Question

Shown below is an image that shows the step-by-step process of folding a white color fabric. The folded fabric is dipped into color at three corners P, Q, and R as indicated in the image. What will be the resultant fabric after unfolding?

• A. A
• B. B
• C. C
• D. D

Hint:

For fabric folding problems, visualize the effect of each fold and how color or patterns are transferred across different layers of the fabric.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Observe the sequence of folding and where the color is applied at corners P, Q, and R.
Step 2: After unfolding the fabric, Option B correctly matches the pattern formed by the colored sections at P, Q, and R.

Answer 2

Every fold in this sequence is a mirror fold, so whatever ink mark lands on the folded stack at a corner gets copied, mirror for mirror, onto every layer of paper underneath it once the sheet is opened back out. The number of copies of each dot equals the number of layers stacked at that point, and the dots must sit in a pattern that is symmetric across every fold line that was used, since a mirror fold always produces a mirror-symmetric result.

1. Option A: The dots here sit too close to the centre and are too few to account for the number of layers created by folding all four corners in and then folding the packet down further, so this pattern does not match the expected count.
2. Option B: The dots are spread out with the correct even, mirror-symmetric spacing across both the horizontal and vertical mid-lines that matches folding all four corners to the centre and then folding the resulting shape down again before dipping the three marked corners.
3. Option C: This pattern has too many dots packed too densely, more than the number of layers actually created by the folds, so it overstates how many times each dip would be copied.
4. Option D: One of the dots here breaks the mirror symmetry that every fold should preserve, appearing smaller and out of step with the rest of the pattern, so it cannot be the result of a purely symmetric folding and dipping process.

Only option B shows the correct number of ink dots arranged with the full mirror symmetry that this sequence of corner and half folds must produce.

So the correct answer is Option B.