Question

Select a figure amongst the answer figures which will continue the same series or pattern as established by the problem figures.

• A.

  

• B.

  

• C.

  

• D.

  

Hint:

Find what happens to the first shape to get the second, then apply the same change to the triangle.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The problem figures form an analogy: a diamond (square) is related to a figure made of that square overlapped with the same square rotated through \(45^{\circ}\) (an eight-pointed star); in the same way a triangle must be related to that triangle overlapped with the triangle turned upside down.
Superposing an upward triangle and an inverted triangle gives a six-pointed star (hexagram), which is figure (1).
Figure (2) is a smaller triangle inside a bigger one, figure (3) is two upward triangles shifted vertically, and figure (4) is a hexagon, so none of these follows the rule.
Answer: (1) the six-pointed star made of two overlapping triangles (one upright, one inverted)