SSC CGL 2025 PYQs

Concept: The new word must keep the same length and differ from REPLACE at exactly one position.

1. REPLACE vs REPLATE: R-E-P-L-A same, C → T, E same → exactly 1 change ✓
2. RELEASE, RESPECT, RECLINE differ at 2 or more positions.

Trick: Compare only from the first mismatch – REPLA__ is shared only by REPLATE, so check that first.

Answer: (A) REPLATE

Concept: Terms are 60 divided by successive natural numbers.

1. $\frac{60}{1}=60$, $\frac{60}{2}=30$, $\frac{60}{3}=20$
2. $\frac{60}{4}=15$, $\frac{60}{5}=12$
3. Next: $\frac{60}{6}=10$

Trick: Multiply each term by its position: $60\times 1,30\times 2,20\times 3,15\times 4,12\times 5$ – all equal 60, so $?\times 6=60$ → 10.

Answer: (C) 10

Concept: Track each letter position separately.

1. 1st letter: D, F, _, J → +2 → H
2. 2nd letter: Z, X, _, T → −2 → V
3. 3rd letter: A, C, _, G → +2 → E → HVE

Trick: First letter must be H (between F and J) – that leaves HEV and HVE; middle letter falls by 2 from X → V, so HVE.

Answer: (C) HVE

Concept: Three items are political movements against British rule; one is not.

1. Swadeshi (1905), Khilafat (1919–24) and the Independence movement were part of India's freedom struggle.
2. The Green Revolution (mid-1960s) was a post-Independence drive to raise food-grain output using HYV seeds, fertilisers and irrigation.

Yaad rakhein: M.S. Swaminathan is known as the father of the Green Revolution in India.

Answer: (D) Green Revolution

Concept: Each pair is a letter with its opposite (positions add to 27).

1. First letters: A, B, C, D → next E
2. Second letters: Z, Y, X, W → next V
3. Pair = EV (5 + 22 = 27)

Trick: Opposite-letter pairs: A-Z, B-Y, C-X, D-W, E-V – remember 'EV' as in electric vehicle.

Answer: (A) EV

Concept: Replace each symbol by its meaning first, then calculate.

1. 40 + 8 − 5 → 40 − 8 + 5
2. 40 − 8 = 32
3. 32 + 5 = 37

Trick: Write the converted expression on paper before calculating – most errors come from solving with the old signs.

Answer: (B) 37

Concept: Every handshake is one pair of people, so total = ${}^n{C}_2=\frac{n(n-1)}{2}$.

1. $n=10$
2. Handshakes = $\frac{10\times 9}{2}$
3. $=\frac{90}{2}=45$

Trick: 90 counts each handshake twice (A–B and B–A); halve it. Option 90 is the trap.

Answer: (B) 45

Concept: Compare each letter with its code to find the shift, then apply to the new word.

1. N→O, B→C, T→U, U→V, F→G, S→T → each letter +1.
2. MASTER: M→N, A→B, S→T, T→U, E→F, R→S
3. Code = NBTUFS

Trick: M+1 = N, so the code must start with N; then A+1 = B excludes NATUFT – only NBTUFS remains.

Answer: (A) NBTUFS

Concept: Same weekday repeats every 7 days; count odd days from a known date.

1. Two days after Tuesday = Thursday → 10th is Thursday.
2. $25-10=15$ days = 2 weeks + 1 odd day.
3. Thursday + 1 = Friday

Trick: Odd days = (difference in dates) mod 7 → $15mod7=1$ → move one day ahead.

Answer: (C) Friday

Concept: Most terms obey one rule; the term breaking it is wrong.

1. 18, 72, 144, 288 → each is double the previous.
2. So after 18 should come $18\times 2=36$.
3. $36\times 2=72$ ✓ – hence 37 is wrong.

Trick: All correct terms here are multiples of 9; 37 is not – it stands out instantly.

Answer: (A) 37

Concept: Each position of the cluster jumps by the same number of letters.

1. Position 1: H(8) → M(13) → R(18): gap +5, so next = 23 = W.
2. Position 2: K → P → U, next U+5 = Z.
3. Position 3: O → T → Y, next Y+5 = 25+5 = 30 − 26 = 4 = D.

Trick: Check only the first letter: R+5 = W; only option (D) starts with W.

Answer: (D) WZD

Concept: Find the option identical to the sample in every word, number and PIN.

1. Sample begins with 'Jantar Mantar, Gangori Bazaar'.
2. Options (A), (B), (C) begin with 'S-50, Gokul Dham' – a completely different address.
3. Option (D) reproduces every part, ending 'Rajasthan - 302002'.

Trick: Match the first word first – three options are rejected in one glance.

Answer: (D) Jantar Mantar, Gangori Bazaar, Near City Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan - 302002

Concept: Exact copy means even commas, dots and spellings must match.

1. (B): no comma after 27 and 'SG' without dots – rejected.
2. (C): 'SG.' instead of 'S.G.' – rejected.
3. (D): 'S.G' missing last dot and 'Ahmadabad' spelling – rejected.
4. (A) is identical.

Trick: Scan the tricky part ('S.G.') across options; only one keeps both dots plus the comma.

Answer: (A) 27, Black Orchid Complex, S.G. Highway, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 380054

Concept: A conclusion follows only if it is a reasonable inference, not an extreme claim.

1. More people cycling suggests growing concern for clean, low-pollution travel – I is a fair inference.
2. II says car sales have 'stopped' – nothing in the statement supports a total halt.
3. So only I follows.

Trick: Words like 'stopped', 'completely', 'all', 'never' usually make a conclusion invalid.

Answer: (A) Only I follows

Concept: The event that happens first and triggers action is the cause.

1. Rising road accidents is a problem that already exists.
2. A government safety campaign is a response to that problem.
3. So II (accidents up) is the cause, I (campaign) is the effect.

Trick: Government action/steps are almost always the EFFECT of some problem.

Answer: (B) II is the cause and I is the effect.

Concept: Differences between terms fall by a fixed amount (10).

1. 346 − 256 = 90, 256 − 176 = 80 → next gaps should be 70, 60, 50.
2. 176 − 70 = 106, but series shows 104.
3. Check: 106 − 60 = 46 ✓, 46 − 50 = −4 ✓. So 104 is wrong.

Trick: Work from both ends: 46 + 50 = −4 back-check confirms the tail; the misfit lies in the middle.

Answer: (A) 104

Concept: Two terms can be compared only if the signs between them point the same way.

1. I: B = C ≤ D < E → all signs open towards E, so B < E is TRUE.
2. II: C ≤ D < E ≥ F → sign reverses at E, so C and F cannot be compared.
3. Only I is true.

Trick: Opposite signs (< … ≥) between two terms = no definite relation.

Answer: (A) Only Conclusion I is True.

Concept: Swap the given pair of signs and evaluate using BODMAS.

1. Swap × and ÷: $92÷23-18+9\times 3$.
2. $92÷23=4$; $9\times 3=27$.
3. $4-18+27=13$ ✓.

Trick: 92 is a multiple of 23 – a strong hint that ÷ should come between them.

Answer: (B) × and ÷

Concept: Replace each symbol by its meaning, then apply BODMAS.

1. 16 ÷ 16 − 32 + 3 × 10 → $16\times 16÷32-3+10$.
2. $256÷32=8$.
3. $8-3+10=15$.

Trick: Rewrite the full expression once before calculating – avoids mixing old and new signs.

Answer: (B) 15

Concept: Count generations: son's daughter is two generations below.

1. W is R's son → one generation below R.
2. X is W's daughter → two generations below R.
3. So X is R's granddaughter.

Trick: 'Only son' / 'only daughter' are just fillers – trace the generations.

Answer: (C) Granddaughter