Select a suitable figure from the four alternatives that would complete the…

Concept

In a figure matrix, compare corresponding cells to identify a transformation that remains consistent from one row to the next.

Here, the first and third columns preserve the row’s base figure; the change is the number and placement of the added circles around that base figure.

Application

1. In the first row, the plain cross in the first column reappears in the third column with four circles, one in each diagonal region outside the cross.

2. In the second row, the diamond in the first column reappears in the third column with four circles, again one in each diagonal region outside the diamond.

3. Apply the same first-to-third-column transformation to the rounded cross in the last row: preserve the rounded cross and place four circles outside it, one in each diagonal region.

Cross-check and contrast

• The figure labelled 1 places only two circles inside the vertical lobes.

• The figure labelled 3 places four circles inside the lobes rather than in the outside diagonal regions.

• The figure labelled 4 places only two circles inside the horizontal lobes.

Therefore, the completing figure is the one labelled 2: the rounded cross with four circles in the outside diagonal regions.