GCAT Figural Pattern Completion 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A 3×3 grid contains shapes that rotate 45° clockwise with each step. The top-left has an arrow pointing up, top-center points upper-right, top-right points right. The middle-left points upper-left, middle-center is missing. What belongs in the middle-center?
- Arrow pointing down
- Arrow pointing upper-right (Correct answer)
- Arrow pointing left
- Arrow pointing lower-right
Correct answer: Arrow pointing upper-right
Each shape rotates 45° clockwise, so the center position (step 4 from top-left) points upper-right.
Question 2: In a pattern series, each figure gains one side per step: circle, triangle, square, pentagon, ___. What comes next?
- Hexagon (Correct answer)
- Heptagon
- Circle
- Octagon
Correct answer: Hexagon
Each shape adds one side sequentially, so after pentagon (5 sides) comes hexagon (6 sides).
Question 3: A pattern shows a large white circle containing a small black square, then a large black square containing a small white circle. What is the next figure?
- Large white square containing a small black circle
- Large black circle containing a small white square (Correct answer)
- Large white circle containing a small white square
- Large black square containing a small black circle
Correct answer: Large black circle containing a small white square
The pattern alternates outer shape (circle/square) and reverses fill colors (white/black) each step.
Question 4: Each row in a matrix has three figures where the number of dots doubles: 1 dot, 2 dots, 4 dots. The second row starts with 2 dots and 4 dots. What completes the second row?
- 6 dots
- 8 dots (Correct answer)
- 10 dots
- 16 dots
Correct answer: 8 dots
The doubling rule applies within each row, so 2→4→8 dots.
Question 5: A sequence shows figures with shading that moves one section clockwise: a square shaded on the top, then on the right, then on the bottom. What comes next?
- Square shaded on the left (Correct answer)
- Square shaded on the top
- Square shaded on the bottom-right corner
- Unshaded square
Correct answer: Square shaded on the left
The shading moves one face clockwise each step: top → right → bottom → left.
Question 6: In a 3×3 matrix, each row contains a circle, triangle, and square in some order. Column 1 has circle, triangle, square top to bottom. Column 2 has triangle, square, circle. What is the top shape in column 3?
- Triangle
- Circle
- Square (Correct answer)
- Pentagon
Correct answer: Square
Each row and column must contain exactly one of each shape, so column 3 top must be the remaining shape: square.
Question 7: A pattern shows a figure that is reflected horizontally with each step. Step 1 shows an asymmetric flag pointing right. Step 2 shows it pointing left. What does step 3 show?
- Flag pointing left
- Flag pointing right (Correct answer)
- Flag pointing up
- Flag inverted vertically
Correct answer: Flag pointing right
Alternating horizontal reflections return the figure to its original orientation every two steps.
GCAT Figural Pattern Completion 2
A 3×3 grid contains shapes that rotate 45° clockwise with each step.
The top-left has an arrow pointing up, top-center points upper-right, top-right points right.
The middle-left points upper-left, middle-center is missing.
What belongs in the middle-center?