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Shown on the left is an image. Which option is the correct profile of the image? 

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In profile view questions, imagine how objects appear when viewed from the side, focusing on their alignment and relative positions.
Updated On: Jul 7, 2026
  • A

  • B

  • C

  • D

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The Correct Option is B

Approach Solution - 1


Step 1: The image depicts scissors cutting a paper with a paperclip attached. The profile view shows how the scissors and paper are aligned.
Step 2: In option (B), the scissors are correctly aligned with the paper in a typical cutting position, showing the blades and the cut paper.
Step 3: Options (A), (C), and (D) do not accurately represent the correct cutting profile.
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Approach Solution -2

The picture on the left shows scissors cutting into a stack of paper with a paperclip attached near one edge, viewed at an angle. Working out the true side (profile) view means asking which parts should be in front of, and which parts should be hidden behind, the stack of paper and the scissor blade, if the same objects were viewed straight from the side.

  1. Option A: The scissor blade and the paper stack overlap in a way that hides more of the blade than the side view should, given the depth at which the blade is shown cutting into the stack in the original picture.
  2. Option B: The scissor blade sits at the correct depth into the paper stack, and the paperclip is visible at the correct edge, matching how these pieces would actually line up when viewed directly from the side.
  3. Option C: The folded corner of the paper and the blade's cutting line do not line up the way they should for a true side view of the original angled picture.
  4. Option D: The paperclip is placed at the wrong depth relative to the paper stack here, showing it further forward or further back than the original picture supports.

Only option B keeps the scissors, the paper stack, and the paperclip at the depths that match a true side view of the original angled picture.

So the correct answer is Option B.

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