Select a figure from amongst the given Answer Figures which will continue the…

Concept

In a figure-series (“complete-the-sequence”) item, the five problem figures share one fixed layout while exactly one small element mirror-inverts (a left-pointing chevron becomes right-pointing, or vice versa) from each figure to the next. The pattern to find is not the shapes themselves but the fixed order in which that single inversion sweeps through the figure's elements — extend that order by one more step to get the next figure.

Application

1. Each problem figure has two chevron columns side by side: a taller column of three chevrons (on the left) and a shorter column of two chevrons (on the right).

2. From the first to the second problem figure, only the top chevron of the three-chevron column flips direction; every other chevron stays as it was.

3. From the second to the third figure, only the middle chevron of that same column flips.

4. From the third to the fourth figure, only the bottom chevron of that column flips — so by the fourth figure, all three chevrons in that column point the same new way.

5. From the fourth to the fifth figure, the sweep moves into the two-chevron column: only its top chevron flips, while its bottom chevron is still untouched.

6. Continuing the same top-to-bottom, three-chevron-column-then-two-chevron-column order, the only element left to flip is the bottom chevron of the two-chevron column.

7. So the sixth figure keeps the three-chevron column exactly as in the fifth figure and flips the remaining chevron of the two-chevron column, leaving every chevron in the figure pointing the same way.

Cross-check

Comparing every consecutive pair among the five problem figures confirms exactly one chevron changes each time, always following the same top-to-bottom, first-column-then-second-column order, so the next figure must differ from the fifth problem figure in exactly that one remaining chevron and nothing else. Among the answer figures, only the one that keeps the three-chevron column's directions from the fifth figure and shows both chevrons of the two-chevron column matching that same direction satisfies this; the other options either repeat the fifth figure without the final flip or swap which column holds three chevrons versus two, breaking the fixed layout entirely.