Choose the odd one:
General Intelligence & Reasoning ·Previously asked in SSC CGL 2025
View the full solved paper: SSC CGL 2025 Tier I - 13 Sep 2025, Shift 2 (13 Sep 2025, Shift 2)
Question
Choose the odd one:
- A. Mon Feb 04 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
- B. Tue Mar 09 2027 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
- C. Fri May 25 0125 00:00:00 GMT+0553 (India Standard Time)
- D. Thu Apr 16 1936 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) (Correct answer)
Correct Answer
Option D — Thu Apr 16 1936 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
Detailed Solution & Explanation
The marked answer is Thu Apr 16 1936, though the intended rule is not recoverable from the options as printed.
Key Points
- One pattern holds across all four options, so it cannot be the basis for choosing: in every case the date equals the square of the month number — Feb(2) → 04, Mar(3) → 09, May(5) → 25, Apr(4) → 16.
- The one genuine outlier visible in the options is option C, whose timezone reads GMT+0553 while the other three read GMT+0530. That offset is simply how very old dates are rendered under India's pre-standard local mean time, and it points to C rather than to the marked answer.
- Each stated weekday is also correct for its date, so day-of-week validity does not separate them either.
- Answer D as per the official key, but treat the question as defective rather than assuming a rule was missed.
Additional Information
- In a sound classification question exactly three options share a property and one lacks it. When a property holds for all four, or when two different properties each isolate a different option, the question is flawed.
- A useful discipline is to state the rule explicitly before choosing: if you cannot express in one sentence what three options share, the fault may lie with the question rather than with you.
- Do not spend disproportionate time on an item like this in the exam — mark the official key, move on, and rely on the questions where the rule is unambiguous.
प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)
असंगत का चयन करें:
- A. Mon Feb 04 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
- B. Tue Mar 09 2027 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
- C. Fri May 25 0125 00:00:00 GMT+0553 (India Standard Time)
- D. Thu Apr 16 1936 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
Topics covered: Odd One Out Classification