Each of the following questions consists of two sets of figures. Figures A, B,…

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Each of the following questions consists of two sets of figures. Figures A, B, C and D constitute the Problem Set while figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 constitute the Answer Set. There is a definite relationship between figures A and B. Establish a similar relationship between figures C and D by selecting a suitable figure from the Answer Set that will correctly replace the question mark (?) in fig. (D).

Select a suitable figure from the Answer Figures that would replace the question mark (?).

Problem Figures: Answer Figures:

(A) (B) (C) (D) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

  1. A.

    1

  2. B.

    2

  3. C.

    3

  4. D.

    4

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Correct answer: B

Concept: In this figure-series format, the relationship discovered between the first pair of figures (A → B) must be re-applied to the second pair (C → D). A common device is a shape-swap: whichever shape appears as a single, plain outline in the first frame becomes the repeated/concentric cluster in the second frame, and the shape that was the cluster becomes the single outline — while the number of copies in the cluster stays the same across the swap.

  1. In figure A, a single square outline overlaps a cluster of 4 concentric circles.

  2. In figure B, the single outline is now a circle and the cluster has become 4 concentric squares — the two shapes have swapped roles, but the cluster size (4) is unchanged.

  3. Figure C repeats the same device with a different shape pair: a single triangle overlaps a cluster of 3 stacked right-angle brackets (‘L’ shapes).

  4. Applying the A→B rule to C→D: the triangle (currently single) must become the concentric cluster, and the bracket (currently the cluster of 3) must become the single element.

  5. So figure D needs exactly one right-angle bracket standing alone, together with a nested/concentric set of triangles overlapping it.

Cross-check: Testing the answer figures against both conditions together — a single, fully-closed bracket (a stroke that closes into its own horizontal foot, not a bare stroke, and not stacked two or three times) together with a nested/concentric triangle cluster — only the figure with one closed bracket and a nested triangle cluster satisfies both conditions at once; the other figures either leave the bracket unfinished (no foot) or still show it stacked multiple times, so they keep the C-side arrangement instead of completing the swap.

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