SSC CGL Word-Pair & Mixed Classification Questions 2026 — Free Chapter Wise Practice Test

Word-Pair & Mixed Classification Tests — Pick a Level and Start

Tap a level to see every test in it. Level 1 is set at real SSC CGL difficulty — start there the day you finish the concept. Level 2 is pitched above the exam, to push accuracy under pressure.

Every classification question gives four items where three share one property and one does not. Find what the three have in common first, in one short sentence, and only then pick the item that breaks it — looking for “the strange one” without a rule is how the trap options win.

Marks are lost in three places. The first is stopping at the first rule that works — four items can often be split two ways, and only a rule that leaves exactly one out is right. The second is picking the least familiar item instead of the one that breaks the rule. The third is missing the quieter property — at Level 2 all four share the obvious feature and a second one decides.

How Many Word-Pair & Mixed Classification Questions Are Asked in SSC CGL?

Classification (odd one out) is one of the steadiest chapters in SSC CGL reasoning — usually two to three questions in every Tier I shift and a few more in Tier II Paper I. More than 300 verbal classification questions have appeared in SSC papers from 2010 to 2024, and they split into the five chapters below.

Shares are from SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, Steno and CPO papers, 2010–2024 (figure-based questions are counted under Figure Classification). Word-pair questions are a small share of the older papers but the format SSC now uses most in Tier II; practise all five chapters so no format surprises you.

What You Will Practice in the Word-Pair & Mixed Classification Chapter

Word pairs

• Same-meaning and opposite-meaning pairs, degree and gender pairs
• Member and class, part and whole, raw material and product
• Worker and tool, worker and workplace, place and activity
• Object and attribute — shape, number of sides, unit, capital or currency

Word groups

• Three group nouns, three members of one class, three words in size or stage order
• Sequence and scale — stage and next stage, smaller and bigger unit, cause and effect

Letters and numbers together

• Letter-cluster pairs — rearranged, shifted, reversed or mirrored
• Letter–number terms — a letter with its position, its square or its reverse
• A word written as its position numbers, and letter–number chains

Relationships worth recognising instantly

Say the relationship of each pair as a sentence and test all four with it — the odd pair is the one that needs a different sentence.

The three mistakes that cost the most marks

• Matching the topic instead of the relationship. Doctor : Hospital and Tailor : Needle are both about work, but one is a place and the other a tool.
• Reading a pair in the wrong direction. Part : Whole and Whole : Part are different rules; keep the order the same in all four.
• Treating letter-number terms as words. K–11 is a letter and its position, not a coded word; compute the value.

Solved Examples — SSC CGL Word-Pair & Mixed Classification Questions

How the Word-Pair & Mixed Classification Chapter Tests Work

• 25 questions per test, with a full question palette — answered, skipped, marked for review, not visited.
• Every question type in every level — the formats of this chapter are spread across the tests so no pattern is missed.
• Optional 15-minute timer — with the clock to build exam speed, without it while you are still learning the chapter.
• Marking: +2 correct, −0.5 wrong, 0 unattempted — the same scheme as the real paper.
• Solutions, shortcut tricks and concept notes open after you submit, question by question — every wrong option is explained too.
• English and हिंदी, chosen at the start of every test.
• Free with a TrickySSC account — sign in once with Google or your mobile number, and every test is open to you.

How to Prepare Word-Pair & Mixed Classification for SSC CGL

1. Name the relationship of each pair in one sentence. The odd pair is the one that needs a different sentence.
2. Keep the direction fixed. Compare all four pairs in the same order, first word to second.
3. Narrow the rule if two pairs seem to fit. “Both are jobs” becomes “the first uses the second as a tool”.
4. For letters, convert to positions. A = 1 to Z = 26 shows the shift, the reverse and the total in seconds.
5. Look for the quieter relationship at Level 2. When every pair is an antonym, compare degree, direction or intensity.
6. Do Level 1 untimed first, then with the 15-minute clock. Move to Level 2 once Level 1 is steady, and then check yourself on a previous year paper.

Related SSC CGL Reasoning Chapters

Word-pair and mixed classification shares its skill — naming a relationship precisely — with word analogy and mixed analogy. Practising them together makes each one faster.

All SSC CGL Chapter Wise Tests

Every chapter below has its own free Level 1 and Level 2 tests with full solutions.

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