From amongst the figures that are marked (1), (2), (3) and (4), select the…

Concept: In ‘dot situation’ problems, each dot in the reference figure sits inside one specific overlapping region, defined by exactly which subset of the shapes covers that point. To find the matching answer figure, do not compare the shapes’ size, rotation, or exact position — instead find the figure that reproduces the SAME SET of overlap regions (which shapes cover each dot, and which shapes do NOT).

Application:

1. In Figure-X, four shapes overlap: a circle, a square, a triangle, and a rectangle (a slim quadrilateral). Locate each dot’s exact overlap membership.

2. The first dot sits where only the circle and the square overlap, outside the triangle and the rectangle.

3. The second dot sits where the square, the triangle, and the rectangle all overlap together, but outside the circle.

4. The third dot sits where only the triangle and the rectangle overlap, outside the circle and the square.

5. Test each answer figure to see whether it reproduces all three of these overlap combinations somewhere among its four shapes.

Cross-check: Only one of the four answer figures contains a zone where the square, the triangle, and the rectangle overlap without the circle — the other figures either trap the square and the triangle fully inside the circle (removing every non-circle overlap) or never let the triangle’s overlap reach the square. That same figure also supplies the circle-square-only region and the triangle-rectangle-only region, matching Figure-X on all three dot positions.

Hence, Figure (4) satisfies the same placement conditions as Figure-X and is correct.