SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 14 September 2025, Shift 2 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 9 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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Find the odd one out from the given alternatives.

(a)Photoshop
(b)Illustrator
(c)CorelDRAW
(d)Linux

Answer

Why

Correct — D.
Rule: three graphics applications and one operating system.

Photoshop and Illustrator are Adobe's image-editing and drawing programs, and CorelDRAW is Corel's drawing program: all three are design software.

Linux is an operating system. It runs a computer and its programs rather than being a program for design → option (d).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Photoshop — Photoshop is Adobe's image-editing program, used for photos and other pixel images. It is design software like Illustrator and CorelDRAW, so it belongs to the group.
(b)
Illustrator — Illustrator is Adobe's vector-drawing program, used for logos and illustrations. It is the same kind of software as Photoshop and CorelDRAW.
(c)
CorelDRAW — CorelDRAW comes from Corel rather than Adobe, but the group is defined by what the software does. It is a graphics program, like the Adobe pair.

Concept

An odd-one-out on names asks for the category three share and the fourth does not. Try the most basic category first: what kind of thing is each?

Photoshop, Illustrator and CorelDRAW are application software for graphic design. Linux is system software, an operating system, in the same category as Windows and macOS.

Grouping by company fails here: CorelDRAW and Linux are both non-Adobe names, so the maker cannot single one out.

Key facts

Adobe Photoshop is a raster (pixel-based) image editor.
Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW are vector graphics editors.
Linux is an open-source operating system built on the Linux kernel, first written by Linus Torvalds.

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