Directions: In each of the following questions four figures are given. One of…
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Directions: In each of the following questions four figures are given. One of these figures does not correlate with the rest of the figures. Find the different figure.
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
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Correct answer: D
In a figure-classification (odd-one-out) reasoning question, the four figures share a set of recurring symbols; the task is to spot ONE spatial relationship - typically whether two of the recurring symbols sit on opposite sides of the frame or on adjacent (corner-sharing) sides - that stays constant across three figures, and pick the single figure where that relationship changes.
One figure has the circle on the top side and the double-line mark on the bottom side - directly across from each other, i.e. on opposite sides of the square.
Another figure has the double-line mark on the top side and the circle on the bottom side - again on opposite sides.
A third figure has the double-line mark on the left side and the circle on the right side - again on opposite sides.
The remaining figure has the double-line mark on the top side and the circle on the right side - these two sides meet at a corner, so they are adjacent, not opposite.
The blank side and the arrow confirm the same split: in three of the figures the arrow sits on the side directly opposite the blank side, but in the remaining figure the arrow sits next to the blank side instead of opposite it - an independent confirmation that this figure alone breaks the shared layout.
Three figures keep the circle and the double-line mark on opposite sides, while one figure places them on adjacent sides; that one figure is the different (odd) figure.
