TalentLens Raven's Abstract Reasoning 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a 3x3 matrix, each row contains a circle, a square, and a triangle in rotating order. The number of sides of each shape increases left to right by one. What shape with how many sides belongs in the bottom-right cell if the bottom row starts with a pentagon and square?
- Triangle with 3 sides
- Hexagon with 6 sides (Correct answer)
- Heptagon with 7 sides
- Pentagon with 5 sides
Correct answer: Hexagon with 6 sides
Each row cycles through shapes with sides increasing by one, so after pentagon (5) and square (4) the next must be hexagon (6) to complete the pattern.
Question 2: A series of figures shows a black dot moving clockwise around the corners of a square, one corner per step. If the dot is currently at the top-left corner, where will it be after three more steps?
- Top-left
- Bottom-left
- Bottom-right (Correct answer)
- Top-right
Correct answer: Bottom-right
Clockwise from top-left: top-right (1), bottom-right (2), bottom-left (3) — but the question asks three steps from top-left, landing at bottom-left then next step bottom-right; three steps clockwise = bottom-right.
Question 3: Each figure in a sequence has a large outer shape containing a smaller inner shape. The outer shape gains one side per step (triangle → square → pentagon). The inner shape always has two fewer sides than the outer. What is the inner shape in the figure where the outer shape is a hexagon?
- Triangle
- Square (Correct answer)
- Pentagon
- Circle
Correct answer: Square
The inner shape always has two fewer sides than the outer, so a hexagon (6 sides) contains a square (4 sides).
Question 4: In a pattern matrix, shading alternates: the first cell is fully shaded, the second is half-shaded, the third is unshaded, and the cycle repeats. What is the shading of the 8th cell?
- Fully shaded
- Half-shaded (Correct answer)
- Unshaded
- Quarter-shaded
Correct answer: Half-shaded
The cycle length is 3; 8 mod 3 = 2, which corresponds to the second position: half-shaded.
Question 5: A 3x3 matrix has figures that each contain a number of dots equal to the product of the row number and column number. How many dots are in the cell at row 3, column 2?
- 5
- 6 (Correct answer)
- 8
- 9
Correct answer: 6
Row 3 × Column 2 = 6 dots.
Question 6: Each row of a matrix contains three arrows. The first points right, the second points down, and the third points in the direction that is 90° counterclockwise from the second. What direction does the third arrow in a row point when the second arrow points left?
- Right
- Up (Correct answer)
- Down
- Left
Correct answer: Up
90° counterclockwise from left is up.
Question 7: In a sequence of figures, each figure is the previous one reflected horizontally, then one small square is added to its top. If figure 1 is a single square, what does figure 4 look like?
- A column of 4 squares
- A mirrored L-shape with 4 squares
- A 2x2 block of squares
- A staircase of 4 squares descending right (Correct answer)
Correct answer: A staircase of 4 squares descending right
Alternating horizontal reflections with a top-square addition creates a staircase pattern descending to the right by figure 4.
TalentLens Raven's Abstract Reasoning 2
In a 3x3 matrix, each row contains a circle, a square, and a triangle in rotating order.
The number of sides of each shape increases left to right by one.
What shape with how many sides belongs in the bottom-right cell if the bottom row starts with a pentagon and square?