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Inductive Test 10
Solutions Booklet
Instructions
This inductive reasoning test comprises 22 questions and you will have 25 minutes in
which to correctly answer as many as you can.
In each question you will be presented with a logical sequence of five figures. You will
need to determine which of the possible answers best matches the next figure in the
sequence, or which replaces the question mark.
You will have to work quickly and accurately to perform well in this test. If you don't know
the answer to a question, leave it and come back to it if you have time.
You can submit your test at any time. If the time limit is up before you click submit the
test will automatically be submitted with the answers you have selected. It is
recommended to keep working until the time limit is up.
Try to find a time and place where you will not be interrupted during the test. The test
will start on the next page.
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Practice Aptitude TestsQ1 What comes next in the sequence?
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is A
One Rule: Each step, the shaded square moves 3 squares clockwise round the edge of the
figure.
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is E
One Rule: The shape in the centre comprises 1 fewer straight line every time.
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is E
One Rule: The number of circles that are grouped together increases by one every time, with
the final group containing all the circles that do not fit into a whole group.
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q4 What comes next in the sequence?
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is C
One Rule: The door moves to the right, centre, left then centre, always in line with the
window immediately above it, and then the pattern repeats.
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q5 What comes next in the sequence?
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is B
One Rule: The direction of the arrow rotates by 30o each time.
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is B
One Rule: The matchstick giraffe visits the corners in the order top left, top right, bottom left,
bottom right. The sequence then repeats.
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q7 What comes next in the sequence?
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is D
First Rule: The shading type furthest from the flagpole on one figure becomes the shading
closest to the flagpole on the next figure, and every other form of shading moves one band
to the right.
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q8 What comes next in the sequence?
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is D
First Rule: Two bricks are added each time, starting from the centre and working outwards.
Each row is completed before the next is started, and addition of two half bricks counts as
adding one whole brick.
Second Rule: Bricks on the bottom left to top right diagonal have upward sloping cross-
hatching.
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q9 What comes next in the sequence?
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is C
One Rule: The downward sloping cross-hatching follows the sequence top left circle, bottom
right circle, bottom left circle, top right circle. This sequence then repeats.
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q10 What comes next in the sequence?
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is A.
Rule 1: The shapes move one corner anticlockwise each time.
Rule 2: The shapes alternate between circle and square
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is D.
Rule 1: The shapes grow small, medium, then large, then start again.
Rule 2: The shapes alternate between circle and square
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Q12 What comes next in the sequence
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is A
One Rule: The level of the liquid in the container rises by a consistent amount every time.
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is C
One Rule: The scales are tipped fully to the left, then straight, then tipped fully to the right,
then straight. This sequence then repeats.
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is C.
Rule 1: The position of the shapes in the current item is determined by the direction the
triangle is pointing in the previous item. There is no rule to determine the direction of the
arrow in the current item, only its position.
Rule 2: The shape inside the triangle alternates between a circle and a square.
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is A.
Rule 1: The number of lines increases by one each time, alternating between adding a
horizontal line, then a vertical.
Rule 2: The circle in the top left corner alternates between shaded and clear.
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is D
One Rule: The cross-hatching alternates between being applied to the circle below the
shaded one (wrapping round to the top when no circle is available below) and removed from
the circle that has had the cross-hatching for two consecutive figures.
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is C.
Rule 1: The number of stars in the top right predicts how many horizontal lines will be in the
next box.
Rule 2: The circle alternates with a triangle.
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is E
One Rule: The triangle with a dot in one corner alternates between mirrored in a diagonal
from the top left of the figure to the bottom right and mirrored in a diagonal from the top right
of the figure to the bottom left.
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is B
One Rule:
Every time, the small triangle nearest the bottom right corner is split into two equal triangles
of the same proportions.
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is A.
Rule 1: The face changes in sequence from smiley to ambivalent to frowning.
Rule 2: The weather symbol alternates between sun and cloud.
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is D.
Rule 1: The nose changes in sequence from hook to oval to none.
Rule 2: The eyes look towards the flower.
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(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E
The correct answer is D
One Rule:
The shading of the small triangles moves 3 triangles anti-clockwise each time.
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