Choose the figure which is different from the rest of the figures. (1) (2) (3)…

Concept: In this odd-one-out figure set, every figure is the same base shape rotated as a rigid unit — it carries two fixed marks (a cross/tick symbol and an arrow) whose position relative to the shape's solid black end and its open, unshaded end stays constant across every rotated copy. The exception is the one figure where that relative position has changed.

Application: Checking each figure: in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 5, both the cross symbol and the arrow sit beside the solid black end of the shape. In Figure 4, the same shape is rotated, but both the cross symbol and the arrow have moved to sit beside the open, unshaded end instead — the relative-placement rule the other figures follow is broken here.

Cross-check: Rotating Figure 4 back to the orientation of Figure 1 shows the black end and the open end swap places relative to the two marks, confirming Figure 4 is the only one that does not keep the marks beside the black end.

• Figure 1 — cross and arrow beside the solid black end, matching the common rule.

• Figure 2 — cross and arrow again beside the solid black end.

• Figure 3 — cross and arrow beside the solid black end.

• Figure 4 — cross and arrow beside the open, unshaded end instead, breaking the rule.

• Figure 5 — cross and arrow beside the solid black end, matching the common rule.

Answer: Figure 4 is therefore the odd one out.