SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 21 September 2025, Shift 3 · General Intelligence and Reasoning · Question 2 of 100

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Choose the address that is the same as the one given below. Plot No. 19, Shivaji Park,Dadar West, Mumbai,Maharashtra - 400028

(a)Plot No. 19, Shivaji Park, Dadar W, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400028
(b)Plot No. 91, Shivaji Park, Dadar West, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400028
(c)Plot No. 19, Shivaji Pk, Dadar West, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400028
(d)Plot No. 19, Shivaji Park, Dadar West, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400028

Answer

Why

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

Plot No. 19: option (b) reads 91.
Shivaji Park: option (c) shortens it to Pk.
Dadar West: option (a) shortens it to W.

Option (d) keeps every part → option (d).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Plot No. 19, Shivaji Park, Dadar W, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400028 — Dadar W shortens Dadar West. It names the same place, but an abbreviation changes the text, and the task is matching text, not meaning.
(b)
Plot No. 91, Shivaji Park, Dadar West, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400028 — Plot No. 91 swaps the two digits of 19. Every word matches, which is why a read that checks only the words lets it through.
(c)
Plot No. 19, Shivaji Pk, Dadar West, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400028 — Shivaji Pk shortens Shivaji Park. Like Dadar W in option (a), it is a mismatch however natural the abbreviation looks.

Concept

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

Here the changes are of two kinds: a digit swap (19 to 91) and abbreviations (Park to Pk, West to W). Mumbai, Maharashtra and 400028 are the same in all four options, so they cannot decide the answer.

The printed original has no space after two of its commas (Park,Dadar and Mumbai,Maharashtra). Every option spaces its commas the same way, so spacing does not separate the options.

Key facts

Reversed digits, 19 against 91, are a mismatch even when every word matches.
An abbreviation such as Pk for Park or W for West changes the text, so it is a mismatch.
A part that is identical in all four options cannot decide the answer.

Study next

Address items where only the state name changesAddress items that hide a dropped comma or full stopFinding which two of several listed addresses are identical

Common traps

Accepting Dadar W or Shivaji Pk because they name the same place
Reading 91 as 19 because the eye checks the words and skims the digits
Treating the missing spaces after commas in the original as the difference to hunt for

17 Sep 2025, 16:00, Reasoning Q.3 uses the same digit swap: 240 for Villa No. 204 (keyed a).

12 Sep 2025, 16:00, Reasoning Q.8 hides abbreviations instead: 1st Avenue, R.A. Puram and TN against the full forms (keyed b).

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