Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Line and Angle Patterns 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a 3×3 RPM matrix, a horizontal line (0°) appears in the top-left cell, a line at 45° in the top-center, and a vertical line (90°) in the top-right. What is the angular increment per step?
- 30°
- 45° (Correct answer)
- 60°
- 90°
Correct answer: 45°
The line rotates 45° clockwise with each step (0° → 45° → 90°), making 45° the angular increment.
Question 2: A matrix row shows lines at 60°, 90°, and 120°. If the pattern continues in a fourth cell, what angle would appear?
- 130°
- 140°
- 150° (Correct answer)
- 160°
Correct answer: 150°
The lines increase by 30° per step (60° → 90° → 120°), so the fourth cell would show 150°.
Question 3: In an RPM problem, lines in each cell rotate 90° clockwise per column. If the first column shows a vertical line (90°), what does the third column show?
- 90°
- 180° (horizontal) (Correct answer)
- 270°
- 0° (same as start)
Correct answer: 180° (horizontal)
Two 90° clockwise rotations from 90° yields 270°, which is equivalent to a horizontal line at 180°.
Question 4: Which of the following best describes a 'constant angle' pattern in Raven's Progressive Matrices?
- Lines rotate by a fixed amount each column
- All lines in the matrix share the same orientation (Correct answer)
- Lines alternate between two angles
- Lines decrease in angle across rows
Correct answer: All lines in the matrix share the same orientation
A constant angle pattern means every cell in the matrix contains a line at the same orientation, and no rotation occurs.
Question 5: A matrix has lines at 0°, 45°, and 90° in column 1. Column 2 shows lines at 45°, 90°, and 135°. What rule governs this matrix?
- Each row increases by 45°
- Each column shifts all angles up by 45° (Correct answer)
- Angles decrease by 45° per column
- Each cell contains perpendicular line pairs
Correct answer: Each column shifts all angles up by 45°
Every entry in column 2 is exactly 45° greater than the corresponding entry in column 1, indicating each column adds 45° to the set.
Question 6: In an RPM figure, a line at 135° is described as pointing in which direction?
- Horizontal
- Vertical
- Diagonal from upper-right to lower-left (Correct answer)
- Diagonal from upper-left to lower-right
Correct answer: Diagonal from upper-right to lower-left
A 135° angle measured counterclockwise from horizontal produces a line slanting from upper-right to lower-left.
Question 7: In a 3×3 RPM matrix, the angle of a line doubles each row (15°, 30°, 60°). Which concept does this represent?
- Linear angle progression
- Geometric angle progression (Correct answer)
- Alternating angle pattern
- Mirrored angle pattern
Correct answer: Geometric angle progression
When each term is multiplied by a fixed factor (×2), the sequence is geometric rather than linear (additive).
Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Line and Angle Patterns 1
In a 3×3 RPM matrix, a horizontal line (0°) appears in the top-left cell, a line at 45° in the top-center, and a vertical line (90°) in the top-right.
What is the angular increment per step?