You are given a figure (X) followed by four alternative figures (1), (2), (3)…
2025
You are given a figure (X) followed by four alternative figures (1), (2), (3) and (4) such that figure (X) is embedded in one of them. Trace out the alternative figure which contains fig. (X) as its part.
Find out the alternative figure which contains figure (X) as its part.

(X) (1) (2) (3) (4)
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
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Correct answer: B
Concept: An embedded-figure question asks which alternative figure contains the given figure (X) as one continuous, unbroken part — matching its exact shape, size, and orientation — even when other lines cross or overlap it. Solve it by tracing the path of figure (X) through each alternative without letting any intersecting line break the trace.
Application: Figure (X) is a single rounded capsule bar running diagonally from the lower-left corner of its box to the upper-right corner. Checking each alternative for an unbroken bar of that same length, width, and diagonal angle: figure 2 is a woven X built from four such capsule bars crossing one another, and the bar that runs from the lower-left corner straight through to the upper-right corner can be traced without interruption — it is exactly figure (X), unchanged in shape, size, and angle.

Figure 1's bar curls back into a hairpin fold before it reaches the corner, breaking the straight run figure (X) needs.
Figure 3's bar bends into a J-shaped hook partway along, so it is never straight for the full length.
Figure 4's bars all curl into small loops at each crossing point of the diamond weave, so none stays straight long enough to match.
Cross-check: only the bar traced in figure 2 keeps the same unbroken diagonal length, width, and angle as figure (X), confirming it as the only alternative containing the embedded figure.
Hence, the correct alternative is figure (2).