Each of the following questions consists of five figures marked A, B, C, D and…
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Each of the following questions consists of 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.
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- E.
5
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Correct answer: A
Concept: Every problem figure in this series holds the same seven elements - three letters (S, N, P) and four symbols (a filled circle, a cup-shaped bracket, an outline pentagon, and a triangle) - placed in the same seven cells (two top corners, three middle-row cells, two bottom corners). From one problem figure to the next, every element advances by exactly one step along a single fixed cycle through these seven cells: Top-Left to Middle-Centre to Bottom-Right to Middle-Right to Middle-Left to Top-Right to Bottom-Left and back to Top-Left. No element ever breaks from this order.
Applying the rule: Trace the triangle through the five problem figures - each move should be exactly the next stop on the cycle above:
Figure A: Bottom-Right
Figure B: Middle-Right (the next stop after Bottom-Right)
Figure C: Middle-Left (the next stop after Middle-Right)
Figure D: Top-Right (the next stop after Middle-Left)
Figure E: Bottom-Left (the next stop after Top-Right)
Next figure: Top-Left (the next stop after Bottom-Left) - one more step of the same cycle
Cross-check: Two more elements, traced independently, obey the identical one-step rule:
Figure | S | N |
|---|---|---|
A | Top-Left | Middle-Left |
B | Middle-Centre | Top-Right |
C | Bottom-Right | Bottom-Left |
D | Middle-Right | Top-Left |
E | Middle-Left | Middle-Centre |
Next | Top-Right | Bottom-Right |
Result: Applying this same one-step move to every remaining element of figure E (P moves Middle-Right to Middle-Left; the pentagon moves Top-Left to Middle-Centre; the filled circle moves Bottom-Right to Middle-Right; the cup shape moves Top-Right to Bottom-Left) gives the next figure: triangle and S in the top row, P, the pentagon, and the filled circle in the middle row, and the cup shape and N in the bottom row.