In this question, two sets of figures are given. One set is called Problem…
2013
In this question, two sets of figures are given. One set is called Problem Figures and the other is Answer Figures. Choose the correct answer figure from A, B, C, D to replace the question mark (?) so that a regular series is formed.
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Answer: Figure B.
Each problem figure is a 2x2 grid containing four 'pin' arrows (a line with a ball at the head). Reading across the five given figures, each of the four positions rotates by a fixed angle from one figure to the next:
Top-left arrow: it turns 90 degrees anti-clockwise each step (right, up, left, down, right ...), so the sixth figure has it pointing up.
Top-right arrow: it turns 45 degrees clockwise each step (up-right, right, down-right, down, down-left ...), so the sixth figure has it pointing left (horizontal).
Bottom-left arrow: it turns 45 degrees clockwise each step (down, down-left, left, up-left, up ...), so the sixth figure has it pointing up-right.
Bottom-right arrow: it turns 90 degrees anti-clockwise each step (up-left, down-left, down-right, up-right, up-left ...), so the sixth figure has it pointing down-left.
So the missing figure must have: top-left up, top-right left, bottom-left up-right, bottom-right down-left. Only Figure B shows exactly this combination, so Figure B completes the series.