OLSAT OLSAT Nonverbal Reasoning 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A 3×3 matrix has circles in row 1, squares in row 2, and triangles in row 3. Each row has small, medium, and large shapes. What shape fills the bottom-right cell?
- Small triangle
- Large triangle (Correct answer)
- Large square
- Medium triangle
Correct answer: Large triangle
Row 3 has triangles; the bottom-right corner must be the large triangle to complete the size sequence.
Question 2: Each figure in a series gains one extra side: triangle, square, pentagon, ___.
- Pentagon
- Hexagon (Correct answer)
- Octagon
- Heptagon
Correct answer: Hexagon
Triangle (3 sides), square (4), pentagon (5), so the next is hexagon (6 sides).
Question 3: A shape is reflected across a vertical axis. If the original has a star in the top-right, where is the star after reflection?
- Top-right
- Bottom-right
- Top-left (Correct answer)
- Bottom-left
Correct answer: Top-left
Reflecting across a vertical axis swaps left and right, moving the star from top-right to top-left.
Question 4: In a number matrix, row 1 = [2, 4, 8], row 2 = [3, 6, 12]. What is the missing value in row 3 = [5, 10, ___]?
- 15
- 20 (Correct answer)
- 25
- 30
Correct answer: 20
Each row doubles its values: 5 × 4 = 20, or 10 × 2 = 20.
Question 5: A figure is rotated 180°. An arrow originally pointing up now points ___.
- Left
- Right
- Up
- Down (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Down
A 180° rotation reverses direction, so an upward arrow now points down.
Question 6: Which piece completes the puzzle if the missing segment is the top-right of a 4-piece square divided diagonally?
- A square
- A triangle pointing up-right (Correct answer)
- A triangle pointing down-left
- A rectangle
Correct answer: A triangle pointing up-right
Dividing a square diagonally from bottom-left to top-right gives a triangle whose hypotenuse faces the top-right.
OLSAT OLSAT Nonverbal Reasoning 1
A 3×3 matrix has circles in row 1, squares in row 2, and triangles in row 3.
Each row has small, medium, and large shapes.
What shape fills the bottom-right cell?