amitabh S. 112/44 Block B, Indira Nagar, Lucknow , 226016

(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 and treat any changed mark as a difference.

Addresses 2 and 3 match in every character: Amitabh S. with a full stop, 112/44, Block-B with a hyphen, then the same locality, city and PIN.

Address 1 writes Amitabh S without the full stop, and address 4 writes Block B without the hyphen → option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
1 and 2 — 1 and 2 differ in the name: address 1 writes Amitabh S with no full stop, address 2 writes Amitabh S. One punctuation mark makes two addresses different.
(c)
2 and 4 — 2 and 4 differ in the block: address 2 has Block-B with a hyphen, address 4 has Block B without one.
(d)
3 and 4 — 3 and 4 share the name and PIN but not the block. Address 3 writes Block-B and address 4 writes Block B, so they are not identical.

Concept

Address comparison is a clerical-accuracy test. These addresses differ by a single mark, a full stop after an initial or a hyphen in a block name, so reading for meaning fails: Block B and Block-B are the same place but different strings.

Compare one field at a time across all four and strike out any address that differs anywhere. The pair left standing is the answer.

Two addresses can point to the same house and still not be identical. The question asks about the text, so a missing full stop or hyphen counts as a difference.

Key facts

A missing full stop after an initial, Amitabh S against Amitabh S., is a difference.
A missing hyphen, Block B against Block-B, is a difference.
Comparing one field at a time is faster and safer than reading each address whole.

Study next

Matching copies against one given original addressSpotting single-character differences in names, codes and numbers

Common traps

Treating Block B and Block-B as the same because they name the same block
Overlooking the full stop after the initial S

14 Sep 2025, 09:00, Reasoning Q.11 repeats the task with a doctor's address, where the full stop after Dr decides the pair (keyed 2 and 3).

12 Sep 2025, 09:00, Reasoning Q.10 compares four addresses the same way, with Towers against Tower and Arjun M. against Arjun Mehta as the differences (keyed 2 and 4).

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