SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 15 September 2025, Shift 3 · 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 is/are identical to the address given: Ajay Yadav 16A, Maple Heights, Sector 45, Gurgaon, 122001 1. Ajay Yadav 16A, Maple Heights, Sector 45, Gurgaon, 122001 2. Ajay Yadav 16A, Maple Heights, Sector 45, Gurugram, 122001 3. Ajay Yadav 16A, Maple Heights, Sector 45, Gurgaon, 122002 4. Ajay Yadav 16A, Maple Heights, Sector 45, Gurgaon, 122001

(a)1 and 4
(b)1 and 3
(c)2 and 4
(d)3 and 4

Answer

Why

Correct — A.
Rule: identical means every character matches: name, house number, words, punctuation and PIN.

Address 1: matches the given address exactly.
Address 2: Gurugram where the given address has Gurgaon.
Address 3: PIN 122002 where the given address has 122001.
Address 4: matches exactly.

So 1 and 4 → option (a).

Why the others are wrong

(b)
1 and 3 — Address 3 ends in PIN 122002, one digit off the given 122001. Address 1 matches, but a single changed digit rules 3 out.
(c)
2 and 4 — Address 2 writes Gurugram for Gurgaon. The city was renamed, but the task compares text, and the spelling differs.
(d)
3 and 4 — Address 3 carries PIN 122002, not 122001. Address 4 does match, but its partner is address 1.

Concept

Address matching tests attention, not knowledge. Compare each line with the given address field by field, in a fixed order: name, house number, locality, sector, city, PIN.

Reject a line at its first mismatch. Here one line changes a word (Gurugram) and one changes a single digit of the PIN, and both are differences.

Gurugram is the official name Gurgaon was renamed to, so in real life lines 1 and 2 reach the same house. The question asks which lines are identical to the given text, and a changed spelling is a difference.

Key facts

Identical means character for character: a changed word, digit, hyphen or comma is a difference.
Gurgaon in Haryana was officially renamed Gurugram.
An Indian PIN code has six digits, and changing any one of them gives a different code.

Study next

Spotting slash, hyphen and comma changes in address itemsAddress items that ask which lines match each other rather than a given addressAbbreviation changes such as 'Sector 12' against 'Sector-12'

Common traps

Accepting Gurugram because it is the same city
Reading the PIN as one block and missing a single changed digit

12 Sep 2025, 09:00, Reasoning Q.11 uses the same 'identical to the address given' format: there a hyphen in Sector-12 rules one line out and PIN 201302 another, keyed line 1 alone.

Reasoning Q.11 of this paper sets the same task on a Faridabad address.

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Topic: Address matching — all 16 SSC CGL questions on it, every solved shift.