The four boxes follow a pattern. Select the fifth. Four boxes in a row, then a fifth box marked with a question mark. Box 1: a shaded square. Box 2: an unshaded pentagon. Box 3: a shaded hexagon. Box 4: an unshaded heptagon.

Figure 1 (A box containing a shaded heptagon.)

The four boxes follow a pattern. — CUET GAT practice

The four boxes follow a pattern.

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The four boxes follow a pattern. Select the fifth.

Figure 1

Correct answerYour answerFigure 2 A box containing an unshaded octagon.

Correct answerYour answerFigure 3 A box containing a shaded octagon.

Correct answerYour answerFigure 4 A box containing a shaded hexagon.

Correct answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

The shape gains one side each time: square, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, so next comes a octagon.
Shaded and unshaded shapes alternate, starting shaded, so the fifth shape is shaded.
Figure 3 shows a shaded octagon.

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.

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

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