Study how the shape changes from box to box, then choose the figure that should replace the question mark. Four boxes in a row, then a fifth box marked with a question mark. Box 1: a shaded octagon. Box 2: an unshaded heptagon. Box 3: a shaded hexagon. Box 4: an unshaded pentagon.

Figure 1 (A box containing a shaded pentagon.)

Study how the shape changes from box to box,…

Study how the shape changes from box to box, then choose the figure that should replace the question mark.

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Study how the shape changes from box to box, then choose the figure that should replace the question mark.

Figure 1

Correct answerYour answerFigure 2 A box containing a shaded square.

Correct answerYour answerFigure 3 A box containing an unshaded square.

Correct answerYour answerFigure 4 A box containing a shaded triangle.

Correct answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

The shape loses one side each time: octagon, heptagon, hexagon, pentagon, so next comes a square.
Shaded and unshaded shapes alternate, starting shaded, so the fifth shape is shaded.
Figure 2 shows a shaded square.

Worth noting

Track one element at a time across all four boxes, and check each option against every rule; each wrong figure here breaks exactly one of them.

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Ten questions from Non-verbal Reasoning, at your own pace.