Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Reasoning by Analogy 2

Question 1

In a matrix, a circle contains a triangle in the top-left cell and a square contains a triangle in the top-right cell. The bottom-left cell shows a circle containing a diamond. What completes the bottom-right cell?

Accepted Answer

A square containing a diamond

Answer

The outer shape changes (circle→square) while the inner shape stays constant (triangle→diamond follows the row pattern), so the answer is a square containing a diamond.

Question 2

A 3×3 matrix has shapes that increase in size from left to right in every row. The top row has small, medium, and large circles. The middle row has small, medium, and large squares. The bottom row starts with a small triangle and a medium triangle. What is the missing piece?

Accepted Answer

A large triangle

Answer

The rule 'size increases left to right' applies consistently across all rows, so the missing piece is a large triangle.

Question 3

In a matrix analogy, each row contains the same three shapes but in a different arrangement. Row 1: circle, square, triangle. Row 2: square, triangle, circle. Row 3: triangle, ?, circle. What fills the blank?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Each row is a rotation of the same three shapes, and in row 3 the missing middle position is a square.

Question 4

A matrix shows figures where each cell has a shape with a number of dots equal to its position (1 dot in column 1, 2 dots in column 2, 3 dots in column 3). The bottom-right cell is missing. The bottom-left cell shows a pentagon with 1 dot, and the bottom-middle shows a pentagon with 2 dots. What is the answer?

Accepted Answer

Pentagon with 3 dots

Answer

The shape stays constant within a row (pentagon) and the dot count follows the column position rule, yielding a pentagon with 3 dots.

Question 5

In an analogy matrix, shading moves diagonally: top-left is fully shaded, top-middle is half-shaded, top-right is unshaded. The middle row shifts one step: middle-left is half-shaded. What shading should the bottom-left cell have?

Accepted Answer

Unshaded

Answer

The diagonal shift means each row starts one step lighter than the previous, so the bottom-left cell should be unshaded.

Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Practice Test

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Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Reasoning by Analogy 2