UMAT Abstract Reasoning 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In an abstract sequence: ○ △ □ ○ △ □ ○ △ __ — what shape comes next?
- ○
- △
- □ (Correct answer)
- ◇
Correct answer: □
The sequence repeats the pattern ○ △ □, so after ○ △ the next shape is □.
Question 2: A series shows figures with an increasing number of sides: triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon. What comes next?
- Pentagon
- Hexagon
- Heptagon (7-sided) (Correct answer)
- Octagon (8-sided)
Correct answer: Heptagon (7-sided)
The pattern adds one side per step: 3, 4, 5, 6 — the next shape has 7 sides, a heptagon.
Question 3: Each figure in a matrix rotates 90° clockwise. If the first figure points up (↑), what is the third figure's orientation?
- ↑ (up)
- → (right)
- ↓ (down) (Correct answer)
- ← (left)
Correct answer: ↓ (down)
Starting at ↑, one 90° clockwise rotation gives →, two gives ↓, so the third figure points down.
Question 4: In a 2×2 matrix of shapes, the top row shows: large circle, small circle; the bottom-left shows: large square. Applying the same size transformation rule, what is the bottom-right shape?
- Large square
- Large circle
- Small square (Correct answer)
- Small triangle
Correct answer: Small square
The rule transforms large shapes to small shapes across the row, so the large square transforms to a small square.
Question 5: A sequence of shaded grids shows: 1 shaded cell, 2 shaded cells, 4 shaded cells, 8 shaded cells. How many cells are shaded in the next figure?
- 10
- 12
- 16 (Correct answer)
- 9
Correct answer: 16
The number of shaded cells doubles each step: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16.
Question 6: In an abstract pattern set, Set A contains figures with curved lines only, Set B contains figures with straight lines only. A figure with both curved and straight lines belongs to:
- Set A
- Set B
- Neither Set A nor Set B (Correct answer)
- Both sets equally
Correct answer: Neither Set A nor Set B
Since Set A requires only curved lines and Set B requires only straight lines, a figure with both does not meet the strict criteria of either set.
UMAT Abstract Reasoning 1
In an abstract sequence: ○ △ □ ○ △ □ ○ △ __ — what shape comes next?