SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 19 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. S-50, Gokul Dham,Ajmer Road, Jaipur,Rajasthan - 302006

(a)S-50, Gokul Dham, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Haryana - 302006
(b)S-50, Gokul Dham, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Madhya Pradesh - 302006
(c)S-50, Gokul Dham, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Gujarat - 302006
(d)S-50, Gokul Dham, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan - 302006

Answer

Why

Correct — D.
Rule: find the part that differs across the options, then check it against the original.

S-50, Gokul Dham, Ajmer Road, Jaipur and 302006 are the same in all four options.
The state is what changes. The original says Rajasthan.

Option (d) is the copy that keeps Rajasthan → option (d).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
S-50, Gokul Dham, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Haryana - 302006 — Haryana stands where the original has Rajasthan. House number, locality, road, city and PIN all match, so the state name alone rules it out.
(b)
S-50, Gokul Dham, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Madhya Pradesh - 302006 — Madhya Pradesh replaces Rajasthan. Every other part is copied exactly, which is what makes it look right at a glance.
(c)
S-50, Gokul Dham, Ajmer Road, Jaipur, Gujarat - 302006 — Gujarat replaces Rajasthan. Gujarat's PIN codes also start with 3, so a glance at the first digit will not expose the change; read the state name itself.

Concept

Address matching is a proof-reading task. Split the original at its commas and compare each part with the same part of every option, dropping an option at its first mismatch.

Here the house number, locality, road, city and PIN are identical in all four options, so the item turns on the state name. Find the part that varies, check it against the original, and stop.

The printed original has no space after two of its commas (Dham,Ajmer and Jaipur,Rajasthan). Every option spaces them alike, so spacing cannot separate the options.

A sense check agrees, since Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. Use it as a check only: the task is to match text, not to know geography.

Key facts

Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan.
Indian PIN codes beginning with 3 cover Rajasthan and Gujarat.
A part that matches in all four options cannot decide the answer.

Study next

Address items where the copies differ in punctuation, such as S.G. against SGAddress items with swapped digits in the house number or PINFinding which two of several listed addresses are identical

Common traps

Comparing the options with each other instead of with the original address
Treating the missing spaces after commas in the original as the difference to hunt for

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

18 Sep 2025, 12:30, Reasoning Q.2 does it with a Kolkata address, keyed West Bengal (option d).

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