Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices IQ 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a 3×3 matrix, each row contains shapes that rotate 90° clockwise. The top-left has a triangle pointing up, top-middle has a triangle pointing right. What should appear in the top-right cell?
- Triangle pointing up
- Triangle pointing down (Correct answer)
- Triangle pointing left
- Triangle pointing right
Correct answer: Triangle pointing down
Each shape rotates 90° clockwise, so after pointing right, the next rotation yields a downward-pointing triangle.
Question 2: A matrix has circles in the first column, squares in the second, and triangles in the third. Each row's shapes increase in size from left to right. The bottom-right cell is missing. What belongs there?
- Small circle
- Large square
- Large triangle (Correct answer)
- Medium triangle
Correct answer: Large triangle
The third column always contains triangles, and the bottom row always has the largest size, so a large triangle completes the pattern.
Question 3: In Raven's Matrices, a 'series completion' item asks you to find what comes next in a visual sequence. What cognitive ability does this primarily measure?
- Verbal reasoning
- Abstract reasoning (Correct answer)
- Spatial memory
- Processing speed
Correct answer: Abstract reasoning
Series completion in Raven's Matrices measures abstract reasoning—the ability to detect rules in non-verbal, non-symbolic patterns.
Question 4: A 3×3 grid has 1 dot in the top-left, 2 dots in the top-middle, 3 dots in the top-right, 4 dots in the middle-left, and 5 dots in the middle-middle. How many dots are in the middle-right?
- 5
- 6 (Correct answer)
- 7
- 8
Correct answer: 6
The dots increase by 1 reading left-to-right, top-to-bottom, so the middle-right cell contains 6 dots.
Question 5: Each row of a matrix contains the same three shapes, but their fill changes: row 1 is all white, row 2 is all gray, row 3 is all black. One cell is missing from row 3. What is its fill?
- White
- Gray
- Striped
- Black (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Black
Row 3 follows the rule that all shapes are black, so the missing cell must also be black.
Question 6: The Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) is divided into how many sets, each with increasing difficulty?
- 3 sets (A–C)
- 4 sets (A–D)
- 5 sets (A–E) (Correct answer)
- 6 sets (A–F)
Correct answer: 5 sets (A–E)
The SPM consists of 5 sets labeled A through E, each of 12 items with difficulty increasing within and across sets.
Question 7: In a matrix, each row has shapes where the number of sides increases by one (triangle, square, pentagon). The columns show the shapes getting progressively darker. The bottom-right cell contains a missing shape. What is it?
- Dark triangle
- Light pentagon
- Dark pentagon (Correct answer)
- Gray square
Correct answer: Dark pentagon
The bottom row requires a pentagon (5 sides) and the right column requires the darkest fill, so the missing cell is a dark pentagon.
Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices IQ 2
In a 3×3 matrix, each row contains shapes that rotate 90° clockwise.
The top-left has a triangle pointing up, top-middle has a triangle pointing right.
What should appear in the top-right cell?