SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 15 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 12 of 100

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Find the odd one out from the given alternatives:

(a)Lok Sabha
(b)Rajya Sabha
(c)Vidhan Sabha
(d)Supreme Court

Answer

Why

Correct — D.
Rule: group the options by the organ of government each belongs to.

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are the two Houses of Parliament, and a Vidhan Sabha is a state's Legislative Assembly. All three are legislatures.

The Supreme Court is the apex court of the judiciary → option (d).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Lok Sabha — Lok Sabha is the House of the People, the lower House of Parliament. It is a law-making body like the Rajya Sabha and the Vidhan Sabha.
(b)
Rajya Sabha — Rajya Sabha is the Council of States, Parliament's upper House. It is not subject to dissolution, but that separates it from other Houses; the Supreme Court is not a House at all.
(c)
Vidhan Sabha — Vidhan Sabha works at state level rather than national level, but it is still a legislature. The odd one must differ in kind, and the court does.

Concept

Classification items ask for the category three options share. Here it is the legislature: Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, with the President, make up Parliament, and a Vidhan Sabha is a state's Legislative Assembly.

The Supreme Court belongs to the judiciary, a separate organ of government. It interprets laws rather than making them.

Smaller splits exist, such as state against national, or a House that is never dissolved. Each still leaves a court grouped with Houses of a legislature, so legislature against judiciary is the split that isolates one option.

Key facts

Parliament is the President, the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People), under Article 79.
A Vidhan Sabha is the Legislative Assembly of a state.
The Supreme Court of India is established by Article 124.
The Rajya Sabha is not subject to dissolution (Article 83).

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Common traps

Picking Vidhan Sabha for being state-level, which still leaves a court among Houses
Picking Rajya Sabha because it is never dissolved, a difference among the Houses themselves

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