SSC CGL — Tier 1 — 2025 — 16 Sep 2025 (Shift I) — Official Paper — Kerala PSC PYQ Practice with Answers

Correct answer (Option B):\nLet us break down the statement made by Suresh step-by-step to understand the blood relationship.\n1. 'My father' refers to Suresh's father.\n2. 'The only daughter of my father' means Suresh's sister (since she is the only daughter of his father).\n3. 'She is the daughter of the only daughter of my father' simplifies to 'She is the daughter of Suresh's sister'.\n4. A sister's daughter is formally known as a niece.\nTherefore, the girl is Suresh's niece.\n\nWhy others are wrong:\nOption A is incorrect because a daughter refers to one's own female child, not a sister's child. Option C is incorrect because a cousin represents a child of one's aunt or uncle. Option D is incorrect because a sister represents a sibling sharing the same parents, whereas this girl belongs to the next generation.\n\nStudy tip:\nIn blood relation problems involving statements, decode the sentence backwards starting from 'my' to accurately map generations and associations.

Correct answer (Option A):\nThis is a data-matching question requiring strict visual verification of characters, abbreviations, spacing, and numbers.\n- The original text is: 'Flat 18, Emerald Tower, MG Road, Pune, Maharashtra - 411001'.\n- Option A contains this exact string letter-for-letter and digit-for-digit without variations.\nHence, Option A is the identical match.\n\nWhy others are wrong:\nOption B is incorrect because it changes 'MG Road' to 'MG Rd' and alters the pincode to '411010'. Option C is incorrect because it pluralizes 'Tower' to 'Towers' and completely omits the state name 'Maharashtra'. Option D is incorrect because it introduces an extra hyphen in 'Flat-18' and changes the final digit of the pincode from '1' to '2'.\n\nStudy tip:\nWhen checking text similarity in administrative reasoning tasks, verify segments methodically from left to right, focusing closely on numeric digits, punctuation marks, plural forms, and abbreviations.

Correct answer (Option A):\nLet us list the specified letters from the base word 'SILENT':\n- 1st letter = S\n- 2nd letter = I\n- 3rd letter = L\n- 6th letter = T\n\nThe target letters are {S, I, L, T}. We need to rearrange these four letters to build meaningful standard English words using each letter exactly once per word.\nLet us test the combinations:\n1. LITS (plural of lit, slang/historical variation, less standard, let's evaluate primary anagrams)\n2. SLIT (a long, narrow cut or opening)\n3. SILT (fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water)\n4. LIST (a number of connected items or names written consecutively)\n\nThe standard primary English dictionary words formed are 'LIST', 'SILT', and 'SLIT'. This gives exactly a count of three words.\nThus, Option A is correct.\n\nWhy others are wrong:\nOptions B, C, and D are incorrect because they state counts of two, five, or zero respectively, which do not match the factual total of three validated words derived from the letter set.\n\nStudy tip:\nIn word-formation puzzles, systematically fix the starting letter to uncover anagram structures (e.g., words starting with L, S, etc.) to ensure no valid permutations are missed.

Correct answer (Option D):\nLet us convert each letter of the alphabet series to its corresponding numerical rank order position (where A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, ..., Z = 26).\n- A = 1\n- D = 4\n- I = 9\n- P = 16\n\nAnalyzing the resulting sequence of numerical positions:\n1, 4, 9, 16\nThese numbers are consecutive perfect squares:\n1 = 1²\n4 = 2²\n9 = 3²\n16 = 4²\n\nFollowing this mathematical square pattern, the next term in the series must correspond to the square of 5:\n5² = 25\nLooking up the 25th letter of the English alphabet gives 'Y'.\nTherefore, Option D is correct.\n\nWhy others are wrong:\nOption A (V) corresponds to position 22. Option B (U) corresponds to position 21. Option C (W) corresponds to position 23. None of these values match the required square position of 25.\n\nStudy tip:\nAlways memorize the forward and backward numerical positions of all English alphabets (EJOTY rule) to quickly recognize underlying mathematical progressions like arithmetic differences or perfect squares.

Correct answer (Option C):\nLet us find the coding rule by determining the standard alphabetical positional values for each word.\nFor CAT:\nC = 3, A = 1, T = 20\nSum of positions = 3 + 1 + 20 = 24\n\nFor DOG:\nD = 4, O = 15, G = 7\nSum of positions = 4 + 15 + 7 = 26\n\nThe coding logic is the direct summation of the positional numerical values of the letters.\nNow, let us apply this rule to the word BIRD:\nB = 2\nI = 9\nR = 18\nD = 4\n\nSumming these values:\nTotal = 2 + 9 + 18 + 4\nTotal = 11 + 18 + 4 = 33\nThus, BIRD is coded as 33, making Option C correct.\n\nWhy others are wrong:\nOptions A (26), B (29), and D (30) do not match the calculated sum of 33 based on the positional values of the letters B, I, R, and D.\n\nStudy tip:\nWhen encountering word-to-number codes, check the sum of standard forward positions first. If that fails, test the reverse positions (Z = 1) or look for vowel/consonant multipliers.