From amongst the figures marked (1), (2), (3) and (4), select the figure which…

Concept: In these figure problems, a set of overlapping shapes (here a circle, a square, a rectangle, and a triangle) creates several distinct overlap regions, and each dot in Figure-X sits inside one specific combination of shapes. Two figures count as equivalent only when every overlap region that carries a dot in Figure-X also exists as a genuine, separate region in the candidate figure -- having the same four shapes is not enough if the overlaps don't reproduce the same regions.

Application: Figure-X carries three dots, each in a different combination of shapes:

• One dot lies in the region common to the square and the rectangle only (outside the circle and the triangle).

• One dot lies in the region common to all four shapes together -- the circle, the square, the triangle, and the rectangle.

• One dot lies in the region common to the triangle and the rectangle only (outside the circle and the square).

Cross-check: Checking each option figure for these same three regions:

• Figure (2): the triangle and the rectangle never overlap at all, so the region common to only the triangle and the rectangle, needed for the third dot, does not exist.

• Figure (3): wherever the square and the rectangle overlap, that area also lies inside the circle, so no region common to only the square and the rectangle exists for the first dot.

• Figure (4): the four shapes never all overlap in one common area, so the region needed for the second dot (all four shapes together) does not exist.

Result: Figure (1) is the only option that reproduces all three regions exactly as in Figure-X, so it is the correct match.