Mensa IQ Test Mensa IQ Figure Series and Visual Patterns 5

Question 1

A sequence: [small circle on the left of a horizontal line] → [small circle in the middle of the line] → [small circle on the right of the line] → [small circle below the right end] → [?].
What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Small circle moving left below the line

Answer

Small circle above the line on the right

Answer

Small circle back to the left

Answer

Small circle in the center below the line

Question 2

In a 3×3 matrix, each row contains a circle, a square, and a triangle. Row 1: circle (top-left), square (top-center), triangle (top-right). Row 2: triangle (mid-left), circle (mid-center), square (mid-right). Row 3: square (bot-left), [?] (bot-center), circle (bot-right).

Accepted Answer

Triangle

Answer

Square

Answer

Circle

Answer

Diamond

Question 3

A sequence: [upright T-shape] → [T rotated 90° clockwise, looks like ⊢] → [T rotated 180°, upside-down T] → [T rotated 270°, looks like ⊣] → [?]. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Upright T-shape (0°/360°)

Answer

T rotated 90° clockwise

Answer

Upside-down T

Answer

T rotated 270°

Question 4

A sequence of figures: each figure shows a rectangle divided into sections. Figure 1: 2 sections. Figure 2: 4 sections. Figure 3: 8 sections. Figure 4: [?]

Accepted Answer

16 sections

Answer

12 sections

Answer

10 sections

Answer

6 sections

Question 5

A 3×3 grid where each cell contains dots: the number of dots follows the rule — each cell equals the sum of the cell above it and the cell to its left (with edge cells counting as 1). Top row: 1, 1, 1. Middle row: 1, 2, 3. Bottom row: 1, 3, [?].

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

4

Answer

5

Answer

9

Question 6

A sequence of overlapping figures: Figure 1: two circles side by side with no overlap. Figure 2: two circles slightly overlapping. Figure 3: one circle centered inside the other (concentric). Figure 4: [?]

Accepted Answer

Two circles completely merged into one (fully overlapping)

Answer

Two circles side by side again

Answer

Three concentric circles

Answer

Two circles overlapping at the right side

Question 7

A sequence of figures shows a line rotating inside a square: pointing to top-right corner (45°) → pointing right (0°) → pointing to bottom-right corner (−45°) → pointing down (−90°) → [?]. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Pointing to bottom-left corner (−135°)

Answer

Pointing left (180°)

Answer

Pointing up (90°)

Answer

Pointing to top-right (45°)