Select a suitable figure from the Answer Figures that would replace the…
2023
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)
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- E.
5
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Correct answer: C
Concept: In this figure-series question, a hexagon carries three fixed marks — a bold double line, a small circle, and a directional arrow — each on a different side of the hexagon. From one figure to the next, all three marks shift together around the six sides of the hexagon, and the size of this shift follows its own repeating pattern across the series.
Application: Numbering the six sides of the hexagon 1 to 6 in clockwise order, and reading off the circle, the arrow, and the double line in each given figure:
In Problem Figure 1, the circle is on side 3, the arrow is on side 4, and the double line is on side 5 — three consecutive sides, one apart from each other, in that clockwise order.
In Problem Figure 2, all three marks have shifted forward together by 2 sides: the circle to side 5, the arrow to side 6, and the double line to side 1 — the same one-side spacing and order is kept.
In Problem Figure 3, all three marks have shifted forward together by 1 side this time: the circle to side 6, the arrow to side 1, and the double line to side 2 — again the same one-side spacing and order.
The series' own shift pattern is 2 sides, then 1 side; repeating this cycle once more for the missing figure shifts all three marks forward together by 2 sides, placing the circle on side 2, the arrow on side 3, and the double line on side 4.
Cross-check: This predicted placement — the circle, the arrow, and the double line on three consecutive sides, one apart from each other, in the same clockwise order — matches exactly one of the given answer figures, and only that one. The other answer figures each break this in a different way: one leaves the double line and the arrow unmoved from the very first problem figure while only the circle has advanced; another leaves the circle unmoved from the very first problem figure while only the double line has advanced; another leaves all three marks completely unmoved from the very first problem figure; and another places the arrow on the same side as the double line instead of its own distinct side. The answer figure labelled 3 is the only one showing the circle, the arrow, and the double line on sides 2, 3, and 4 in this way, so figure 3 correctly completes the series.