In the question given below, select a figure from amongst the four…
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In the question given below, select a figure from amongst the four alternatives, which when placed in the blank space of figure (X) would complete the pattern.
Identify the figure that completes the pattern.
(X) (1) (2) (3) (4)
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
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Correct answer: C
Concept: In this type of figure-completion / pattern-matching item, the given figure is drawn with mirror symmetry about both its horizontal and vertical central axes. Each quadrant of the figure is therefore the mirror image of its horizontal and vertical neighbours; the missing quadrant must reproduce that same mirrored line-pattern to keep the whole figure symmetric.
Figure (X) is a square split into four quadrants by a horizontal and a vertical line through the centre; the blank space is the bottom-right quadrant.
In the top-left, top-right, and bottom-left quadrants, the same shape recurs: a diagonal running from the centre out to a vertical fold-line set in from the outer edge, with a small triangular notch where that fold meets the mid-line.
Because the top-right quadrant is the mirror image of the bottom-left quadrant (and both are mirror images of the top-left quadrant) about the two central axes, the missing bottom-right quadrant must be the vertical mirror of the top-right quadrant — the same diagonal-fold-notch shape, reflected downward.
Reflecting the top-right quadrant downward places the fold-line inset from the right edge, the diagonal running from the centre down to the fold, and the notch breaking off just above the bottom edge — exactly the shape printed inside the figure labelled (3).
Placing figure (3) into the blank space and overlaying it with the other three quadrants reproduces one continuous, symmetric hexagon-shaped outline with no broken or mismatched line across either the horizontal or the vertical mid-line, confirming the completion.
Answer: figure (3).