From amongst the figures marked (1), (2), (3) and (4), select the figure which…

Concept: In a dot-situation problem, overlapping shapes create distinct regions — some shared by only two shapes, some shared by all of them. Each dot in Figure (X) sits inside one particular overlap region. To find the matching alternative, identify exactly which overlap regions the dots occupy in Figure (X), then pick the one alternative whose overlapping shapes reproduce that same combination of regions.

Application: In Figure (X), one dot lies in the region common to the square and the triangle only (outside the circle), and the other dot lies in the region common to all three shapes — the circle, the square and the triangle together. So the correct alternative must show both of these region types: a square-triangle-only region, and a circle-square-triangle region.

Contrast with the other alternatives:

• Figure (1): the triangle only touches the square at a single point, so no region is common to the square and the triangle at all.

• Figure (2): the square lies entirely inside the circle, so every square-triangle overlap also lies inside the circle — there is no square-and-triangle-only region.

• Figure (3): the square and the triangle do overlap outside the circle, but no region is common to all three shapes together.

Answer: Figure (4) is the only alternative with both a square-triangle-only region (near the triangle's base) and a circle-square-triangle region (near the triangle's apex), matching Figure (X) exactly.