Question:

A black square PQRS has been cut into two parts. One part of it is shown in Panel I. Which one of the shapes in Panel II is the other part?

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Overlay a grid on the square and work out exactly which cells the shown piece does not cover.
Updated On: Jul 28, 2026
  • (i)
  • (ii)
  • (iii)
  • (iv)
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The Correct Option is C

Solution and Explanation

Mark the black square PQRS as a 6 by 6 grid of small cells, using the notches in Panel I as guide lines. The piece shown in Panel I already covers 25 of the 36 cells, so the missing piece must be made of exactly the remaining 11 cells, in a fixed connected pattern.

Trace that leftover pattern cell by cell. It forms a shape 4 units tall and 5 units wide, with two arms at the top joining a solid middle band and a foot at the bottom left. Now compare this outline with each option in Panel II.

  1. (i): the bottom row of this shape has one extra filled cell compared to the leftover pattern, so it does not match.
  2. (ii): the left cell of the bottom row is missing here where the leftover pattern needs it filled, so this does not match either.
  3. (iii): checking all four rows against the leftover pattern, every filled and empty cell lines up exactly.
  4. (iv): the third row has an extra filled cell and the bottom row is missing a cell on the left, so this fails too.

Only shape (iii) reproduces the leftover 11 cell pattern exactly, so option (C) is the other part of the square.

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