Mensa IQ Test Mensa IQ Visual Pattern Analysis

Question 1

A pattern shows: small circle, medium circle, large circle, small square, medium square, large square. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Small triangle

Answer

Large square

Answer

Small circle

Answer

Medium triangle

Question 2

In a series, each figure has one more line of symmetry than the previous. Figure 1 has 0 lines (an irregular blob). Figure 2 has 1 line (an arrow). What does Figure 4 have?

Accepted Answer

3 lines of symmetry

Answer

4 lines of symmetry

Answer

2 lines of symmetry

Answer

No lines of symmetry

Question 3

A visual pattern shows shapes where each step rotates the previous shape 45° clockwise and adds one dot inside. Starting with an upright triangle with 0 dots, what does Step 4 look like?

Accepted Answer

Triangle rotated 135° with 3 dots

Answer

Triangle rotated 180° with 4 dots

Answer

Triangle rotated 90° with 2 dots

Answer

Triangle rotated 135° with 4 dots

Question 4

A grid pattern alternates black and white cells like a checkerboard. If cell (1,1) is black, what color is cell (4,6)?

Accepted Answer

White

Answer

Black

Answer

Gray

Answer

Depends on the pattern

Question 5

A pattern of dots grows as follows: Frame 1 has 1 dot, Frame 2 has 3 dots (in a triangle), Frame 3 has 6 dots, Frame 4 has 10 dots. How many dots in Frame 7?

Accepted Answer

28

Answer

21

Answer

36

Answer

35

Question 6

In a visual sequence, a square rotates 30° each step and grows 10% larger each step. After 6 steps, approximately how much larger is the square than it started?

Accepted Answer

About 77% larger (1.1⁶ ≈ 1.77)

Answer

About 60% larger

Answer

About 100% larger

Answer

About 50% larger