Abstract Reasoning Test - 28

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.

This question is actually fairly simple as there are only two rules at play. Most of the shapes are constant and do not change. The first rule is that the middle shapes in the left hand column alternate from white to black to white and so on.

The other rule is that the black shapes at the bottom right hand corner move up and down the box one row at a time.

They start at the bottom right then they move up one place. They move up another place and then in the top row you don’t see them as they 'sit on' two identical shapes.

Each block in the series contains a central figure inside a larger shape: (i) The central figure firstly gradually increases in size; (ii) Secondly changes in colour from white to beige to black, then back to white and so on; (iii) The larger figure changes from a ‘square with rounded corners’ to a square to a pentagon, then back to a ‘square with rounded corners’, and so on.

Correct Answer; F

In this question, the number of grey squares in the bottom box must be equal to the number of lines with both ends facing upwards in the top box.

There are no squares in the box below the question mark therefore, A must be the correct answer as there are no upturned lines.

Each block in the series contains two columns of three squares. The ‘black shading’ rotates around the “perimeter made by the two columns combined”, by one square at a time.

Correct Answer; A

In this question the number of edges on the outer shape increases by one as you move from left to right.

If you also add up all the edges on the inner shapes, they will equal the total number of the outer shape.

The missing shape therefore contains 4 edges on the outer shape and 4 edges on the inner shape. For this reason, the answer is D.

The correct answer is Set B because one of the shapes contains half (or less) of a circle. This is the common feature for all six of the Set B figures. The position, size and colour of each of the figures doesn’t affect the answer.

Correct Answer; Set B

Each block in the series contains four figures. One of these figures rotates by 90-degrees at each step in the series, starting with the square, then the semi-circle i.e. ‘moving around’ the set of four figures in a clockwise direction.

Correct Answer; A

Each block in the series contains a triangle, a square, a black circle and a white circle. At each step in the series all four figures shift by one place. There are two alternate series of blocks. The figures in the first, third and fifth block rotate anticlockwise. The figures in the second, fourth and sixth blocks rotate clockwise.

Correct Answer; B

In this question, every box must contain two square shapes in the corners of the box. It does not matter which corners, or which other shapes are inside the box. The only criterion is that there must be two squares placed amongst the four corners. Option A is the only one that does this.