SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 17 September 2025, Shift 3 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 3 of 100

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Choose the address that is the same as the one given below. Villa No. 204, Lake View Estate,Banjara Hills, Hyderabad,Telangana - 500034

(a)Villa No. 204, Lake View Estate, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500034
(b)Villa 204, Lakeview Estate, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500034
(c)Villa No. 204, Lake View Estates, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500034
(d)Villa No. 240, Lake View Estate, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500034

Answer

Why

Correct — A.
Rule: check each part against the original, left to right.

House number: Villa No. 204. Option (b) drops No., and option (d) reads 240.
Estate: Lake View Estate. Option (c) adds an s.
Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana and 500034 match in all four.

Option (a) survives every part → option (a).

Why the others are wrong

(b)
Villa 204, Lakeview Estate, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500034 — Villa 204 drops the No. of Villa No. 204, and Lakeview writes Lake View as one word. Either change alone rules it out.
(c)
Villa No. 204, Lake View Estates, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500034 — Estates adds an s to Lake View Estate. A plural is easy to read past because the word still makes sense.
(d)
Villa No. 240, Lake View Estate, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500034 — 240 swaps the last two digits of 204. Every word matches, so a digit-by-digit check of the number is what catches it.

Concept

Address matching is a proof-reading task, not a reading one. The eye reads Lakeview and Lake View as the same place, and 240 and 204 as the same house, because it reads for sense.

Split the original at its commas and check each part against the same part of each option. An option that fails any part is out, however close the rest is.

The three wrong copies hide four changes between them: a dropped No., Lake View run together as Lakeview, a plural Estates, and the digits of 204 swapped.

The printed original has no space after two of its commas (Estate,Banjara and Hyderabad,Telangana). All four options space them alike, so that cannot decide it.

Key facts

Check numbers digit by digit: 204 and 240 use the same digits in a different order.
Villa 204 is not the same text as Villa No. 204: an abbreviation counts.
Lakeview as one word differs from Lake View as two.

Study next

Address items where just the state name changesAddress items with changed punctuation, such as S.G. Highway against SG HighwaySpotting identical pairs in a list of addresses

Common traps

Reading 240 as 204 because the digits are the same
Passing Lakeview as Lake View because both name the same place

21 Sep 2025, 16:00, Reasoning Q.2 swaps digits the same way, Plot No. 91 for Plot No. 19, beside Pk for Park and W for West (keyed d).

18 Sep 2025, 12:30, Reasoning Q.3 changes letters instead: Galaxy Tower for Galaxy Towers and Hinu for Hinoo (keyed a).

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