SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 20 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 1 of 100

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Choose the address that is the same as the one given below. Sample Address:Shop No. 11, Ground Floor,Plaza Mall, Sector 18, Noida,Uttar Pradesh - 201301

(a)Shop No. 11, Ground Floor, Plaza Mall, Sector 18, Noida, Uttar Pradesh - 201301
(b)Shop 11, Ground Floor, Plaza Mall, Sector 18, Noida, Uttar Pradesh - 201301
(c)Shop No. 11, Ground Floor, Plaza Mall, Sector-18, Noida, Uttar Pradesh - 201301
(d)Shop No. 11, Ground Floor, Plaza Mall, Sec 18, Noida, Uttar Pradesh - 201301

Answer

Why

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

Shop No. 11: option (b) drops No.
Sector 18: option (c) writes Sector-18 and option (d) writes Sec 18.

Option (a) keeps every part as printed → option (a).

Why the others are wrong

(b)
Shop 11, Ground Floor, Plaza Mall, Sector 18, Noida, Uttar Pradesh - 201301 — Shop 11 drops the No. that the original prints. Every other part matches, which is why a quick read of the words lets it through.
(c)
Shop No. 11, Ground Floor, Plaza Mall, Sector-18, Noida, Uttar Pradesh - 201301 — Sector-18 joins the word and the number with a hyphen. The original prints Sector 18 with a space, so the text differs.
(d)
Shop No. 11, Ground Floor, Plaza Mall, Sec 18, Noida, Uttar Pradesh - 201301 — Sec 18 shortens Sector. It names the same place, but the task is matching text, not meaning.

Concept

Address matching is a proof-reading task. Split the original at its commas and check each part, short words and punctuation included, against the same part of every option.

Here the changes are a dropped word, an added hyphen and an abbreviation, and all three sit in Shop No. 11 and Sector 18. Ground Floor, Plaza Mall, Noida, Uttar Pradesh and 201301 are the same in all four options, so they cannot decide the answer.

The printed original has no space after two of its commas (Floor,Plaza and Noida,Uttar). All four options space their commas the same way, so spacing does not separate them.

Key facts

Dropping a word such as No. makes an address a mismatch even when every number matches.
A hyphen added between a word and a number, Sector-18 for Sector 18, changes the text.
An abbreviation such as Sec for Sector is a mismatch, however natural it looks.

Study next

Address items where only the state name changesFinding which two of four listed addresses are identicalAddress items that hide a swapped digit in the house number

Common traps

Accepting Sec 18 because it names the same sector
Skimming past a dropped No. because the number 11 still matches
Treating the missing spaces after commas in the original as the difference to hunt for

17 Sep 2025, 16:00, Reasoning Q.3 drops the same word: Villa 204 for Villa No. 204 (keyed a).

19 Sep 2025, 09:00, Reasoning Q.3 hides the change in an abbreviation's full stops: S.G. Highway against SG Highway and SG. Highway (keyed a).

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