SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 23 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. Flat 404, Block-C,Rajeev Nagar, Patna,Bihar - 800024

(a)Flat 404, Block-C, Rajeev Nagar, Patna, West Bengal - 800024
(b)Flat 404, Block-C, Rajeev Nagar, Patna, Bihar - 800024
(c)Flat 404, Block-C, Rajeev Nagar, Patna, Jharkhand - 800024
(d)Flat 404, Block-C, Rajeev Nagar, Patna, Uttar Pradesh - 800024

Answer

Why

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

Flat 404, Block-C, Rajeev Nagar, Patna and 800024 are the same in all four options.
The state is what changes. The original says Bihar.

Option (b) is the copy that keeps Bihar → option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Flat 404, Block-C, Rajeev Nagar, Patna, West Bengal - 800024 — West Bengal stands where the original has Bihar. Flat, block, locality, city and PIN all match, so the state name alone rules it out.
(c)
Flat 404, Block-C, Rajeev Nagar, Patna, Jharkhand - 800024 — Jharkhand replaces Bihar. It was carved out of Bihar in 2000, which makes it easy to pass at a glance, but the text does not match the original.
(d)
Flat 404, Block-C, Rajeev Nagar, Patna, Uttar Pradesh - 800024 — Uttar Pradesh replaces Bihar. The flat number, block, locality, city and PIN 800024 are unchanged, so read the state name itself.

Concept

Address matching is a proof-reading task. Break 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 flat, block, locality, 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 (Block-C,Rajeev and Patna,Bihar). Every option spaces them alike, so spacing cannot separate the options.

A sense check agrees, since Patna is the capital of Bihar. Use it as a check only: the task is to match text.

Key facts

Patna is the capital of Bihar.
Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar in 2000.
A part that matches in all four options cannot decide the answer.

Study next

Address items where the copies differ by one digit of the PINAddress items that differ in punctuation or abbreviationPicking which of several listed addresses are identical

Common traps

Comparing the options with one another instead of with the original
Treating the missing spaces after two commas in the original as the difference to hunt for

23 Sep 2025, 16:00, Reasoning Q.2 changes the state in the same way: a Bengaluru address, keyed Karnataka (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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