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Mock Exam 1: Non-Verbal Reasoning

40 multiple-choice questions with 5 answers each (A to E). Press Start, answer in your own time and mark the paper when you have finished.

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🔷 Non-Verbal Reasoning — 40 questions

Question 1Odd one out

Which figure is the odd one out?

Question 2Odd one out

Four of these figures belong together. Which one does not?

Question 3Odd one out

Four of these patterns are the same on both sides of an up-and-down mirror line. Which one is not?

Question 4Odd one out

Which figure is the odd one out?

Question 5Odd one out

Which shape is the odd one out?

Question 6Series

Which figure comes next in the series?

Question 7Series

Which shape comes next in the series?

Question 8Series

Which figure comes next in the series?

Question 9Series

Which figure comes next in the series?

Question 10Series

Which figure comes next in the series?

Question 11Series

Which figure comes next in the series?

Question 12Analogies

The first shape changes to the second. Which figure goes with the third shape in the same way?

Question 13Analogies

The first arrow changes to the second. Which figure goes with the third arrow in the same way?

Question 14Analogies

The first shape changes to the second. Which figure goes with the third shape in the same way?

Question 15Analogies

The first shape changes to the second. Which figure goes with the third shape in the same way?

Question 16Analogies

The first shape changes to the second. Which figure goes with the third shape in the same way?

Question 17Matrices

Each row and each column has all three shapes. Which figure completes the grid?

Question 18Matrices

Look at the shapes and the shading across the rows and down the columns. Which figure completes the grid?

Question 19Matrices

Look at the shapes and the shading across the rows and down the columns. Which figure completes the grid?

Question 20Matrices

Look at the shapes and the sizes across the rows and down the columns. Which figure completes the grid?

Question 21Rotation

The pattern is turned a quarter turn (90°) clockwise. Which figure shows it after the turn?

Question 22Rotation

The pattern is turned a half turn (180°). Which figure shows it after the turn?

Question 23Rotation

The pattern is turned a quarter turn (90°) anticlockwise. Which figure shows it after the turn?

Question 24Reflection

The pattern is held up to a mirror on its right-hand side. Which figure shows the reflection?

Question 25Reflection

The pattern is held up to a mirror below it. Which figure shows the reflection?

Question 26Reflection

The dashed line is a mirror. Which figure shows the reflection of the pattern?

Question 27Reflection

The dashed line is a mirror. Which figure shows the reflection of the pattern?

Question 28Rotation

Four of these patterns are the same pattern turned round. One is a mirror image. Which one is the mirror image?

Question 29Rotation

Four of these patterns are the same pattern turned round. One is a mirror image. Which one is the mirror image?

Question 30Rotation

Four of these patterns are the same pattern turned round. One is a mirror image. Which one is the mirror image?

Question 31Codes

Each figure has a two-letter code. What is the code for the last figure?

Question 32Codes

Each figure has a two-letter code. What is the code for the last figure?

Question 33Codes

Each figure has a two-letter code. What is the code for the last figure?

Question 34Nets and cubes

This net folds up to make a cube. Which letter is on the face opposite face F?

Question 35Nets and cubes

This net folds up to make a cube. Which letter is on the face opposite face F?

Question 36Nets and cubes

This net folds up to make a cube. Which letter is on the face opposite face E?

Question 37Nets and cubes

This net folds up to make a cube. Which letter is on the face opposite face D?

Question 38Symmetry

How many lines of symmetry does this shape have?

Question 39Symmetry

How many lines of symmetry does this shape have?

Question 40Symmetry

How many lines of symmetry does this shape have?

Answers and explanations

E. Four of the shapes are grey. The star is black, so it does not belong.
B. Four of the figures are pentagons of different sizes. The semicircle is a different shape, so it is the odd one out.
C. Fold each pattern down the middle. In four of them the left half matches the right half exactly. In the odd one the two halves are different.
D. Four of the figures contain 2 squares. The odd one has 3.
B. Four of the shapes have an even number of sides (8, 4, 4, 4). The heptagon has 7, an odd number.
A. Each box has one more circle than the one before: 3, 4, 5, 6. The next box has 7.
D. The shapes gain one side each time: triangle (3), diamond (4), pentagon (5), hexagon (6). The next shape has 7 sides, a heptagon.
A. The shading repeats in the order white, grey, black. After black comes white.
D. The circle grows by the same amount each time, so the next one is the largest yet.
A. The arrow turns 90° clockwise each time. Turn it once more to find the next arrow.
B. The dot moves 1 place clockwise round the edge each time. Move it 1 more to find the next position.
B. The triangle changes from white to black and keeps its shape, so the semicircle becomes a black semicircle.
C. The arrow turns a quarter turn (90°) clockwise and keeps its shading. The grey arrow does the same.
E. The circle gets twice as big and keeps its shading. The small white hexagon becomes a large white hexagon.
A. A small dot is added in the middle. Nothing else changes, so the third shape keeps its shape and shading and gains a dot.
E. The shape gains one side (5 sides becomes 6). A heptagon (7 sides) becomes a octagon (8 sides) and stays grey.
E. Every row and column holds each of the three shapes once. The bottom row has circle and diamond, so the missing shape is the pentagon, and every shape is black.
A. Every row and column holds each shape once, and the shading depends on the column: white, then grey, then black. The last column is black, and the missing shape is the square.
C. Every row and column holds each shape once, and the shading depends on the row: the top row is white, the middle row grey and the bottom row black. The missing shape is the circle.
D. Every row and column holds each shape once, and the size depends on the row: small, then medium, then large. The missing shape is a large square.
C. A quarter turn clockwise moves the top row to the right-hand side, the right-hand column to the bottom, and so on. The other figures are different turns or mirror images of the pattern.
E. A half turn puts the pattern upside down, so the bottom row becomes the top row and each row is also reversed. The other figures are different turns or mirror images of the pattern.
D. A quarter turn anticlockwise moves the top row to the left-hand side and the left-hand column to the bottom. The other figures are different turns or mirror images of the pattern.
B. A mirror on the right reverses left and right. The column nearest the mirror stays nearest the mirror, so each row is written backwards.
B. A mirror below reverses top and bottom. The bottom row stays nearest the mirror, so the rows are written in the opposite order.
B. The mirror is up and down, so the picture is reversed from left to right. Check one row at a time.
D. The mirror is flat, so the picture is reversed from top to bottom. Check one column at a time.
E. Turn the figures in your head until four of them match. The mirror image can never be matched by turning, however you rotate it, because left and right are swapped.
E. Turn the figures in your head until four of them match. The mirror image can never be matched by turning, however you rotate it, because left and right are swapped.
E. Turn the figures in your head until four of them match. The mirror image can never be matched by turning, however you rotate it, because left and right are swapped.
A. ZD. T stands for pentagon and Z for triangle. M stands for black and D for white. The shape letter comes first, so a white triangle is ZD.
C. LH. M stands for star and L for square. J stands for grey and H for black. The shape letter comes first, so a black square is LH.
C. VC. K stands for pentagon and V for star. L stands for grey and C for black. The shape letter comes first, so a black star is VC.
D. B. The four faces in the row wrap round the cube, and faces two places apart in the row end up opposite each other. F and B are two places apart.
C. B. The row of four faces wraps round the sides of the cube, so the flap above and the flap below are the top and the bottom. Faces F and B are opposite each other.
A. C. The four faces in the row wrap round the cube, and faces two places apart in the row end up opposite each other. E and C are two places apart.
B. C. The row of four faces wraps round the sides of the cube, so the flap above and the flap below are the top and the bottom. Faces D and C are opposite each other.
A. 5. A regular pentagon has 5 lines of symmetry. Each goes from a corner to the middle of the opposite side.
C. 2. A rectangle has 2 lines of symmetry: one down the middle and one across the middle. The diagonals are not lines of symmetry.
D. 4. The cross has 4 lines of symmetry: one up and down, one across, and two along the diagonals.

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