Non-Verbal Reasoning - MCQ Practice Questions

A pattern alternates colors: Red, Blue, Red, Blue, ?. What is the 7th element?

In a size progression: Small circle, Medium circle, Large circle, Very large circle, ?. The radius increases by 1 cm each time starting from 1 cm. What is the radius of the 5th circle?

A figure shows: Square with 1 line inside, Square with 2 lines inside, Square with 3 lines inside, ?. How many lines in the 5th square?

In a shading pattern: First figure is unshaded, second is half-shaded, third is fully shaded, fourth is half-shaded, ?. What is the 5th figure's shading?

A diagonal pattern shows elements arranged: (1,1), (2,2), (3,3), (4,4), ?. What is the position of the 6th element if following a specific diagonal sequence?

In a fractal-like pattern: Figure 1 has 1 element, Figure 2 has 3 elements (1+2), Figure 3 has 6 elements (1+2+3). How many elements in Figure 5?

A mirror symmetry pattern shows: Figure A has vertical line of symmetry, Figure B has horizontal line of symmetry, Figure C has vertical line of symmetry, ?. What symmetry does Figure D likely have?

In an additive pattern: Figure shows 3 corners of a shape filled, next shows 2 more corners filled (total 5), next shows 2 more filled (total 7). If shape has 12 corners total, after how many steps will all be filled?

A combinatorial pattern shows: Figure has (2 small circles + 1 large circle), next has (2 small circles + 2 large circles), next has (3 small circles + 2 large circles), next has (3 small circles + 3 large circles), ?. What comes next?

In a position-shift pattern: Element starts at top-left, moves to top-right, then bottom-right, then bottom-left, then top-left. This is step 5. Where is the element after 13 more steps (total 18)?

A complex overlay pattern shows: Blue circle overlaps Red square (creating purple overlap area of 2 cm²), next Blue rectangle overlaps Red circle (creating 3 cm² overlap), next Blue triangle overlaps Red rectangle (creating 4 cm² overlap), ?. What is the overlap area in the 5th figure?

In a conditional transformation: IF figure has even sides → add 1 line inside. IF figure has odd sides → add 2 lines inside. Starting with pentagon (5 sides, 1 line), after 4 transformations, how many lines total?

A three-variable pattern shows: (Triangles=2, Lines=3, Circles=1), (T=3, L=4, C=2), (T=4, L=5, C=3), (T=5, L=6, C=4), ?. What are the values in the 6th figure?

A pattern uses modular arithmetic: Position = (n × 3 + 2) mod 7, where n = figure number. Which position is the 10th figure at?

In a wave pattern: Amplitude starts at 1, increases to 3, then 5, then 7. Simultaneously, wavelength starts at 4, decreases to 3, then 2, then 1. If pattern repeats after 8 figures, what is amplitude and wavelength of figure 9?

A Fibonacci-variant pattern shows: F(1)=3 shapes, F(2)=5 shapes, F(3)=F(1)+F(2)=8 shapes, F(4)=F(2)+F(3)=13 shapes, ?. How many shapes in F(6)?

In a series, the first figure has 2 circles, the second has 3 circles, and the third has 5 circles. Following this pattern, how many circles will the fourth figure have?

A pattern shows: Square rotates 45°, then 90°, then 135°. What is the next rotation angle?

In a size progression pattern: Small square, Medium square, Large square. If size increases by factor 2 each time, what is the ratio of the first to fourth figure's area?

A pattern alternates: Black triangle, White triangle, Black triangle. The 7th figure in the sequence will be?