RCAT Abstract Reasoning

Question 1

In a sequence of shapes, each figure rotates 45° clockwise and gains one side. If the sequence starts with a triangle, what is the 5th shape?

Accepted Answer

Heptagon

Answer

The sequence is triangle (3), square (4), pentagon (5), hexagon (6), heptagon (7) — the 5th shape is a heptagon.

Question 2

Each row of a 3×3 matrix contains a circle, square, and triangle. Each column contains a shaded, striped, and white shape. What shape and fill is missing if row 3 has a white circle and striped triangle, and columns 1–3 each already contain two of the three fills?

Accepted Answer

Shaded square

Answer

Row 3 needs a square; column 2 already has white and striped, so the missing fill is shaded — giving a shaded square.

Question 3

A pattern alternates: large dark circle → small light circle → large dark square → small light square → large dark circle... What comes after 'small light square'?

Accepted Answer

Large dark circle

Answer

The four-element cycle repeats, so after 'small light square' the pattern returns to 'large dark circle'.

Question 4

In a matrix, each row's third shape is the result of overlapping the first two shapes and keeping only the non-overlapping parts. Row 3 has shapes A and B partially overlapping — what is the third shape?

Accepted Answer

The non-overlapping regions of A and B combined

Answer

The rule is XOR (exclusive OR) — only the parts not shared between A and B appear in the third shape.

Question 5

Which figure does NOT belong: a circle with a dot inside, a square with a dot inside, a triangle with a dot inside, a pentagon with a dot inside, or a hexagon with a line inside?

Accepted Answer

Hexagon with a line inside

Answer

All other shapes contain a dot inside; the hexagon contains a line, making it the odd one out.

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RCAT Abstract Reasoning