Identify the address identical to the following: No. 45, First Avenue, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600028

General Intelligence & Reasoning ·Previously asked in SSC CGL 2025

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Question

Identify the address identical to the following: No. 45, First Avenue, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600028

  1. A. No. 45, 1st Avenue, R.A. Puram, Chennai, TN 600028
  2. B. No. 45, First Avenue, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600028 (Correct answer)
  3. C. 45, First Avenue, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600028
  4. D. No. 45/1, First Avenue, R. Annamalaipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600028

Correct Answer

Option B — No. 45, First Avenue, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600028

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is option B, which reproduces the address exactly.

Key Points

  • Address matching turns on literal identity — every word, abbreviation and number must match character for character.
  • Each distractor changes something:
    • A — "First" shortened to "1st", the locality to "R.A. Puram" and the state to "TN"
    • C — the "No." prefix dropped and the locality split as "Raja Annamalai Puram"
    • D — the house number altered to "45/1" and the locality to "R. Annamalaipuram"
  • Only B keeps "No. 45", "First Avenue", "Raja Annamalaipuram", "Chennai", "Tamil Nadu" and "600028" intact.
  • Compare field by field — house number, street, locality, city, state, PIN — instead of reading each line whole.

Additional Information

  • Address- and number-matching questions test sustained attention, not knowledge, and are pure marks if approached systematically.
  • Compare in fixed fields — house number, street, locality, city, state, PIN — and stop at the first mismatch rather than reading each option to the end.
  • Typical planted differences: an abbreviation (First/1st, Tamil Nadu/TN), a spacing or spelling change, a digit swapped in the PIN, or a dropped prefix.

प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)

निम्नलिखित के समान पता पहचानें: नंबर 45, फर्स्ट एवेन्यू, राजा अन्नामलाईपुरम, चेन्नई, तमिलनाडु - 600028

  1. A. नंबर 45, प्रथम एवेन्यू, आर.ए. पुरम, चेन्नई, टीएन 600028
  2. B. नंबर 45, फर्स्ट एवेन्यू, राजा अन्नामलाईपुरम, चेन्नई, तमिलनाडु - 600028
  3. C. 45, फर्स्ट एवेन्यू, राजा अन्नामलाई पुरम, चेन्नई, तमिलनाडु - 600028
  4. D. नंबर 45/1, फर्स्ट एवेन्यू, आर. अन्नामलाईपुरम, चेन्नई, तमिलनाडु - 600028

Topics covered: Address Matching Observation