Non Verbal Analogies Aptitude MCQ Questions with Answers Set 01

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. From the first figure to the second, the figure turns through 180 degrees.
2. At the same time the shading of the two leaves is interchanged: the black leaf becomes white and the white leaf becomes black.
3. Turning the third figure through 180 degrees and swapping the shading gives answer figure (a).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rotation questions, track one small, distinctive part (a dot, an arrow tip, a shaded leaf) instead of the whole figure.
2. Turning the page in your mind by 90 or 180 degrees is faster than redrawing; check the direction (clockwise or anticlockwise) on a second element.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The second figure keeps only the lower half of each element of the first figure.
2. So the third figure (black circle and triangle) should be reduced to the lower half of the black circle and the lower half of the triangle.
3. Answer figure (c) shows exactly these two lower halves.

Teacher's Note:
1. List every change from the first figure to the second: shape, size, position, shading, number of parts.
2. Apply all the changes to the third figure, then eliminate options that fail even one of them.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The lower part of the left element of the first figure becomes the upper part of the second figure, shifted to the other side.
2. The upper part of the right element becomes the lower part, also shifted to the other side and keeping its vertical line; the other two halves are removed.
3. Doing the same with the third figure gives answer figure (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. List every change from the first figure to the second: shape, size, position, shading, number of parts.
2. Apply all the changes to the third figure, then eliminate options that fail even one of them.

Answer: (b) Pair (b)

Explanation:
1. In the given pair, the second figure has a copy of the first figure as its inner element.
2. Its outer element is the same shape, enlarged and turned upside down (the triangle becomes an inverted triangle).
3. Only pair (b) does this: a small pentagon inside a larger, inverted pentagon.

Teacher's Note:
1. In pair questions, first state the rule of the given pair in one sentence, then test each pair against it.
2. Reject a pair as soon as it breaks one part of the rule; usually only one pair keeps every detail.

Answer: (a) Pair (a)

Explanation:
1. In the given pair, the second figure is the first figure rotated through 180 degrees (the arrow at the bottom pointing up ends at the top pointing down).
2. In pair (a), the second figure is also the first one rotated through 180 degrees.
3. The other pairs show flips or changed parts, not a 180 degree rotation.

Teacher's Note:
1. For rotation questions, track one small, distinctive part (a dot, an arrow tip, a shaded leaf) instead of the whole figure.
2. Turning the page in your mind by 90 or 180 degrees is faster than redrawing; check the direction (clockwise or anticlockwise) on a second element.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. In the first figure two open halves face away from each other; the left one holds a star and the right one a small rectangle.
2. In the second figure the two halves join into one closed shape and the two symbols swap sides (rectangle left, star right).
3. So the two brackets of the third figure join into a closed square and T and C swap sides, giving C on the left and T on the right: figure (c).

Teacher's Note:
1. When two elements change places, check whether their markings travel with them or stay behind.
2. Count dots, crosses and lines carefully; one wrong count is the usual trap in such options.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The second figure is the first figure rotated 90 degrees clockwise: the bracket with the arrow moves from the left side to the top, and the curved arc moves from the right to the bottom.
2. Rotating the third figure 90 degrees clockwise puts the bracket on the left (with its small foot at the bottom-left) and the arc on the right with its arrow at the bottom.
3. The ellipse stays on the bracket's line and the two short strokes stay on the arc, which matches figure (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rotation questions, track one small, distinctive part (a dot, an arrow tip, a shaded leaf) instead of the whole figure.
2. Turning the page in your mind by 90 or 180 degrees is faster than redrawing; check the direction (clockwise or anticlockwise) on a second element.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. In the first pair, the inner triangle becomes the large outer figure, the double-lined square disappears, and a small black square appears inside the triangle.
2. In the third figure the inner shape is an inverted triangle.
3. So the answer is a large inverted triangle containing a small black square: figure (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Inside-outside questions often swap the roles of the inner and outer shapes; note which one becomes the frame.
2. Also check orientation (upright or inverted) and shading of each shape after the swap.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The two lines inside the square turn through 45 degrees (a plus sign becomes a cross).
2. The dot also moves 45 degrees clockwise, from the top-left part to the top part.
3. Doing the same to the circle gives a circle with a cross and the dot in the top part: figure (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rotation questions, track one small, distinctive part (a dot, an arrow tip, a shaded leaf) instead of the whole figure.
2. Turning the page in your mind by 90 or 180 degrees is faster than redrawing; check the direction (clockwise or anticlockwise) on a second element.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The arrowhead in the first figure points to the upper right; in the second it points straight down.
2. So the arrow turns 135 degrees clockwise.
3. The arrow in the third figure points up; turning it 135 degrees clockwise makes it point to the lower right, as in figure (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rotation questions, track one small, distinctive part (a dot, an arrow tip, a shaded leaf) instead of the whole figure.
2. Turning the page in your mind by 90 or 180 degrees is faster than redrawing; check the direction (clockwise or anticlockwise) on a second element.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The second figure is the first figure rotated through 180 degrees: J P turned upside down reads as d and an inverted J, in reversed order.
2. Rotating E T through 180 degrees gives an inverted T followed by a reversed, upside-down E.
3. Figure (b) shows exactly this; (a) keeps the E unreversed and (c), (d) are other turns.

Teacher's Note:
1. A mirror image swaps left and right; a water image swaps top and bottom; a 180 degree rotation does both.
2. Check text, arrows and hatching direction to tell a flip from a rotation.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The middle shape of the first figure (a triangle, 3 sides) becomes an outer frame with one more side (a square, 4 sides).
2. The top and bottom elements are turned through 90 degrees and placed inside, the top one above the bottom one.
3. In the third figure the middle shape is a square, so the frame is a pentagon; the W-shape goes on top and the T below, turned: figure (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. Counting sides, lines or parts is a common hidden rule in figure analogies.
2. Write the counts for both figures of the given pair, then look for the same arithmetic link in the options.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The first figure has 4 curved arcs, each with 2 small marks: 8 marks in all, and the second figure is a circle cut into 8 parts by 8 radii.
2. The third figure has 4 straight brackets, each with 1 mark: 4 marks in all.
3. So the answer is a square (straight sides) divided by 4 lines from the centre: the square with a plus sign, figure (c).

Teacher's Note:
1. Counting sides, lines or parts is a common hidden rule in figure analogies.
2. Write the counts for both figures of the given pair, then look for the same arithmetic link in the options.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The three shapes in a row are placed one inside another: the rightmost becomes the outermost and the leftmost becomes the innermost.
2. Square, circle, triangle becomes triangle outside, circle in the middle, square inside.
3. Triangle, square, circle therefore becomes circle outside, square in the middle, triangle inside: figure (c).

Teacher's Note:
1. Inside-outside questions often swap the roles of the inner and outer shapes; note which one becomes the frame.
2. Also check orientation (upright or inverted) and shading of each shape after the swap.

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. A small copy of the outer shape is added at the centre, and the lines now stop at this small shape instead of crossing it.
2. The third figure is a rectangle with its two diagonals.
3. So the answer is the same rectangle with a small square at the centre and the diagonals running only from the corners to the small square: figure (a).

Teacher's Note:
1. List every change from the first figure to the second: shape, size, position, shading, number of parts.
2. Apply all the changes to the third figure, then eliminate options that fail even one of them.

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. The plain circle becomes a circle divided into 8 equal parts by 4 lines (two straight and two slanting).
2. So the plain diamond should be divided by the same 4 lines: vertical, horizontal and both diagonals.
3. Only figure (a) has all four lines.

Teacher's Note:
1. Counting sides, lines or parts is a common hidden rule in figure analogies.
2. Write the counts for both figures of the given pair, then look for the same arithmetic link in the options.

Answer: (a) Pair (a)

Explanation:
1. In the given pair, the circle is divided into 4 parts and the second figure has 3 sides: number of sides = number of parts minus 1.
2. Pair (a): 6 parts and a pentagon (5 sides) fits.
3. Pair (c): 8 parts and 4 sides, and pair (d): 6 parts and 6 sides, do not fit; in pair (b) a triangle in 4 parts gives a circle, which also fails.

Teacher's Note:
1. Counting sides, lines or parts is a common hidden rule in figure analogies.
2. Write the counts for both figures of the given pair, then look for the same arithmetic link in the options.

Answer: (c) Pair (c)

Explanation:
1. In the given pair, the double-lined U opening upward turns 90 degrees clockwise so that it opens to the right.
2. In pair (c), the shape opening downward turns 90 degrees clockwise and opens to the left.
3. Pairs (a), (b) and (d) are 90 degree anticlockwise turns or not single turns of the same shape.

Teacher's Note:
1. For rotation questions, track one small, distinctive part (a dot, an arrow tip, a shaded leaf) instead of the whole figure.
2. Turning the page in your mind by 90 or 180 degrees is faster than redrawing; check the direction (clockwise or anticlockwise) on a second element.

Answer: (d) Pair (d)

Explanation:
1. In the given pair, a small upright triangle becomes a larger, inverted triangle.
2. In pair (d), a small house-shaped pentagon becomes a larger, inverted pentagon.
3. In (a) and (b) the shape is enlarged but not inverted, and in (c) it becomes smaller.

Teacher's Note:
1. In pair questions, first state the rule of the given pair in one sentence, then test each pair against it.
2. Reject a pair as soon as it breaks one part of the rule; usually only one pair keeps every detail.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The square is cut in half; the half containing the dot is removed and the half containing the cross is kept.
2. In the kept half, the cross is replaced by a dot at the same place.
3. For the hexagon, the half containing the cross (right half) is kept, with a dot at the lower right where the cross was: figure (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. List every change from the first figure to the second: shape, size, position, shading, number of parts.
2. Apply all the changes to the third figure, then eliminate options that fail even one of them.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The arrow turns 90 degrees anticlockwise: from the bottom pointing right to the right side pointing up.
2. The two triangles line up one behind the other and point the same way as the new arrow.
3. In the third figure the arrow on the left pointing down turns to the bottom pointing right, so the triangles point right in a row: figure (c).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rotation questions, track one small, distinctive part (a dot, an arrow tip, a shaded leaf) instead of the whole figure.
2. Turning the page in your mind by 90 or 180 degrees is faster than redrawing; check the direction (clockwise or anticlockwise) on a second element.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The two shapes exchange positions, each keeping its own kind of mark.
2. The numbers of marks are exchanged: the triangle's 2 plus signs become 4 and the circle's 4 dots become 2.
3. So the diamond moves to the top-left with 3 crosses and the pentagon moves to the bottom-right with 4 dots: figure (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. When two elements change places, check whether their markings travel with them or stay behind.
2. Count dots, crosses and lines carefully; one wrong count is the usual trap in such options.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The large dotted shape is turned upside down and the small white shape moves inside it.
2. The small shape is also turned upside down (it now sits inside the larger one).
3. So the dotted square contains the small triangle, now upright: figure (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. Inside-outside questions often swap the roles of the inner and outer shapes; note which one becomes the frame.
2. Also check orientation (upright or inverted) and shading of each shape after the swap.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The square (4 sides) becomes lines that cross at the centre with 4 dots at their ends, one dot for each side.
2. The triangle has 3 sides, so the answer must have 3 dotted ends on lines that cross at the centre.
3. In figure (b) the three lines pass through the centre and cross; in (a) they only meet there.

Teacher's Note:
1. Counting sides, lines or parts is a common hidden rule in figure analogies.
2. Write the counts for both figures of the given pair, then look for the same arithmetic link in the options.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The two diagonals turn into a vertical and a horizontal line (a 45 degree turn).
2. The dot disappears and the other symbol moves to the top-left part.
3. So the circle gets a plus sign, the dot is removed and the small triangle sits in the top-left part: figure (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. List every change from the first figure to the second: shape, size, position, shading, number of parts.
2. Apply all the changes to the third figure, then eliminate options that fail even one of them.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. Each figure has an outer and an inner three-sided frame, with a small circle resting at the bottom.
2. From the first figure to the second, the outer frame turns 90 degrees anticlockwise (open at the top becomes open at the left) and the inner frame turns 180 degrees; the circle stays at the bottom.
3. In the third figure the outer frame is open at the bottom and the inner at the top, so the answer has the outer frame open at the right, the inner frame open at the bottom and the circle at the bottom: figure (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rotation questions, track one small, distinctive part (a dot, an arrow tip, a shaded leaf) instead of the whole figure.
2. Turning the page in your mind by 90 or 180 degrees is faster than redrawing; check the direction (clockwise or anticlockwise) on a second element.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The outer and inner shapes exchange places: the diamond with a circle inside becomes a circle with a diamond inside.
2. The tail line moves from the lower right to the upper left.
3. So the hexagon containing a square becomes a square containing a hexagon, with the hooked line on the upper left: figure (c).

Teacher's Note:
1. Inside-outside questions often swap the roles of the inner and outer shapes; note which one becomes the frame.
2. Also check orientation (upright or inverted) and shading of each shape after the swap.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The inverted-V mark inside the first figure grows into a large triangle.
2. The outer frame shrinks and is placed in the middle of this triangle.
3. So the house-shaped pentagon becomes a small pentagon in the middle of a large triangle: figure (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. Inside-outside questions often swap the roles of the inner and outer shapes; note which one becomes the frame.
2. Also check orientation (upright or inverted) and shading of each shape after the swap.

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. The figure turns through 180 degrees: the hatched petal moves to the opposite side and the stalk now points the opposite way.
2. Then one more plain petal becomes hatched and the single stalk becomes two stalks.
3. Turning the third figure 180 degrees puts the hatched petal at the bottom and the stalk at the lower right; adding a hatched petal and a second stalk gives figure (a).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rotation questions, track one small, distinctive part (a dot, an arrow tip, a shaded leaf) instead of the whole figure.
2. Turning the page in your mind by 90 or 180 degrees is faster than redrawing; check the direction (clockwise or anticlockwise) on a second element.

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. The figure turns 180 degrees: the arrow on the top arm moves to the bottom and the arrow on the right arm moves to the left.
2. A symbol of the other kind (a dot) appears on the top arm, where an arrow was before.
3. Turning the third figure 180 degrees puts dots on the right and top arms; an arrow then appears on the bottom arm, where a dot was: figure (a).

Teacher's Note:
1. For rotation questions, track one small, distinctive part (a dot, an arrow tip, a shaded leaf) instead of the whole figure.
2. Turning the page in your mind by 90 or 180 degrees is faster than redrawing; check the direction (clockwise or anticlockwise) on a second element.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. Each symbol changes into another, keeping its position: square becomes circle, cross becomes black triangle, star becomes black rectangle.
2. The big triangle in the frame stays the same.
3. In the third figure the cross (top right) becomes a black triangle, the star becomes a black rectangle and the square (bottom right) becomes a circle: figure (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. When two elements change places, check whether their markings travel with them or stay behind.
2. Count dots, crosses and lines carefully; one wrong count is the usual trap in such options.

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. Lines are drawn from the centre to every corner of the figure, with a dot at the end of each line.
2. The diamond has 4 corners, so it gets 4 dotted lines.
3. The hexagon has 6 corners (one at the top), so it gets 6 dotted lines pointing to its corners, including straight up and down: figure (a).

Teacher's Note:
1. Counting sides, lines or parts is a common hidden rule in figure analogies.
2. Write the counts for both figures of the given pair, then look for the same arithmetic link in the options.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. Only the hatched part of the first figure is kept and it is flipped upside down (the quarter circle now has its curve at the bottom); the hatching stays horizontal.
2. In the third figure the hatched part is the top triangle, pointing down.
3. Flipped upside down, it becomes a triangle pointing up with horizontal hatching: figure (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. A mirror image swaps left and right; a water image swaps top and bottom; a 180 degree rotation does both.
2. Check text, arrows and hatching direction to tell a flip from a rotation.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The long middle bar of four squares stays the same.
2. Each end pair of squares is flipped to the other side of its joining line, so its black and white squares also change order.
3. In the third figure the left pair moves from above the line to below it (black square now at the bottom) and the right pair moves from below to above (black square now on top): figure (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. A mirror image swaps left and right; a water image swaps top and bottom; a 180 degree rotation does both.
2. Check text, arrows and hatching direction to tell a flip from a rotation.

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. The central shape and the small attached shapes exchange types: a circle with 4 small squares becomes a square with 4 small circles.
2. The number of small attached shapes stays the same.
3. So a triangle with 3 small circles becomes a circle with 3 small hatched triangles: figure (a).

Teacher's Note:
1. When two elements change places, check whether their markings travel with them or stay behind.
2. Count dots, crosses and lines carefully; one wrong count is the usual trap in such options.

Answer: (a) Pair (a)

Explanation:
1. In the given pair, the outer frame is removed and the inner figure is enlarged and divided by one vertical and one horizontal line.
2. In pair (a), the triangle frame is removed and the inner rectangle is enlarged and divided by one vertical and one horizontal line.
3. The other pairs use different dividing lines or change the shape's orientation.

Teacher's Note:
1. In pair questions, first state the rule of the given pair in one sentence, then test each pair against it.
2. Reject a pair as soon as it breaks one part of the rule; usually only one pair keeps every detail.