Track the arrow's direction and the dot's position across the boxes. Which figure should come next? 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 middle of the bottom edge. Box 2: an arrow pointing left, with a dot at the middle of the left edge. Box 3: an arrow pointing down, with a dot at the middle of the top edge. Box 4: an arrow pointing right, with a dot at the middle of the right edge.

Figure 1 (A box containing an arrow pointing right, with a dot at the middle of the bottom edge.)

Track the arrow's direction and the dot's…

Track the arrow's direction and the dot's position across the boxes.

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Track the arrow's direction and the dot's position across the boxes. Which figure should come next?

Figure 1

Correct answerYour answerFigure 2 A box containing an arrow pointing up, with a dot at the middle of the right edge.

Correct answerYour answerFigure 3 A box containing an arrow pointing down, with a dot at the middle of the bottom edge.

Correct answerYour answerFigure 4 A box containing an arrow pointing up, with a dot at the middle of the bottom edge.

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

The arrow turns 90° anticlockwise each time: up, left, down, right, so next it points up.
The dot moves 2 places clockwise round the box each time (the 4 corners and 4 edge midpoints are the 8 places): from the middle of the right edge it goes to the middle of the bottom edge.
Figure 4 shows an arrow pointing up, with a dot at the middle of the bottom edge.

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.