In each of the following questions, select a figure from amongst the four…

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In each of the following questions, select a figure from amongst the four alternatives, which when placed in the blank space of figure (X) would complete the pattern.

Identify the appropriate figure that completes the pattern.

(X) (1) (2) (3) (4)

  1. A.

    1

  2. B.

    2

  3. C.

    3

  4. D.

    4

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: C

Concept: This square is split into four quadrants, and each quadrant is itself sub-divided by uneven lines into a small grid of columns and rows. Across every quadrant, the widest column and the widest row always run along the two edges that touch the centre of the big square, while the strips grow progressively narrower toward that quadrant's own outer corner — so any change from one quadrant to the next is a plain mirror-reflection about the central axis.

Application:

  1. Compare the top-left and top-right quadrants: both have three narrow rows above one wide row, with the wide row sitting at the bottom of each (nearest the centre). Their columns mirror each other about the central vertical line — the top-left quadrant keeps its widest column on the right (nearest the centre), the top-right quadrant keeps its widest column on the left (also nearest the centre).

  2. Compare the top-left and bottom-left quadrants: both keep the same column widths, narrow-narrow-wide from left to right. Their rows mirror each other about the central horizontal line — the top-left quadrant's widest row is at the bottom (nearest the centre), the bottom-left quadrant's widest row is at the top (also nearest the centre).

  3. The missing bottom-right quadrant is diagonal to the top-left one, so both mirror rules apply together: its columns must match the top-right quadrant (widest column on the left, nearest the centre), and its rows must match the bottom-left quadrant (widest row on top, nearest the centre).

  4. So the missing figure needs a wide column on the left with two narrower columns beside it, together with a wide row on top and three narrower rows below it.

Cross-check: Only the figure with three columns (wide on the left, two narrow on the right) crossed with four rows (wide on top, three narrow rows below) satisfies both mirror rules at once — that is the figure labelled 3. The other figures each break one of the two rules (a different number of columns/rows, or the wide strip sitting at the outer corner instead of the centre), so they cannot complete the pattern.

Answer: the figure labelled 3 completes the pattern.

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