QPSea Abstract Reasoning 2

Question 1

A sequence shows: Circle with 1 dot, Square with 2 dots, Triangle with 3 dots, Circle with 4 dots. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Square with 5 dots

Answer

The shapes cycle Circle→Square→Triangle and dots increase by 1 each step, so the next is a Square with 5 dots.

Question 2

In a grid, each row contains a large shape, a medium shape, and a small shape. Each column contains a circle, a square, and a triangle. The bottom-right cell has a large circle and medium triangle. What shape is missing in the top-right cell?

Accepted Answer

Small square

Answer

The top-right cell must be small (to complete large/medium/small in that column) and a square (to complete circle/square/triangle in that row).

Question 3

A pattern alternates: shaded pentagon, unshaded hexagon, shaded pentagon, unshaded hexagon. The number of sides increases by 1 each pair. Which figure follows a shaded heptagon?

Accepted Answer

Unshaded octagon

Answer

After a shaded heptagon (7 sides), the pattern requires an unshaded shape with 8 sides (octagon).

Question 4

Each figure in a series is rotated 45° clockwise from the previous. If the first figure is an arrow pointing up, what direction does the fifth figure point?

Accepted Answer

Up

Answer

Four rotations of 45° total 180°, but an eighth rotation returns to start; the fifth figure (4×45°=180°) points down — wait: 0°→45°→90°→135°→180° so the fifth points down.

Question 5

A matrix shows 3 rows and 3 columns. Each row has exactly one black cell, one grey cell, and one white cell. Each column also has exactly one of each shade. The top-left is black, top-middle is grey, middle-left is white. What shade is the bottom-right cell?

Accepted Answer

Grey

Answer

Column 3 needs black and grey (white is at middle-right); row 3 needs black and grey; the intersection must satisfy both — the bottom-right is grey.

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QPSea Abstract Reasoning 2