Mensa IQ Test Mensa IQ Figure Series and Visual Patterns 6

Question 1

A sequence shows figures with increasing sides all drawn inside a circle: [equilateral triangle inscribed] → [square inscribed] → [regular pentagon inscribed] → [?]. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Regular hexagon inscribed in a circle

Answer

Regular heptagon inscribed in a circle

Answer

Circle with no inscribed figure

Answer

Two triangles inscribed

Question 2

A row of figures: each figure is a square with a diagonal line. Figure 1: diagonal from top-left to bottom-right. Figure 2: diagonal from top-right to bottom-left. Figure 3: both diagonals (X pattern). Figure 4: diagonal from top-left to bottom-right again. [?]

Accepted Answer

Diagonal from top-right to bottom-left

Answer

Both diagonals (X pattern)

Answer

Empty square

Answer

Square with horizontal line

Question 3

A matrix: each row contains shapes that increase in size left to right. Row 1: small triangle, medium triangle, large triangle. Row 2: small square, medium square, large square. Row 3: small circle, [?], large circle.

Accepted Answer

Medium circle

Answer

Small circle

Answer

Medium square

Answer

Large circle

Question 4

A sequence of figures shows a triangle with a dot that moves from corner to corner: Step 1: dot at top vertex. Step 2: dot at bottom-right vertex. Step 3: dot at bottom-left vertex. Step 4: [?]

Accepted Answer

Dot at top vertex

Answer

Dot at bottom-right vertex

Answer

Dot outside the triangle

Answer

Dot at the center

Question 5

A sequence: [figure of a stick person standing upright] → [figure leaning 30° to the right] → [figure leaning 60° to the right] → [figure lying flat (90°)] → [?]. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Figure leaning 60° to the right (mirrored, as if getting back up)

Answer

Figure standing upright again

Answer

Figure leaning 30° to the right

Answer

Figure upside down (180°)

Question 6

In a 3×3 grid: each cell contains a shape, and shapes in the same row are the same type. Each row, the fill changes left to right: white → gray → black. Row 1: white square, gray square, black square. Row 2: white circle, gray circle, black circle. Row 3: white triangle, gray triangle, [?].

Accepted Answer

Black triangle

Answer

White triangle

Answer

Gray circle

Answer

Black square

Question 7

A sequence: a figure shows a 2×2 grid where exactly one cell is shaded. The shaded cell moves: (1,1) → (1,2) → (2,2) → (2,1) → (1,1) → (1,2) → [?]. What is the position of the shaded cell?

Accepted Answer

(2,2)

Answer

(2,1)

Answer

(1,1)

Answer

(1,2)