Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Logical Figure Operations 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a 3×3 matrix, each row contains a circle, a square, and a triangle. Each column contains a large, medium, and small version. The bottom-right cell is missing. What belongs there?
- Large triangle
- Small triangle (Correct answer)
- Medium circle
- Small square
Correct answer: Small triangle
Each shape appears once per row and once per column, and each size appears once per column, so the missing cell must be a small triangle.
Question 2: A figure operation adds one dot inside a shape with each step. Step 1 has 1 dot, Step 2 has 2 dots, Step 3 has 3 dots. How many dots does Step 5 have?
- 4
- 5 (Correct answer)
- 6
- 7
Correct answer: 5
The pattern increases by one dot per step, so Step 5 contains exactly 5 dots.
Question 3: Each row of a matrix shows a shape that rotates 45° clockwise with each move to the right. If the first cell shows an arrow pointing up, what does the third cell show?
- Arrow pointing up
- Arrow pointing right (Correct answer)
- Arrow pointing down
- Arrow pointing left
Correct answer: Arrow pointing right
Two 45° clockwise rotations equal a 90° total rotation, turning an upward arrow to point right.
Question 4: In a matrix, a black shape in the left cell becomes a white (outline-only) shape in the right cell. If the left cell has a black pentagon, what is the right cell?
- Black pentagon
- White pentagon (Correct answer)
- Black circle
- White circle
Correct answer: White pentagon
The transformation rule converts filled black shapes to outline-only (white) shapes of the same type.
Question 5: A 3×3 matrix uses three patterns: horizontal stripes, vertical stripes, and solid fill. Each pattern appears exactly once per row and once per column. The center cell has horizontal stripes; the top-right has vertical stripes. What pattern is in the bottom-right?
- Horizontal stripes (Correct answer)
- Vertical stripes
- Solid fill
- No pattern
Correct answer: Horizontal stripes
The bottom row must contain all three patterns; since solid fill and vertical stripes are elsewhere in that row, horizontal stripes must fill the bottom-right.
Question 6: In a progressive matrix, a shape gains one side with each step: triangle (3), square (4), pentagon (5). What shape comes next?
- Pentagon
- Hexagon (Correct answer)
- Heptagon
- Circle
Correct answer: Hexagon
Each step adds one side to the polygon, so after pentagon (5 sides) comes hexagon (6 sides).
Question 7: A matrix shows that a large shape on the left shrinks to a small shape on the right, while a small shape on the left grows to a large shape. If the left cell has a large square and a small triangle, what does the right cell have?
- Large square and small triangle
- Small square and large triangle (Correct answer)
- Large triangle and small square
- Two medium shapes
Correct answer: Small square and large triangle
The operation swaps the sizes of the two shapes, turning the large square small and the small triangle large.
Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Logical Figure Operations 2
In a 3×3 matrix, each row contains a circle, a square, and a triangle.
Each column contains a large, medium, and small version.
The bottom-right cell is missing.
What belongs there?