Select the option that fits in the place of the question mark to complete the pattern.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) →
The figure is symmetric about both the vertical and the horizontal lines through its centre: each quarter is the mirror image of the quarter beside it. So the missing bottom-right quarter is the mirror image of the bottom-left quarter across the vertical line.
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (2) — Incorrect. This is the correct piece turned through 90° anticlockwise.
Option (3) — Incorrect. This is the correct piece flipped left to right (its mirror image).
Option (4) — Incorrect. One line of the correct piece is missing.