Abstract Reasoning Test - 10

In this question the right hand image in each row always contains the shapes from the first two images in the same row.

The shape from image one is placed in the bottom of the right hand image and its’ colour is reversed.

The shape from image two is placed in the top of the right hand image and its’ colour stays the same.

The missing shape therefore contains a white diamond at the bottom (the reversed shape from image one) and a black triangle at the top (the exact same shape as image two).

There are TWO rules impacting this question. The grid is divided into three parts and there are two patterns within the overall shape that move around the grid. The first pattern is the two shaded blocks. They start in the left hand third of the grid and with each stage in the sequence they move one place – first to the right and when they reach the end they move back towards the left. The second pattern is two short horizontal lines. They start in the right hand third of the grid. Unlike the shaded pattern, they only move on every other stage in the sequence. This means they stay where they are for the first two stages and then move one place to the left (the middle third of the grid). They stay there for two stages before progressing to the left hand third of the grid.

The rule in this question is that the number of right facing arrows in the bottom box must equal the number of horizontal black lines in the box above.

There are two right facing arrows in the box below the question mark and Option C is the only option with two lines in thus making it the correct answer.

There is a lot of superfluous information in this question. The key concept is that the stars run in a pattern of 3 – 5 – 2 – 3 – 5 -2 hence the correct answer must have two stars. There are multiple options with two stars but only one of them (option D) has a mix of black and white stars - a further requirement.

Within the pattern, the shaded shape moves a space to the right each time. When it reaches the end, it starts from the left again. Likewise, the shape that's on the right will always become the shape on the left. Finally, the total number of edges for all the shapes adds up to 10.

With these 3 rules, the correct answer is E.

In this question, the number of shaded boxes in the grid below, represents the number of places the 'circle of shapes' (above) must move in the next step of the sequence. For example, the first grid has just one shaded square. You will notice that in the second step in the sequence, all of the shapes have moved around one position in a clockwise direction. At the third step, you will see that there are 5 shaded squares in the grid. This means that in the following step in the sequence, the shapes remain in the same position as this equates to moving five spaces. There are four shaded boxes in the penultimate grid, therefore the correct answer must be D as the circle of shapes has moved around four spaces.

In this sequence there are two changes happening at each step (unrelated). The shape on the left moves 90 degrees clockwise with each step. The figure on the right is one vertical line with three horizontal lines next to it. With each step, a horizontal line shifts from one side of the vertical line to the other. The line that moves goes in a sequence from bottom line through to the top line and then back down to the middle, the bottom and so on.

In this question the diagonal line changes direction with each step so it is alternating between touching the bottom left/top right corner and the top left/bottom right corner. The black circle is moving around the box in an anti-clockwise direction and finally the white circle simply remains above the line in every stage of the sequence.

In the image at the top, the pattern or rule is running in diagonal lines from left to right downwards. The number of images doubles with each step down. For example, the triangle at the top left of the shape contains one circle. If you look at the shape that is next to it in a diagonal direction, it contains two circular shapes (double the first) and finally, the one at the bottom right of the shape contains four circles (double two). Therefore, the missing value has to contain four triangles as there are two triangles in its preceding step.

The rule in this question is that the shape moves one place counterclockwise as it goes around the box.

The shape also rotates 90 degrees clockwise every time it moves.

Box E works in accordance with both of these rules and is therefore the correct answer.