Non Verbal Series Aptitude MCQ Questions with Answers Set 02

Answer: (d) Figure (d)

Explanation:
1. The inner shape of each figure becomes the outer shape of the next (triangle, pentagon, square, triangle, hexagon).
2. So the next figure has a hexagon outside.
3. The innermost symbol is new every time, so it cannot be E or S again; this leaves (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 cross is tilted and upright alternately, so the next one is upright.
2. Each step two of the end symbols swap places; from figure 4 the arrow and the arc swap, so the arrow points down and the arc is on the right.
3. The circle stays on the left and the bracket at the top keeps its ends turned outwards, as in (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 shaded triangle switches between the left upward triangle and the right downward triangle.
2. Figures 1 and 3 are the same, and figures 2 and 4 are the same.
3. So the fifth figure matches the first, which is (d).

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: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. One line is added each time: 1, 2, 3, 4, so next 5.
2. Odd figures use lines with dots at the top and arrows pointing down (arrowhead in the middle); even figures use middle dots and up arrows.
3. The fifth figure is dot, down arrow, dot, down arrow, dot, which is (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. Go anticlockwise round the square in half-side steps from the top-left corner.
2. The dot moves 1, then 2, then 3 steps, so next it moves 4 steps.
3. From the top-right corner, 4 steps reach the bottom-left corner, which is (d).

Teacher's Note:
1. Follow each symbol separately across the grids and write down its cell after every step.
2. Number the cells or segments so that moves of 1, 2, 3... places are easy to check.

Answer: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. The flower loses arcs each time: 16, 14, 11, 7.
2. The number removed grows by one: 2, 3, 4, so next 5 are removed.
3. 7 minus 5 leaves 2 arcs, a single petal, which is (c).

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 number of arcs goes up by one: 1, 2, ?, 4, so the missing figure has 3 arcs.
2. The arcs turn 90 degrees clockwise each time: top, right, bottom, left.
3. So the missing figure has 3 arcs at the bottom, 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: (c) Figure (c)

Explanation:
1. One outer layer is removed at each step.
2. Figure 1 has two circles round the star, figure 2 has one circle, so the missing figure has no circle: just the star with its dot.
3. Figure 4 then loses one triangle of the star, leaving a triangle with the dot. So the answer is (c).

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: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The inner shape of one figure becomes the outer shape of the next.
2. Figure 2 has a pentagon inside, so the missing figure has a pentagon outside.
3. Figure 4 has a triangle outside, so the missing figure has a triangle inside: (b).

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: (b) Figure (b)

Explanation:
1. The L-lines and the dots are reduced one at a time, alternately.
2. L-lines: 3, 2, 2, 1. Dots: 3, 3, 2, 2.
3. So the missing figure has 2 L-lines and 2 dots, which is (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: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. Lines are added to the vertical and horizontal arms alternately.
2. Vertical arms: 1, 2, 2, 3. Horizontal arms: 1, 1, 2, 2.
3. So the missing figure has 2 lines on every arm, which is (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: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. The outer shapes have 1, 2, 3 and 4 sides (circle, semicircle, triangle, four-sided figure).
2. The number of lines inside also goes 1, 2, 3, 4.
3. Next comes a five-sided figure with 5 lines inside, which is (a).

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. Each step one arm's hook turns to point the other way.
2. The change moves anticlockwise round the figure: top arm, then left arm, then bottom arm.
3. Next the right arm's hook turns upward, giving (c).

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 shading grows and switches sides: part of the left cell, part of the right cell, the whole left cell, the whole right cell.
2. So next the shading covers the whole left cell plus part of the middle cell.
3. Odd figures have an up arrow and a pin pointing down, moving to the right each time; only (b) fits.

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 ticks at the ends of the line flip one at a time.
2. The right tick flips, then the left, then the right again.
3. Next the left tick flips back, so the figure returns to figure 1, which is (d).

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. One line is added each step, moving clockwise round the figure: top, right, bottom.
2. The next line is added on the left side.
3. So the next figure has 3 lines on top, 4 at the bottom and 2 on each side, which is (c).

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 three elements move one place in a cycle that repeats every three figures.
2. Figure 1 is triangle, black bar, ladder; figures 2 and 3 are its shifts.
3. The fourth figure repeats the first, which is (d).

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: (a) Figure (a)

Explanation:
1. A new line first gets a slash at the bottom and in the next step a matching slash at the top (figures 2 and 3).
2. In figure 4 the fifth line got a backslash at the bottom, so next it gets a backslash at the top too.
3. Only (a) keeps both slashes on the fourth and fifth lines.

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.