In each of the following questions, select a figure from amongst the four…
2023
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 figure from the given figures that completes the pattern.
(X) (1) (2) (3) (4)
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
Concept: In this figure-completion series, each cell of the 2×2 grid is split by one diagonal into a black triangle and a white triangle. Moving clockwise around the four cells — top-left, top-right, bottom-right, bottom-left — the corner where the black triangle's right angle sits alternates every step between pointing in toward the centre of the grid and pointing out toward the grid's own outer corner.
Top-left cell of figure (X): the diagonal runs from the cell's own top-right corner to its own bottom-left corner; the black triangle's right-angle corner sits at the cell's bottom-right corner — it points in, toward the centre of the grid.
Top-right cell of figure (X): the diagonal runs from the cell's own top-left corner to its own bottom-right corner; the black triangle's right-angle corner sits at the cell's own top-right corner — it points out, away from the centre.
Bottom-left cell of figure (X): the diagonal runs from the cell's own top-left corner to its own bottom-right corner; the black triangle's right-angle corner sits at the cell's own bottom-left corner — again, it points out, away from the centre.
Tracing the four cells clockwise (top-left → top-right → blank cell → bottom-left), the black corner alternates centre-ward, outward, centre-ward, outward. Top-left is centre-ward and top-right is outward, so the blank (bottom-right) cell must again point centre-ward — its black triangle's right-angle corner must sit at the cell's own top-left corner, with the diagonal running from the cell's top-right corner to its bottom-left corner.
Only the figure labelled (2) has its black triangle in the upper-left, split by a diagonal from the top-right corner to the bottom-left corner, with the right-angle corner at the top-left — exactly the placement the rotation requires.
Cross-check: the fully completed pattern shown below confirms the same reading for every cell — the bottom-right cell's black triangle occupies the upper-left half, matching figure (2) and no other alternative.
Answer: figure (2) completes the pattern.