Choose the address that is exactly the same as the one given below. B-104, Orchid Meadows, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560076
- (a)B-104, Orchid Medows, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560076
- (b)B-104, Orchid Meadows, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560076
- (c)B-104, Orchid Meadows, Banerghatta Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560076
- (d)B-104, Orchid Meadows, Bannerghatta Road, Bangaluru, Karnataka – 560076
Answer
Why
Correct — B.
Rule: compare the copy with the original one part at a time.
B-104, Karnataka and 560076 match in all four options, so the place names decide.
Orchid Meadows, Bannerghatta Road and Bengaluru are spelt as given in option (b), and in no other.
That makes it the exact copy → option (b).
Why the others are wrong
- (a)B-104, Orchid Medows, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560076 — Medows drops the a of Meadows. Every other part matches, which is why a quick read lets it through.
- (c)B-104, Orchid Meadows, Banerghatta Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560076 — Banerghatta has one n where the original has two. A single letter standing in for a double is an easy change to miss.
- (d)B-104, Orchid Meadows, Bannerghatta Road, Bangaluru, Karnataka – 560076 — Bangaluru writes an a where Bengaluru has an e. The road, state and PIN all match, so the city name alone gives it away.
Concept
Address matching is a proof-reading test, not a comprehension test. Here each wrong copy differs from the original by one letter, so reading for sense passes all four.
Split the original at its commas and check each part against the same part of every option. Drop an option at its first mismatch. The one that survives every part is the answer.
All four options keep B-104, Karnataka and the PIN 560076 unchanged, so the numbers settle nothing here. The differences sit in three place names.
Key facts
- Compare part by part, left to right, and drop an option at its first mismatch.
- The given address spells Orchid Meadows, Bannerghatta Road and Bengaluru.
- One-letter changes hide well in long names: a dropped vowel, a single letter for a double, a swapped vowel.
Study next
Common traps
- Reading for sense and passing Medows or Bangaluru as the same word
- Checking only the house number and PIN, which match in all four options
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