Look at the arrow and the dot in each box. What should the next box contain? Four boxes in a row, then a fifth box marked with a question mark. Box 1: an arrow pointing up, with a dot at the top-left corner. Box 2: an arrow pointing up-right, with a dot at the top-right corner. Box 3: an arrow pointing right, with a dot at the bottom-right corner. Box 4: an arrow pointing down-right, with a dot at the bottom-left corner.

Figure 1 (A box containing an arrow pointing down-right, with a dot at the top-left corner.)

Look at the arrow and the dot in each box.

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Look at the arrow and the dot in each box. What should the next box contain?

Figure 1

Correct answerYour answerFigure 2 A box containing an arrow pointing down, with a dot at the bottom-left corner.

Correct answerYour answerFigure 3 A box containing an arrow pointing up, with a dot at the top-left corner.

Correct answerYour answerFigure 4 A box containing an arrow pointing down, with a dot at the top-left corner.

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

The arrow turns 45° clockwise each time: up, up-right, right, down-right, so next it points down.
The dot moves 2 places clockwise round the box each time (the 4 corners and 4 edge midpoints are the 8 places): from the bottom-left corner it goes to the top-left corner.
Figure 4 shows an arrow pointing down, with a dot at the top-left corner.

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.