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)

Two and four 'V' shaped elements get inverted alternately.

The symbols move in the sequences and alternately.

A new feature is added at each step (in a set order).

In each step, one line disappears from the upper part of the figure and one line is added to the lower part of the figure.

We shall assign numbers to the pins as : . Then, in each step, the pins at positions 1,3 and 5 rotate 90 ^oCW while the pins at positions 2,4 and 6 rotate 90 ^oACW. Also, in each step, a new pin is added to the figure and its orientations are the same as that of the pin in fig. (A).

The V sign moves two spaces (each space is equal to half-a-side of the square boundary) and one space ACW alternately. The '=' sign moves one space and two spaces ACW alternately.

One of the designs (with white triangle at the centre) moves CW while the other design (with black triangle at the centre) moves ACW.

In each step, the upper element is lost; the middle element reduces in size and becomes the upper element; the lower element enlarges and becomes the middle element and a new element appears at the lower position.

If we label the four elements in the figure as ; then the arrow at position 1-rotates 45 ^oACW and 135 ^oACW alternately; the element at position 2 rotates 90 ^oACW and moves to position 3 in each step; the element at position 3 rotates 90 ^oACW and moves to position 4 in each step and the element at position 4 moves to position 2 and gets replaced by a new element in each step.

In the first step, the elements at the four ends move in the sequence . In each subsequent step, the elements move in the sequence obtained by rotating the previous sequence through 90 ^oACW. Also, in each step, the element that reaches the encircled position gets replaced by a new element.