SSC CGL Classification Mock Test 2026: Odd One Out Reasoning Questions
Classification questions are usually short, but they can still waste time when two options look similar for different reasons. The main skill is not guessing the strange option. You have to find the exact rule shared by three choices and then remove the option that breaks that rule. This mock gives you focused Odd One Out practice across words, numbers, letters, relationships and figures.
Many students try to solve Odd One Out questions by checking every option separately. That makes the question slower. A better method is to search for one common property among three options. It may be the same category, number property, alphabet gap, pair relationship or figure rule. Once that common rule becomes clear, the odd option is usually easy to identify.
This SSC CGL Classification Mock Test 2026 contains 25 original Odd One Out Reasoning Questions. You will practise Semantic Classification, Number Classification, Letter Classification, relationship-based classification and basic Figural Classification. The questions are mixed so that you learn to identify the type quickly instead of applying the same trick everywhere.
The 2026 Tier-I indicative syllabus specifically lists Semantic Classification, Symbolic/Number Classification and Figural Classification under General Intelligence and Reasoning. Tier-I Reasoning has 25 questions for 50 marks, a 15-minute sectional timer, and 0.50 mark negative marking for a wrong answer. This mock uses the same 25-question, 15-minute and +2/-0.50 practice framework. Open the official SSC CGL 2026 notice.
Do not hunt for the odd option first
Start by grouping three options. If the first rule does not clearly separate one choice, try a stronger property. For numbers, do not stop at even or odd when three choices may share a more specific factor, square or cube pattern.
Your Odd One Out Result
Classification-type accuracy
Use this report to see whether you are slower in word classification, number properties, letter patterns, pair relations or figure-based logic.
Detailed Answers and Pattern Rules
Each answer below explains the common property and why one option is different. The detailed answer text is kept large for comfortable reading on laptop and mobile.
Submit your Classification test?
Check blank and review questions before the final submission.
What Types of Classification Questions Should You Practise?
Classification is not only a vocabulary chapter. SSC's official Reasoning syllabus includes semantic, number and figural classification, so your practice should cover more than simple word groups.
How to Improve Odd One Out Accuracy Without Memorising Tricks
After the mock, do not revise only the questions you got wrong. Write the rule that connected the three correct-group options. For example, instead of writing "45 was wrong", write "16, 25 and 36 are perfect squares". This makes the rule reusable in a new question.
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SSC CGL Classification Mock Test FAQs
Yes. The official Tier-I indicative syllabus specifically lists Semantic Classification, Symbolic/Number Classification and Figural Classification.
No. Tier-I General Intelligence and Reasoning has 25 questions from the complete Reasoning syllabus. This page uses 25 questions only for focused Classification and Odd One Out practice.
Find the strongest property shared by three options. Do not begin by trying to prove why one option is strange.
Check familiar properties such as prime numbers, squares, cubes, factors, multiples and a common arithmetic operation.
No. They can use letter gaps, opposite alphabet pairs, repeated letters, positions, sequences and coding-style relations.
The mock uses +2 for a correct answer, -0.50 for a wrong answer and 0 for an unattempted question as a Tier-I-style focused practice format.
