Given below are 5 designs/figures numbered I to V. Two of them are identical.…
2016
Given below are 5 designs/figures numbered I to V. Two of them are identical. Which two are identical?
- A.
II and V
- B.
II and IV
- C.
I and IV
- D.
III and V
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Correct answer: C
Concept: Two figures in a “spot the identical pair” item match only when EVERY visual attribute lines up — (a) which symbol occupies each of the four quadrants, and (b) the direction each of the four arm-tips (top, right, bottom, left) of the central cross bends. A single mismatched attribute is enough to rule a pair out.
Application: check the quadrant symbols first, then the arm-tip directions.
Compare the quadrant symbols first. Figures I, II, III, and IV all place X top-left, the dot top-right, the star bottom-left, and O bottom-right. Figure V swaps the top-right and bottom-left symbols (star top-right, dot bottom-left), so V cannot match any other figure and is eliminated immediately.
Among I, II, III, and IV, whose symbols already agree, compare the direction each arm-tip — top, right, bottom, and left — bends (named here by which symbol it points toward):
Figure | Top arm-tip | Right arm-tip | Bottom arm-tip | Left arm-tip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
I | toward X | toward O | toward O | toward the star |
II | toward X | toward the dot | toward O | toward the star |
III | toward the dot | toward the dot | toward the star | toward X |
IV | toward X | toward O | toward O | toward the star |
Figure IV reproduces every one of figure I's arm-tip directions. Figure II differs only on the right arm-tip (toward the dot instead of toward O). Figure III differs on the top, right, and left arm-tips.
Cross-check: Re-scanning figure I against figure IV, quadrant by quadrant and arm-tip by arm-tip, every element coincides exactly, while II, III, and V each fail on at least one attribute — confirming there is exactly one matching pair.
Result: Figures I and IV are identical.