The following question consists of four problem figures marked (A), (B), (C), (D) and four answer figures marked (1), (2), (3) and (4). Select a figure among the answer figures which will continue the series established by the four problem figures.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) →
From one figure to the next, the long shape turns 45° anticlockwise (slanting like /, then upright, then slanting like \, then flat) and changes between an ellipse and a rectangle; the straight lines through the centre lie along the other directions, never inside the shape. The next figure therefore has an ellipse slanting like /, with straight lines only along the other three directions.