SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 17 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 12 of 100

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Which of the following is/are identical to the address given: Vikram Singh 18B, Golden Heights, Moti Nagar, Delhi, 110011 1. Vikram Singh 18B, Golden Heights, Moti Nagar, Delhi, 110011 2. Vikram Singh 18-B, Golden Heights, Moti Nagar, Delhi, 110011 3. Vikram Singh 18B, Golden Heights, Moti Nagar, Delhi, 110011 4. Vikram Singh 18B, Golden Heights, Moti Nagar, New Delhi, 110011

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

Answer

Why

Correct — B.
Rule: identical means every character matches, down to the hyphen and the city name.

Address 1: matches exactly.
Address 2: 18-B with a hyphen, where the given address has 18B.
Address 3: matches exactly.
Address 4: New Delhi, where the given address has Delhi.

So 1 and 3 → option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
1 and 2 — 1 and 2 takes in address 2, which writes the house number 18-B. The given address has 18B with no hyphen.
(c)
2 and 4 — 2 and 4 picks the two lines that differ: 2 adds a hyphen (18-B) and 4 changes Delhi to New Delhi.
(d)
3 and 4 — 3 and 4 takes in address 4, which reads New Delhi. The given address says Delhi, and one extra word breaks the match.

Concept

Compare each line with the given address part by part: name, house number, building, locality, city, PIN. Check the small marks as well as the words, because a hyphen, a slash, a missing comma or one changed digit makes a line different.

Here the differences sit in the house number (18-B) and the city (New Delhi).

Delhi and New Delhi may look like the same place, but the question asks for identical text. A real-world match does not count.

Key facts

Address 2 writes 18-B, and the given address writes 18B.
Address 4 writes New Delhi, and the given address writes Delhi.
Addresses 1 and 3 match the given address character for character.

Study next

Address matching where one digit of the PIN changesPicking the lines that match each other, with no given addressName and code matching with small spelling changes

Common traps

Treating 18-B and 18B as the same house number
Accepting New Delhi because it is the same city in real life

15 Sep 2025, 16:00, Reasoning Q.11 turns on the same kind of mark: 10-3 with a hyphen for 10/3 (keyed 1 and 4).

13 Sep 2025, 12:30, Reasoning Q.11 spoils one line with New Delhi for Delhi, as address 4 does here (keyed 2 Only).

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