Figure Puzzles Aptitude MCQ Questions with Answers Set 02

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The two rows of beads and squares are identical, so the missing part of the lower row copies the part above it.
2. Above the blank the beads read: circle, line, three black squares.
3. The triangles below must be the '/' type. Figure (d) shows a circle with three squares over '/' triangles.

Teacher's Note:
1. Follow each row or band of the pattern across the blank; the missing piece must continue every line and repeat every element in order.
2. Compare small details such as the number of dots, squares or lines, since options often differ only in one such detail.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The arrows pointing left form a stepped block in the lower right part.
2. In the missing position both arrows must be the feathered, left-pointing type that continues the block.
3. Figure (d) shows two feathered arrows pointing left.

Teacher's Note:
1. Follow each row or band of the pattern across the blank; the missing piece must continue every line and repeat every element in order.
2. Compare small details such as the number of dots, squares or lines, since options often differ only in one such detail.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The pattern is made of vertical strips with chevrons; at the height of the blank the chevrons point upwards.
2. The missing piece must therefore show the upward chevrons in the strips.
3. Figure (c) matches this.

Teacher's Note:
1. Follow each row or band of the pattern across the blank; the missing piece must continue every line and repeat every element in order.
2. Compare small details such as the number of dots, squares or lines, since options often differ only in one such detail.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The figure is symmetric about its horizontal middle line.
2. Mirroring the top-left quarter, the bottom-left quarter needs a horizontal line near its top, a diagonal from its top-left to bottom-right corner, and a double line rising from the bottom left.
3. Figure (c) contains exactly these lines.

Teacher's Note:
1. Follow each row or band of the pattern across the blank; the missing piece must continue every line and repeat every element in order.
2. Compare small details such as the number of dots, squares or lines, since options often differ only in one such detail.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The pattern repeats a grid of bone shapes joined by short bars.
2. In the missing position the shapes from the neighbouring cells must continue: half-bones at the top and bottom joined by a central square bar.
3. Figure (c) continues these shapes correctly.

Teacher's Note:
1. Follow each row or band of the pattern across the blank; the missing piece must continue every line and repeat every element in order.
2. Compare small details such as the number of dots, squares or lines, since options often differ only in one such detail.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. Each quarter has two chevrons: one pointing sideways and one pointing up or down.
2. Top-left has '>' and 'V'; top-right has '<' and 'V'; bottom-left has '>' and an inverted V. So moving right flips the sideways chevron and moving down flips the vertical one.
3. The bottom-right quarter needs '<' and an inverted V, which is figure (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Look for symmetry: the missing part is usually the mirror image or rotation of the quarter opposite or beside it.
2. Mentally place each option in the blank and check that every line meets the lines of the neighbouring parts.

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. The half-shaded circles turn as we go round the square: bottom half shaded, then top half, then left half.
2. The next position needs the right half shaded.
3. Figure (a) has a circle with its right half shaded on the same diagonal design.

Teacher's Note:
1. Look for symmetry: the missing part is usually the mirror image or rotation of the quarter opposite or beside it.
2. Mentally place each option in the blank and check that every line meets the lines of the neighbouring parts.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. All cells have the same hatched frame slanting like '/'.
2. The inner diagonals: top-left '/', top-right '\', bottom-left '\'; diagonally opposite cells match, so the bottom-right cell has '/'.
3. Figure (b) has '/' hatching and a '/' inner diagonal.

Teacher's Note:
1. Look for symmetry: the missing part is usually the mirror image or rotation of the quarter opposite or beside it.
2. Mentally place each option in the blank and check that every line meets the lines of the neighbouring parts.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. Every half-cell in the figure is cut by a diagonal running from bottom-left to top-right.
2. The missing cell must have both halves cut the same way.
3. Figure (c) shows two such diagonals.

Teacher's Note:
1. Look for symmetry: the missing part is usually the mirror image or rotation of the quarter opposite or beside it.
2. Mentally place each option in the blank and check that every line meets the lines of the neighbouring parts.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The petals turn 90° clockwise from one quarter to the next: top-left, top-right, bottom-right.
2. Turning the bottom-right petal 90° clockwise gives a petal on the '/' diagonal shaded on its lower-right side.
3. This is figure (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Look for symmetry: the missing part is usually the mirror image or rotation of the quarter opposite or beside it.
2. Mentally place each option in the blank and check that every line meets the lines of the neighbouring parts.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The three given cells are identical: a cross of diagonals with dotted lines through the exact centre.
2. The missing cell must be the same.
3. In figure (b) the dotted lines pass through the centre; in (a) they are off-centre.

Teacher's Note:
1. Look for symmetry: the missing part is usually the mirror image or rotation of the quarter opposite or beside it.
2. Mentally place each option in the blank and check that every line meets the lines of the neighbouring parts.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. In each row, the figure in the second column is the first figure turned upside down with the colours of background and shapes swapped.
2. The first figure of the second row is a pentagon design on a white background.
3. So the missing figure is the inverted pentagon design on a coloured background: figure (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Check the rule along rows first and then along columns; the rule usually involves rotation, inversion or a change in count or shading.
2. Once a rule fits two complete rows, apply it to the incomplete row to predict the missing cell before looking at the options.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. Along each row, the circle-with-arrow and the dot move clockwise around the corners of the cell.
2. In the middle row the circle goes from bottom-left (first cell) to top-right (third cell), so in the middle cell it is at top-left with its arrow pointing right, and the dot is at bottom-right.
3. This is figure (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. Check the rule along rows first and then along columns; the rule usually involves rotation, inversion or a change in count or shading.
2. Once a rule fits two complete rows, apply it to the incomplete row to predict the missing cell before looking at the options.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. Each row shows the same idea in three forms; in every cell exactly half of the shape is black.
2. In the third column the shape is divided by a diagonal, with the black part on the lower left.
3. So the bottom-right cell is the L-shape cut by a diagonal with its lower-left half black: figure (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Check the rule along rows first and then along columns; the rule usually involves rotation, inversion or a change in count or shading.
2. Once a rule fits two complete rows, apply it to the incomplete row to predict the missing cell before looking at the options.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. Each row contains cells with 4, 3 and 2 squares (first row: 4, 3, 2 dotted squares; third row: 3, 2, 4 white squares).
2. The second row already has 2 and 4 striped squares, so its missing cell must have 3 striped squares.
3. Figure (c) shows three striped squares.

Teacher's Note:
1. Check the rule along rows first and then along columns; the rule usually involves rotation, inversion or a change in count or shading.
2. Once a rule fits two complete rows, apply it to the incomplete row to predict the missing cell before looking at the options.

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. Along each row the whole design turns 90° clockwise from cell to cell.
2. Turning the first cell of the middle row 90° clockwise gives an arrow pointing left, the circle on top, and the three small squares along the bottom as white, striped, grey from left to right.
3. This is figure (a).

Teacher's Note:
1. Check the rule along rows first and then along columns; the rule usually involves rotation, inversion or a change in count or shading.
2. Once a rule fits two complete rows, apply it to the incomplete row to predict the missing cell before looking at the options.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. Along each row the figure turns 90° clockwise from the first cell to the second.
2. Turning the first cell of the third row: the grey-tipped arrow goes to the top, the middle arrow becomes horizontal with its black tip on the left and white tip on the right, and the black arrow goes to the bottom.
3. This is figure (c).

Teacher's Note:
1. Check the rule along rows first and then along columns; the rule usually involves rotation, inversion or a change in count or shading.
2. Once a rule fits two complete rows, apply it to the incomplete row to predict the missing cell before looking at the options.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The shape turns 90° clockwise from one cell to the next, and the outlines repeat in the order solid, dashed, dotted.
2. The cross inside appears in alternate cells in the same order.
3. Following these rules, the missing cell is the solid-outline shape with a cross pointing left: figure (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Check the rule along rows first and then along columns; the rule usually involves rotation, inversion or a change in count or shading.
2. Once a rule fits two complete rows, apply it to the incomplete row to predict the missing cell before looking at the options.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. Each column has the inner figures circle, square and cross in some order.
2. The middle column has a cross and a circle inside, so the missing cell needs a square inside the cross-shaped frame.
3. Figure (b) is the cross-shaped frame with a square inside.

Teacher's Note:
1. Check the rule along rows first and then along columns; the rule usually involves rotation, inversion or a change in count or shading.
2. Once a rule fits two complete rows, apply it to the incomplete row to predict the missing cell before looking at the options.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The pieces are a triangle, a narrow strip with a step, and two tall pieces with slanting tops.
2. In figure (c) the stepped strip fits at the top centre, the triangle fills the bottom between the two slanting lines, and the two tall pieces fill the left and right sides.
3. So figure (c) can be formed from the pieces.

Teacher's Note:
1. Match the most distinctive piece (an odd angle, a step or a notch) first; this quickly removes options that do not contain its outline.
2. Pieces may be turned around, but their shapes and relative sizes cannot change, and no piece may be left over or overlap.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The pieces are two right triangles, a smaller triangle and a five-sided piece with a slanting top.
2. In figure (b) the vertical middle line and the slanting line make the two right triangles on the left half, and the line on the right half makes the small triangle and the five-sided piece.
3. Hence figure (b) is formed.

Teacher's Note:
1. Match the most distinctive piece (an odd angle, a step or a notch) first; this quickly removes options that do not contain its outline.
2. Pieces may be turned around, but their shapes and relative sizes cannot change, and no piece may be left over or overlap.

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. The circle must be made from all the given pieces, with the black triangle at the top and the black crescent at the lower left.
2. The small circle lies in the same piece as the black crescent, and the small square lies in the triangular piece on the right.
3. Only figure (a) keeps both marks in these positions.

Teacher's Note:
1. Match the most distinctive piece (an odd angle, a step or a notch) first; this quickly removes options that do not contain its outline.
2. Pieces may be turned around, but their shapes and relative sizes cannot change, and no piece may be left over or overlap.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The four blocks are squares cut by a diagonal, each with a U or inverted U, a small circle, an arrow or a black corner.
2. Placing the blocks as given, each mark keeps its place: arrows on the '\' diagonals, black corners at the outer corners.
3. Figure (d) shows all marks in these places.

Teacher's Note:
1. Match the most distinctive piece (an odd angle, a step or a notch) first; this quickly removes options that do not contain its outline.
2. Pieces may be turned around, but their shapes and relative sizes cannot change, and no piece may be left over or overlap.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The first figure has one vertical line near the left end and one line at the top and two lines at the bottom.
2. The second figure has one line at the top and two vertical lines near the right end.
3. Together: one line on the left, two on the right, one at the top and two at the bottom. This is figure (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. When one figure is placed on another, every line and every shaded part of both figures appears in the result.
2. Count the lines or shaded cells in each position of both figures; the correct option shows their exact union, nothing more.

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. The first figure has its four corner cells shaded.
2. The second figure has the centre cell and the bottom-right cell shaded.
3. Together the four corners and the centre are shaded, as in figure (a).

Teacher's Note:
1. When one figure is placed on another, every line and every shaded part of both figures appears in the result.
2. Count the lines or shaded cells in each position of both figures; the correct option shows their exact union, nothing more.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The question figure has a diagonal from bottom-left to top-right, a narrow open strip at the top left and a narrow strip at the bottom right.
2. In figure (d) the main diagonal, the vertical line near the left joined at the top and the vertical line near the right joined at the bottom form this figure.
3. So the figure is embedded in (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. The hidden figure must appear in the same orientation; trace its longest line first, then check the smaller parts one by one.
2. Extra lines crossing the hidden figure are allowed, but every line of the question figure must be present in the answer.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The question figure is a right triangle with its slanting side rising from bottom-left to top-right, plus a short top line and a vertical line meeting the slanting side.
2. In figure (c) the diagonal of the square, the right and bottom edges, the top edge and the upper half of the vertical middle line form exactly this figure.
3. Figures (a) and (b) have their diagonals in the other direction, so the answer is (c).

Teacher's Note:
1. The hidden figure must appear in the same orientation; trace its longest line first, then check the smaller parts one by one.
2. Extra lines crossing the hidden figure are allowed, but every line of the question figure must be present in the answer.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The question figure is a triangle with a zig-zag arm on each side.
2. In figure (d) the body of the figure is the triangle and the raised arms form the two zig-zags.
3. So the figure is embedded in (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. The hidden figure must appear in the same orientation; trace its longest line first, then check the smaller parts one by one.
2. Extra lines crossing the hidden figure are allowed, but every line of the question figure must be present in the answer.

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. The question figure has a top line with two slanting lines going in, a short horizontal step, a right side and a bottom line.
2. In figure (a) the top edge, the diagonals from the top corners, a grid line, the right edge and the bottom edge form this shape.
3. Hence the figure is embedded in (a).

Teacher's Note:
1. The hidden figure must appear in the same orientation; trace its longest line first, then check the smaller parts one by one.
2. Extra lines crossing the hidden figure are allowed, but every line of the question figure must be present in the answer.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The question figure is a diamond whose lower sides end in two short horizontal feet.
2. In figure (b) the diamond is formed by lines joining the midpoints of the sides, and the bottom edge gives the feet.
3. So the figure is embedded in (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. The hidden figure must appear in the same orientation; trace its longest line first, then check the smaller parts one by one.
2. Extra lines crossing the hidden figure are allowed, but every line of the question figure must be present in the answer.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The question figure is a banner: top line, bottom line, a notch cut into the right side and an open left side.
2. In figure (c) the top and bottom edges, the left edge and the notch on the right side form this banner.
3. Hence the answer is (c).

Teacher's Note:
1. The hidden figure must appear in the same orientation; trace its longest line first, then check the smaller parts one by one.
2. Extra lines crossing the hidden figure are allowed, but every line of the question figure must be present in the answer.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The figure has a point where four lines meet: one goes almost straight up, one down-left, one down-right and an arrow up-right.
2. In figure (c) the vertical middle line meets the arrow from the bottom-left corner; this arrow continues up-right, and the line from the bottom-right corner also passes through this point.
3. The line from the top-middle to the bottom-left corner closes the triangle, so the figure is embedded in (c).

Teacher's Note:
1. The hidden figure must appear in the same orientation; trace its longest line first, then check the smaller parts one by one.
2. Extra lines crossing the hidden figure are allowed, but every line of the question figure must be present in the answer.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The question figure is an arrow-shaped band with a notch on the left and a point on the right.
2. Figure (b) has a pointed right end and a notch formed by two lines on the left side.
3. So the figure is embedded in (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. The hidden figure must appear in the same orientation; trace its longest line first, then check the smaller parts one by one.
2. Extra lines crossing the hidden figure are allowed, but every line of the question figure must be present in the answer.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The given figure has two lines from the top middle to the bottom corners, a vertical middle line and parts of the outer square.
2. In figure (b) both slanting lines from the top middle to the two bottom corners are present along with the vertical middle line.
3. Figure (a) has only one such line, so the answer is (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. The hidden figure must appear in the same orientation; trace its longest line first, then check the smaller parts one by one.
2. Extra lines crossing the hidden figure are allowed, but every line of the question figure must be present in the answer.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The given figure has two small squares touching at a corner, a steep line going down-left and a less steep line going up-right from the touching point.
2. In figure (c) the square is split into four small squares, and from the centre a steep line goes down-left and a gentle line goes up-right.
3. In (a) the up-right line is steep and in (d) it is at 45°, so the answer is (c).

Teacher's Note:
1. The hidden figure must appear in the same orientation; trace its longest line first, then check the smaller parts one by one.
2. Extra lines crossing the hidden figure are allowed, but every line of the question figure must be present in the answer.