Odd One or Classification – Solved Examples

In SSC exams, one of the important topics in Reasoning is Odd One / Classification. Here you can check some of the solved examples.

Note: Five words or Numbers are given, out of which four are alike in a certain manner. You have to choose the odd one.

Example:

In each of the following questions, five words are given, out of which four are alike in a certain manner and the fifth one is different.

1. Choose the odd one
   a) chicken
   b) snake
   c) tortoise
   d) swan
   e) frog
   Answer – a) chicken
   Explanation :
   Except chicken all other can live in water.
2. Choose the odd one
   a) 187
   b) 136
   c) 141
   d) 238
   e) 289
   Answer – c) 141
   Explanation :
   except 141 all are divisible by 17.
3. Choose the odd one
   a) Babar
   b) Akbar
   c) sher shah
   d) Aurangzeb
   e) Jahangir
   Answer – c) sher shah
   Explanation :
   Except Sher shah all are mughals
4. Choose the odd one
   a) Rectangle
   b) square
   c) rhombus
   d) parallelogram
   e) triangle
   Answer – e) triangle
   Explanation :
   Except triangle all other have four vertices or sides