Select a figure from the answer figures which will continue the series indicated by the five problem figures.
Problem figure:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) →
The inner shape comes in pairs, first black and then white, and loses one side with each new pair (hexagon, hexagon, pentagon, pentagon, square), while the small circle moves one corner anticlockwise each time. So the sixth figure is the white square, standing on its corner as in the fifth figure, with the circle in the top-left corner.