Non Verbal Series Aptitude MCQ Questions with Answers Set 01

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The whole figure turns through 90 degrees at every step.
2. The small box therefore moves round the flag: lower right, lower left, upper left, upper right.
3. After four turns the figure is back to its starting position, so the fifth figure is the same as the first, which is (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Fix one reference point and measure each move in steps of 45 or 90 degrees to spot the rotation rule.
2. Check whether the step size stays the same, alternates or grows (1, 2, 3...), since all three are common.

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. The line in the bigger circle turns 90 degrees each step (vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal).
2. The line in the smaller circle turns 45 degrees each step.
3. The two circles and the slant of the outer shape swap sides each time, so the next figure has the small circle on the left with both lines vertical, which is (a).

Teacher's Note:
1. Fix one reference point and measure each move in steps of 45 or 90 degrees to spot the rotation rule.
2. Check whether the step size stays the same, alternates or grows (1, 2, 3...), since all three are common.

Answer: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The four boxes swap in a fixed order.
2. In one step the two middle boxes swap and the end boxes stay put; in the next step the end boxes swap and the middle ones stay put.
3. Continuing this alternation gives (b).

Teacher's Note:
1. Compare figure 1 with 3 and figure 2 with 4; many series run two alternating patterns.
2. If a figure repeats after a fixed number of steps, the answer is simply the matching earlier figure.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The arrow points up, down, up, so the next arrow points down.
2. The dots in the small circle alternate between two layouts, so the next figure repeats the dots of figure 2.
3. Only (d) has a down arrow and the dots of figure 2.

Teacher's Note:
1. Compare figure 1 with 3 and figure 2 with 4; many series run two alternating patterns.
2. If a figure repeats after a fixed number of steps, the answer is simply the matching earlier figure.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The same figure is turned upside down in every alternate figure.
2. Figures 1 and 3 match, and figures 2 and 4 match.
3. The fifth figure must match figure 1, which is (c).

Teacher's Note:
1. Compare figure 1 with 3 and figure 2 with 4; many series run two alternating patterns.
2. If a figure repeats after a fixed number of steps, the answer is simply the matching earlier figure.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. Count the short lines cutting the oval: 8, 7, 6.
2. The number falls by one each time, so the next figure has 5 lines.
3. Only (d) has 5 lines.

Teacher's Note:
1. Count the lines, dots or symbols in each figure; a steady rise or fall is often the whole rule.
2. When two things change, write both counts in a row and check each sequence separately.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. Small circles at the top: 5, 4, 3, so next there are 2.
2. Dots at the bottom: 1, 2, 3, so next there are 4.
3. Only (c) has 2 circles and 4 dots.

Teacher's Note:
1. Count the lines, dots or symbols in each figure; a steady rise or fall is often the whole rule.
2. When two things change, write both counts in a row and check each sequence separately.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The plus signs in the face increase by one: 1, 2, 3.
2. The next figure needs 4 plus signs while the rest stays unchanged.
3. Only (d) shows 4 plus signs.

Teacher's Note:
1. Count the lines, dots or symbols in each figure; a steady rise or fall is often the whole rule.
2. When two things change, write both counts in a row and check each sequence separately.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The shape at the bottom right changes places with the shape at the centre of the big figure.
2. All the other parts stay where they are.
3. Applying the swap to figure 3 gives (c).

Teacher's Note:
1. Track one element at a time (its position, then its direction, then its shading) instead of the whole figure.
2. Eliminate options that break even one confirmed rule; the last one standing is the answer.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The dot moves clockwise from corner to corner.
2. The arrow points inwards and outwards alternately, and the circle and the square swap places each step.
3. Only (c) fits all three changes.

Teacher's Note:
1. Track one element at a time (its position, then its direction, then its shading) instead of the whole figure.
2. Eliminate options that break even one confirmed rule; the last one standing is the answer.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The plus sign moves clockwise round the corners: bottom left, top left, top right, so next bottom right.
2. The pin attached to the circles points right and left alternately, so next it points left.
3. Only (d) fits both rules.

Teacher's Note:
1. Fix one reference point and measure each move in steps of 45 or 90 degrees to spot the rotation rule.
2. Check whether the step size stays the same, alternates or grows (1, 2, 3...), since all three are common.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. Watch which semicircles turn inside out (flip away from the square).
2. The flip travels round the square: left (fig 2), then top and right (fig 3), then right and bottom (fig 4), then bottom only (fig 5).
3. Each semicircle flips back after its turn, and the cycle starts again with the left one, so only the left semicircle is flipped in the next figure, which is (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Track one element at a time (its position, then its direction, then its shading) instead of the whole figure.
2. Eliminate options that break even one confirmed rule; the last one standing is the answer.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The hook moves round the star from one arm-end to another.
2. Its moves in 45-degree steps are 2, 1, 3, 1, so the next move is 4 steps (180 degrees).
3. From the top arm, 180 degrees brings the hook to the bottom arm, as in (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Fix one reference point and measure each move in steps of 45 or 90 degrees to spot the rotation rule.
2. Check whether the step size stays the same, alternates or grows (1, 2, 3...), since all three are common.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The pin moves anticlockwise round the wheel by 45, 90, 135 and 180 degrees, so next by 225 degrees, which brings it to the left.
2. Its end changes in a cycle: dot, fork, arrow, dot, fork, so next comes an arrow.
3. Only (d) has an arrow on the left side.

Teacher's Note:
1. Fix one reference point and measure each move in steps of 45 or 90 degrees to spot the rotation rule.
2. Check whether the step size stays the same, alternates or grows (1, 2, 3...), since all three are common.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The circle moves anticlockwise one corner at a time: TL, BL, BR, TR, TL, so next BL.
2. The plus moves clockwise one corner at a time: BR, BL, TL, TR, BR, so next BL.
3. Both land in the bottom-left corner, giving the plus inside the circle at bottom left, which is (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Track one element at a time (its position, then its direction, then its shading) instead of the whole figure.
2. Eliminate options that break even one confirmed rule; the last one standing is the answer.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The figures grow one stroke at a time: /, /\, /X, /X\, /XX.
2. A new \ is added, and in the next step a / crosses it to make X.
3. So the next step adds a \ to give /XX\, which is (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Count the lines, dots or symbols in each figure; a steady rise or fall is often the whole rule.
2. When two things change, write both counts in a row and check each sequence separately.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The symbol moves clockwise round the figure: top, right, bottom, left, top, so next it is on the right.
2. The symbol is different every time (T, S, =, N, star), so the star cannot appear again.
3. The right panel with a new symbol is (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Track one element at a time (its position, then its direction, then its shading) instead of the whole figure.
2. Eliminate options that break even one confirmed rule; the last one standing is the answer.

Answer: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. The hexagon goes flat, upright, upright, flat, flat, so next upright; the inner shape goes diamond, diamond, square, square, diamond, so next diamond.
2. The short line on the hexagon moves anticlockwise every two figures: right, top, top, left, left, so next bottom.
3. The pin from the dot turns 45 degrees clockwise every two figures: down, down, down-left, down-left, left, so next left. All this gives (a).

Teacher's Note:
1. Compare figure 1 with 3 and figure 2 with 4; many series run two alternating patterns.
2. If a figure repeats after a fixed number of steps, the answer is simply the matching earlier figure.

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The figure turns 90 degrees clockwise each step; the arrow goes right, down, left, up, right, so next down.
2. The number of line segments goes 9, 9, 7, 7, 5, so the next figure also has 5.
3. Turning figure 5 through 90 degrees gives a five-segment zigzag with a down arrow at the right, which is (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Fix one reference point and measure each move in steps of 45 or 90 degrees to spot the rotation rule.
2. Check whether the step size stays the same, alternates or grows (1, 2, 3...), since all three are common.