Figure Completion

Choosing the figure that completes a given pattern.

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Figure Completion — Study Notes

Overview

Figure completion is a visual reasoning topic that tests your ability to identify missing parts of a pattern or series. In the UP Police Constable exam, you'll typically see an incomplete figure or a sequence of figures with one missing element. Your task is to select the correct option that logically completes the pattern based on shape, size, rotation, shading, or positional relationships.

This topic directly assesses spatial intelligence, pattern recognition, and logical visualization — skills essential for police work involving crime scene analysis, evidence examination, and situational awareness. Expect 2-4 questions from figure completion in the reasoning section. Mastery requires understanding common pattern types and practicing visual discrimination under time pressure. Unlike verbal reasoning, this tests your ability to think without language — purely through visual logic.

The key to excelling in figure completion is recognizing that patterns follow systematic rules. Once you identify whether the pattern involves rotation, addition/subtraction of elements, color/shading changes, or positional shifts, selection becomes straightforward. Practice trains your eye to spot these rules quickly.

Key Concepts

**Pattern continuity**: Every figure series follows a consistent rule that applies throughout. The missing figure must maintain this continuity without breaking the established pattern.

**Rotation patterns**: Figures may rotate clockwise or anticlockwise by fixed angles (45°, 90°, 180°). The completing figure continues this rotational sequence.

**Addition/Subtraction of elements**: New elements may be added progressively, or existing elements removed systematically. Count carefully to identify the increment or decrement pattern.

**Shape transformation**: One shape may gradually transform into another through intermediate steps. The completing figure represents the next logical transformation stage.

**Shading/color progression**: Shading patterns (empty → half-shaded → fully shaded) or color changes follow predictable sequences that the answer must continue.

**Positional movement**: Elements within a figure may move in specific directions (up/down, left/right, diagonal) by fixed units. Track the movement pattern to predict the next position.

**Mirror/symmetry operations**: Figures may reflect across horizontal or vertical axes. The completing figure maintains the symmetry rule established in the series.

**Size variation**: Elements may increase or decrease in size systematically. The completing figure follows the size progression pattern.

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Q1 · Figure Completion · EASY
A square is divided into four equal parts. Three parts contain: a circle, a triangle, and a star. The fourth part is empty. Which figure should replace the empty part to complete the pattern? [Pattern description: Top-left has a circle, Top-right has a triangle, Bottom-left has a star, Bottom-right is empty. The pattern shows one of each basic shape in three quadrants.]
Q2 · Figure Completion · MEDIUM
In a 3x3 grid, eight cells contain figures following a pattern. The cells contain alternating shaded and unshaded shapes. The sequence is: shaded circle, unshaded square, shaded triangle, unshaded circle, shaded square, unshaded triangle, shaded circle, unshaded square. What should be in the ninth (last) cell?
Q3 · Figure Completion · MEDIUM
A rectangular box is shown with a pattern on its visible faces. The front face has 3 horizontal lines, the top face has 4 dots arranged in a square, and the right face has 2 vertical lines. If this box is rotated 90 degrees clockwise (when viewed from above), which face pattern will now appear on the front?
Q4 · Figure Completion · HARD
A complex figure is divided into 9 sections arranged in a 3x3 grid. Each section contains geometric elements that follow a mathematical progression. Row 1 has: 1 circle, 2 circles, 3 circles. Row 2 has: 1 square, 2 squares, 3 squares. Row 3 has: 1 triangle, 2 triangles, and the last cell is empty. Additionally, each row alternates the position of shapes (left, center, right alignment). The third row follows: left-aligned, center-aligned, and the ninth position should be?

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Figure Completion

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