GCAT Figural Pattern Completion 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A pattern alternates between a filled shape and its outline only. Figure 1: filled black circle. Figure 2: circle outline. Figure 3: filled black triangle. Figure 4: triangle outline. What is figure 5?
- Filled black square (Correct answer)
- Square outline
- Filled black circle
- Circle outline
Correct answer: Filled black square
The pattern cycles through shapes (circle, triangle, square…) while alternating filled/outline, so figure 5 is a filled black square.
Question 2: In a sequence, a small dot moves one cell to the right across a 4-cell grid, then resets to the left. Positions: cell 1, cell 2, cell 3, cell 4, cell 1, cell 2, ___. What comes next?
- Cell 1
- Cell 3 (Correct answer)
- Cell 4
- Cell 2
Correct answer: Cell 3
The dot moves right and wraps around; after cell 2 comes cell 3.
Question 3: Three figures each show a square divided into quadrants with different shading. Figure 1: top-left shaded. Figure 2: top-right shaded. Figure 3: bottom-right shaded. What is figure 4?
- Top-left shaded
- Bottom-left shaded (Correct answer)
- Bottom-right shaded
- All quadrants shaded
Correct answer: Bottom-left shaded
The shaded quadrant rotates clockwise around the square, so after bottom-right comes bottom-left.
Question 4: A series shows overlapping circles where the overlap region is shaded. Two circles overlap slightly (small shaded lens), then moderately (larger lens), then greatly (very large overlap). What changes in the next figure?
- The circles fully separate with no overlap
- The circles completely merge into one (Correct answer)
- The overlap region stays the same
- A third circle is added
Correct answer: The circles completely merge into one
The circles are moving closer with increasing overlap; the logical endpoint is complete merger into one circle.
Question 5: A 3×3 matrix uses three symbols: ●, ■, ▲. Each symbol appears exactly once per row and once per column. Row 1: ●, ■, ▲. Row 2: ■, ▲, ?. What is the missing symbol?
- ● (Correct answer)
- ■
- ▲
- ○
Correct answer: ●
Row 2 already has ■ and ▲, so the missing symbol must be ●.
Question 6: Figures in a pattern series show an arrow that changes both direction and color: up/black, right/white, down/black, left/white. What is the next arrow?
- Up/black
- Up/white (Correct answer)
- Right/black
- Down/white
Correct answer: Up/white
The direction cycles (up→right→down→left→up) and the color alternates (black/white); up+white is next.
Question 7: A sequence shows nested squares: 1 square, then a square inside a square, then three nested squares. How many squares are in the 5th figure?
- 4
- 5 (Correct answer)
- 6
- 8
Correct answer: 5
Each figure adds one more nested square, so the 5th figure has 5 squares.
GCAT Figural Pattern Completion 4
A pattern alternates between a filled shape and its outline only.
Figure 1: filled black circle.
Figure 2: circle outline.
Figure 3: filled black triangle.
Figure 4: triangle outline.
What is figure 5?