SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 21 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 2 of 99

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 13 September 2026.

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Choose the address that is the same as the one given below. Sample Address:Flat 3C, White Lily Tower,Rajendra Nagar, Patna,Bihar - 800016

(a)Flat 3C, White Lily Towers, Rajendra Nagar, Patna, Bihar - 800016
(b)Flat 3C, White Lilly Tower, Rajendra Nagar, Patna, Bihar - 800016
(c)Flat 3C, White Lily Tower, Rajendra Nagar, Patna, Bihar - 800016
(d)Flat 3B, White Lily Tower, Rajendra Nagar, Patna, Bihar - 800016

Answer

Why

Correct — C.
Rule: check the address part by part, letters and numbers included.

Flat 3C: option (d) reads 3B.
White Lily: option (b) spells it Lilly.
Tower: option (a) makes it Towers.

Option (c) matches every part → option (c).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Flat 3C, White Lily Towers, Rajendra Nagar, Patna, Bihar - 800016 — Towers adds an s to Tower. One extra letter makes a different building name, and every other part of this option matches, which is what lets it slip through.
(b)
Flat 3C, White Lilly Tower, Rajendra Nagar, Patna, Bihar - 800016 — Lilly doubles the l in Lily. A changed spelling inside a name is a mismatch, even though the address would sound the same read aloud.
(d)
Flat 3B, White Lily Tower, Rajendra Nagar, Patna, Bihar - 800016 — 3B changes one character of the flat number, 3C. A short code at the start of an address needs the same letter-by-letter check as the names.

Concept

Address matching is proof-reading. Split the original at its commas and compare each part, spellings and numbers included, with the same part of every option.

Here each wrong option changes exactly one thing: the flat number (3B), a doubled letter in the name (Lilly), or a plural (Towers). Rajendra Nagar, Patna, Bihar and 800016 are identical in all four options, so they cannot decide the answer.

The printed original runs Tower,Rajendra and Patna,Bihar together with no space after the comma. All four options put a space there, so spacing cannot separate them, and the key does not treat it as a difference.

Key facts

A plural ending, such as Towers for Tower, is a mismatch.
A doubled letter, such as Lilly for Lily, is a mismatch even when the name sounds the same.
A part that is identical in all four options cannot decide the answer.

Study next

Address items where only the state name or PIN code changesItems that ask which two of four listed addresses are identicalAddress matching where a hyphen or a full stop is the only change

Common traps

Passing Towers because every other part of option (a) matches
Reading Lilly as Lily because the name sounds identical
Hunting for the missing spaces after the commas in the original, which no option reproduces

18 Sep 2025, 12:30, Reasoning Q.3 sets the same plural trap: Galaxy Tower against the original's Galaxy Towers, keyed option (a).

15 Sep 2025, 12:30, Reasoning Q.2 hides a spelling change instead: Orchid Medows for Orchid Meadows, keyed option (b).

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