SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 19 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 11 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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In the following question, find out the alternative that will replace the question mark. SEAT : TEAS :: ROPE : ?

(a)PEOR
(b)PERO
(c)EPRO
(d)EOPR

Answer

Why

Correct — D.
Rule: swap the first and last letters; the middle two stay put (positions 1 2 3 4 → 4 2 3 1).

SEAT: S and T swap, E and A stay → TEAS.
ROPE: R and E swap, O and P stay → EOPR.

EOPR → option (d).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
PEOR — PEOR takes positions 3, 4, 2, 1 of ROPE. The same order turns SEAT into ATES, not TEAS, so it is not the first pair's rule.
(b)
PERO — PERO swaps the two halves, RO and PE. The same move turns SEAT into ATSE, not TEAS.
(c)
EPRO — EPRO takes positions 4, 3, 1, 2 of ROPE. Applied to SEAT that order gives TASE, not TEAS.

Concept

A letter-rearrangement analogy moves letters without changing them. Number the positions in the first word, see where each lands in the second, and make the same moves on the third word.

SEAT → TEAS moves position 4 to the front and position 1 to the end, leaving E and A where they were. Plain reversal would give TAES, so the middle letters must not swap.

EPOR, the plain reversal of ROPE, is not among the options. A candidate who reverses finds no match and has to go back to the first pair, which is the right move.

Key facts

SEAT → TEAS swaps positions 1 and 4 and keeps positions 2 and 3.
Reversing SEAT gives TAES, which is not TEAS.
The same move turns ROPE into EOPR.

Study next

Rearrangement analogies that swap each adjacent pair of lettersRearrangement analogies that reverse each half of a wordLetter-shift analogies, where each letter moves forward or back in the alphabet

Common traps

Assuming a plain reversal and picking the nearest option
Building a rule from ROPE and the options without testing it on SEAT → TEAS

14 Sep 2025, 09:00, Reasoning Q.15 rearranges by position too: PRINTING : RPNIITGN swaps each adjacent pair, keyed RPTOCOLO for PROTOCOL.

15 Sep 2025, 16:00, Reasoning Q.15 reverses each half: EIGHTY : GIEYTH, keyed TUOTUP for OUTPUT.

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