Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures.

Problem Figures:                          Answer Figures:

  (A)     (B)     (C)     (D)     (E)       (1)     (2)     (3)     (4)     (5)

In each step, the elements move in the order

All the elements together move one space to the right in each step and once they reach the rightmost position, then in the next step, they move to the leftmost position. Also, in the first step, the first (uppermost) and the third elements interchange positions; in the second step, the second and the fourth elements interchange positions and in the third step, none of the elements interchange positions. These three steps are repeated to continue the series.

Three and two arcs are inverted alternately. The central element rotates 90 ^oACW and 180 ^o alternately.

The upper-left element gets laterally inverted in first, third, fifth. .... steps; the upper-right element gets rotated through 180 ^o is first, fourth, seventh,.... steps; the lower-left element gets laterally inverted in second, fourth, sixth, ... steps; the lower-right element gets rotated through 180 ^o in third, sixth,... steps and the pin at the middle-right position gets laterally inverted in every second step.

The elements interchange positions in the orders and alternately.

In each step, the symbols move in the sequence and the symbol that reaches the encircled position gets replaced by a new one.

In each step, one dot is lost while another dot is replaced by a cross.

The elements move in the sequences and alternately. Also, in each step, the element that reaches the encircled position, gets replaced by a new element.

In one step, the two elements interchange positions and the smaller element gets enlarged while the larger element gets reduced in size. In the next step, the smaller element is replaced by a new small element and the larger element is replaced by a new large element.

The pins, equal in number to the number of sides in the main figure are attached to the midpoint of a side of the main figure in case of figures (2), (3), (4) and (5). In fig. (1), these pins are attached to a vertex of the main figure.