SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 17 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 2 of 100

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Choose the address that is the same as the one given below. No. 44, Hillcrest Villas,Shimla,Himachal Pradesh - 171001

(a)No. 44, Hillcrest Villas, Shimla, Uttarakhand - 171001
(b)No. 44, Hillcrest Villas, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh - 171001
(c)No. 44, Hillcrest Villas, Shimla, Punjab - 171001
(d)No. 44, Hillcrest Villas, Shimla, Delhi - 171001

Answer

Why

Correct — B.
Rule: find the part that changes across the options, then check that part against the given address.

No. 44, Hillcrest Villas, Shimla and 171001 are the same in all four options.
The state is what changes, and the given address says Himachal Pradesh.

Option (b) alone keeps Himachal Pradesh → option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
No. 44, Hillcrest Villas, Shimla, Uttarakhand - 171001 — Uttarakhand replaces Himachal Pradesh. Everything else matches, which is why the state is the part to check first.
(c)
No. 44, Hillcrest Villas, Shimla, Punjab - 171001 — Punjab replaces Himachal Pradesh. The house number, locality, city and PIN all match, so the state alone rules it out.
(d)
No. 44, Hillcrest Villas, Shimla, Delhi - 171001 — Delhi replaces Himachal Pradesh. A match needs every part to agree, and the state here does not.

Concept

An address-matching question is text matching, not geography. Compare the options with each other first: a part that is the same in all four cannot decide the answer.

Here the house number, locality, city and PIN never change. The state is the moving part, so one comparison settles it.

The given line prints no space after its last two commas ("Villas,Shimla,Himachal"), while all four options print one there. Every option differs from it in the same way, so spacing cannot separate them. The state does.

Key facts

Compare the options with each other before comparing them with the given address.
A part shared by all four options cannot decide the answer.
Here the state changes: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Delhi.

Study next

Addresses that differ by one digit of the PINAddresses that differ by a hyphen or slash in the house numberPicking the lines that match each other from a list of addresses

Common traps

Rejecting every option because the given line has no space after two of its commas
Reading the long, identical start of each option and skimming past the state at the end

17 Sep 2025, 16:00, Reasoning Q.2 is the same task on a Lucknow address where the state changes, keyed Uttar Pradesh (option c).

16 Sep 2025, 12:30, Reasoning Q.2 moves the change around instead: 56A, Villas and 65/A each spoil a different option, keyed (c).

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