Which figures amongst B, C, D and E will have to be joined along with figure A to together form a complete square?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → CE
Note: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. However, the pieces as printed in the paper cannot form a complete square, as explained below.
The answer given by NTA joins the two small right-angled triangles to (A): (C) in the top-right corner and (E) in the bottom-left corner. This makes a complete square only if (A) is a square with those two corners cut off:
The (A) printed in the paper is a hexagon with a point on the left and a point on the right, so even with (C) and (E) in place, gaps are left inside the square:
