Given below are five figures marked A, B, C, D and E called the Problem…
2023
Given below are five figures marked A, B, C, D and E called the Problem Figures followed by five other figures marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 called the Answer Figures. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures.
Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures.
Problem Figures: Answer Figures:
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
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Correct answer: B
In curve or arc figure series like this one, each figure is built from two blocks of curved strokes: a block of 3 curves and a block of 4 curves. Every curve inside a single block normally opens in the same direction, and the two blocks open in opposite directions. Continuing such a series means finding the next figure whose two blocks are cleanly formed, 3 curves then 4 curves, with no stray curve breaking direction inside either block, matching the base pattern the series is built on.
Figure A: the first 3 curves all open one way, and the next 4 curves all open the other way, a clean split with no curve breaking direction inside either block.
Figure B: the first block of 3 curves contains one curve that opens the opposite way to its neighbours, so this 3-curve block is not uniform.
Figure C: the first block of 3 curves is uniform, but the second block of 4 curves contains curves that reverse direction partway through, so this 4-curve block is not uniform.
Figure D: the first block of 3 curves contains one reversed curve near its start, though the second block of 4 curves stays uniform.
Figure E: the first block of 3 curves is uniform, but the second block of 4 curves contains one reversed curve right after the block begins.
Only Figure A shows both blocks completely clean, 3 curves one way and 4 curves the other way, with no reversal anywhere. Continuing the series past the fifth problem figure must return to that same clean 3-then-4 configuration, the base pattern the series keeps cycling back to.
Answer figure | What its curve blocks look like | Clean 3+4 split? |
|---|---|---|
1 | The first block reverses direction on its very first curve. | No |
2 | 3 curves open one way, then 4 curves open the other way, with no reversal anywhere. | Yes |
3 | The second block's last curve reverses direction. | No |
4 | The first block reverses direction after only two curves. | No |
Answer figure 2 is the only option with two completely clean blocks, 3 curves then 4 curves, with no reversal, matching the base configuration established by Figure A. So the figure marked 2 correctly continues the series.