Select the figure which satisfies the same conditions of placement of the dots…
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Select the figure which satisfies the same conditions of placement of the dots as in Figure-X.

- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
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Correct answer: C
Key insight: each dot in Figure-X lies in a region that belongs to exactly two shapes (three pairwise-only overlaps). The correct candidate must reproduce those three pairwise-only placements and must not place any dot in a single-shape-only region or in the region where all three shapes overlap.
Check the first candidate: it lacks an exclusive triangle-and-rectangle region because that overlap is always covered by a third shape here. Therefore it cannot place a dot in triangle+rectangle only and does not match Figure-X.
Check the second candidate: it lacks an exclusive square-and-triangle region; wherever the square and triangle meet in this drawing a third shape also covers that area, so the required square+triangle-only placement is absent.
Check the third candidate: this figure provides three distinct regions that belong to exactly two shapes and places one dot in each of them — specifically the square+triangle only region, the circle+triangle only region, and the triangle+rectangle only region. No dot lies in a single-shape area or in the triple-overlap. Thus this candidate reproduces the arrangement in Figure-X.
Check the fourth candidate: it fails to provide an exclusive circle-and-triangle region because that overlap is also covered by another shape in this drawing, so one required pairwise-only placement is missing.
Conclusion: The third candidate is correct because it is the only one that reproduces all three pairwise-only dot placements from Figure-X.