Reasoning VISUAL REASONING Questions,

Answers & Explanation

(d) 1, 8, 9; 4, 6, 7; 2, 3, 5
EXERCISE How many triangles are there in the following
5.
figure?
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-3): Choose the figure which is
different from the others.
1.

(a) 29 (b) 27
(c) 23 (d) 30

2. 6. How many triangles are there in the given

figure?

(a) 16 (b) 14
3.
(c) 8 (d) 12
7. How many triangles are there in the given
figure?

4. Group the following figures into three classes on

the basic of identical properties. (a) 29 (b) 38
(c) 40 (d) 35
8. How many squares are there in the given figure?

(a) 12 (b) 13
(c) 10 (d) 11
(a) 1, 3, 9; 2, 5, 8; 4, 6, 7 How many triangles are there in the given figure
9.
(b) 4, 8, 9; 1, 2, 5; 3, 6, 7 ABCDEF?
(c) 2, 5, 9; 1, 3, 8; 2, 6, 7
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(a) 24 (b) 26
(c) 28 (d) 30
10. How many Parallelograms are there in the given
(a) 16 (b) 28
figure? (c) 32 (d) 38
14.

(a) 14 (b) 15
(c) 16 (d) 18 How many triangles are there?
11. How many cubes are there in the given figure? (a) 20 (b) 21
(c) 26 (d) 28
15. How many Rectangles are there in the given
figure?

(a) 6 (b) 10
(c) 12 (d) 8

12. What is the number of squares in figure?

(a) 13 (b) 14
(c) 15 (d) 17
16. How many Semicircles are there in the given
figure?

(a) 12 (b) 13
(c) 15 (d) 17
13. What is the number of triangles in figure?

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 (a) 32 (b) 36
(c) 40 (d) 56
20. What is the number of triangles in figure?

(a) 16 (b) 14
(c) 12 (d) 10
17. Count the number of squares in the given figure. (a) 32 (b) 39
(c) 46 (d) 60
21. How many triangles are there m the given
figure?

(a) 22 (b) 20
(c) 18 (d) 14
(a) 10 (b) 12
(c) 14 (d) 11
18. How many circles are there in the adjoining
22. How many triangles are there in the give figure?
figure.

(a) 48 (b) 60
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 56 (d) 52
(c) 13 (d) 14 23. Find out the number of triangles in the given
figure.
19. What is the number of triangles in figure?

(a) 13 (b) 15
(c) 16 (d) 17

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 ANSWER KEY
1 (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 17 (c) 21 (c)
2 (b) 6 (a) 10 (c) 14 (d) 18 (c) 22 (c)
3 (c) 7 (c) 11 (b) 15 (a) 19 (d) 22 (c)
4 (d) 8 (c) 12 (d) 16 (c) 20 (d)

HINTS & EXPLANATIONS

1. (a) All other figures can be rotated into each
other. (In each figure except fig. (a) the middle
element is obtained by rotating the outer element
through 90° CW and the inner element is
obtained by rotating the middle element through
90°CW). The triangles are:
2. (b)Each one of the figure except fig. (b), ∆ABC; ∆ADE; ∆AFH; ∆AIL;
contains- one complete square, one cup-shaped
∆DFG; ∆DIK; ∆DBO; ∆GDE;
element having side, one ‘L’-shaped element
∆EGH; ∆EJL; ∆EMC; ∆FIJ;
having two sides and one straight line.
∆FBN; ∆JFG; ∆GJK; ∆KGH;
3. (c)In all other figures, the square has two line
∆HKL; ∆HNC; ∆NFH; ∆GMO;
segments insides and one inside and one line
∆IBM; ∆MIJ; ∆JMN; ∆NJK;
segment outside.
∆KNO, ∆OKL; ∆LOC;
4. (d)1, 8, 9 are figure bisected by a straight line.
6. (a)
4, 6, 7 are figures having an extended arm.
2, 3, 5 are figures intersected by a line.
Thus the given figure containing nine figures
may be divided into three pairs: (1, 8, 9), (4, 6,
7) and (2, 3, 5). Hence the answer is (d).
5. (b)

The triangles are;

∆AIH; ∆AIE; ∆EIB; ∆BFI;
∆IHC; ∆IGC; ∆IGD; ∆DFI;
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 ∆IAB; ∆IBD; ∆ICD; ∆IAC;
∆BAC; ∆ACD; ∆BDC; ∆BDA;

7. (c)

Squares are:
ABCP, DEFG, HIJK, LMNO,
The simplest triangles are: HPDT, TDSK, PIWD, DWJS,
∆PNO; ∆PNM; ∆MPQ; LQDU, UDRO, QMVD, DVNR.
∆MQR; ∆AQP; ∆AQR; 9. (c)
∆BRA; ∆BRC; ∆SRC;
∆SCD; ∆SGR; ∆SGD;
∆DFG; ∆DFE; ∆TLM;
∆TJK; ∆TLK; ∆TIH;
The triangles composed of two components are:
∆PON; ∆PMA; ∆APR;
∆RAM; ∆RAC; ∆RGC;
∆DGC; ∆DGE; ∆MPR; The triangles are:
∆GRD; ∆DGE; ∆TMK; ∆FAE; ∆FAI; ∆FIE; ∆CBD;
∆TKI; ∆TIG ∆CBJ; ∆CJD; ∆AIJ; ∆BJI;
The triangles Composed of four components are: ∆BJA; ∆AIB; ∆IED; ∆JDE;
∆AMO; ∆AMC; ∆CAG; ∆JDI; ∆IEJ; ∆GAB; ∆GAI;
∆CGE; ∆MKI; ∆GIK; ∆GJI; ∆GJB; ∆HJI; ∆HDE;
Other triangles are: ∆SPI; ∆DQK ∆HEI; ∆HJD; ∆AJF; ∆EFJ;
Total number of triangles 18 + 14 + 6 + 2=40 ∆BCI; ∆CDI; ∆IBD; ∆JEA;
8. (a) 10. (c) We can label the figure as shown.

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The simplest parallelogram are ABFE, BCGF, CDHG
EFJI, FGKJ and GHLK. These are 6 in number.
The parallelograms composed of two components each,
are ACGE, BDHF, EGKI, FHLJ, ABJI, BCKJ and
CDLK. Thus, there are 7 such parallelograms. The ∆ FDE, ∆ACD, ∆ABD,
parallelogram composed of four components each are ∆FBD, ∆ABC, ∆BCD,
ACKI and BDLJ i.e. 2 in number. There is only one ∆BKD, ∆BLD, ∆BJD,
parallelogram composed of six components, namely, ∆JCD, ∆JKD, ∆LDJ, ∆ LCD,
ADLI. Thus, there are 6 + 7 + 2 + 1 = 16 parallelograms ∆LKD, ∆HDC, ∆KDC, ∆EDC,
in the figure. ∆HKC, ∆EKC, ∆AEC, ∆EHC,
11. (b) There are 10 cubes. ∆AEH, ∆AGH, ∆AIH, ∆AGI,
12. (d) We have three squares with vertical and ∆AFB, ∆AGF, ∆FBG.
horizontal sides. Each such square has 12 + 22 = 5 15. (a) The rectangles are−
squares in it. ABKJ, BCDK, JLPI, LMNP,
Thus there are 15 such squares. MDEN, IOGH, OEFG, ACDJ,
In addition, we have two obliquely placed squares. JMNI, LDEP, JDEI, IERH, ACFH
Hence total no. of squares = 17
13. (d) Each small square is bisected by its
diagonals to give 4 triangles of half the size of
the square and 4 triangles of l/4th the size of the
square.
Thus there are 8 × 4 = 32 triangles in the four squares.
Then there are six triangles as shown in the adjoining
figure. Total no. of triangles=32 + 6 = 38
16. (c) According to the figure there are 12
14. (d)
semicircles.

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 There are 13 circles in the given figure. This is clear
17. (c) The figure may be labelled as shown. from the adjoining figure in which the centres of all the
circles in the given figure have been numbered from 1 to
13.
19. (d) With vertex no. 1 we have four triangles on
one side of the diagonal and four triangles on the
other side.

The squares composed of two components each are

BJM1, CK.MJ, DLMK and AIML i.e. 4 in number.
The squares composed of three components each are
EBMA, BFCM, MCGD and AMDH i.e. 4 in number. Thus front four vertices. We have in all 4 × 8 = 32
The squares composed of four components each are triangles.
VWBA, XYCB, ZAIDC and BICIAD i .e. 4 in number. Next consider square (5 - 6 - 7 - 8).
The squares composed of seven components each are There are four triangles from each vertex.
NOJL, PQKI, RSLJ and TUIK i.e. 4 in number. There is Thus we have another 4×4=16 triangles.
only one square i.e. ABCD composed of eight Lastly, we have oblique triangles with vertex 9 such as
components. (9−6−7), (9 − 2 − 3) and so on.
There is only one square i.e. EFGH composed of twelve There are 8 such triangles.
components. Hence, total no. of triangles = 32+ 16 + 8 = 56
Total number of squares in the figure
= 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 1 = 18.
18. (c) The figure may be labelled as shown.

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 21. (c)

There 14 triangles in the given figure. These are AHO,

20. (d) Within the triangle with vertices 1, 2, 6,
ACB, BHO, BAD, ABE, ABD, BAF, ABG, AOF, AFD,
there are 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 10 triangles. In the
BOG, BGC, ADO and BOC.
triangle with vertices 1, 2, 14 there are 6
22. (c)
triangles.
In the triangle with vertices 1, 14, 15 there are 8
triangles.

∆ABC, ∆ADC, ∆DBC, ∆AEG, ∆BFH

∆EIG, ∆EID, ∆IGJ, ∆IDJ
∆DKJ, ∆DFK, ∆KJH, ∆KFH ∆EDG ∆DJG ∆EGJ, ∆DJG
∆DFJ, ∆FHJ, ∆DHJ, ∆DFH ∆ADG ∆DGH, ∆DBH,
∆JEF ∆GJC, ∆HJC, ∆GHC = 28 Triangles 28 × 2 = 56
Triangles.
This pattern is repeated for triangle 1, 6, 16 and for
triangle 1, 15, 16. 23. (c)
In the triangle with vertices 1, 6, 14 there are 3 triangle
and the pattern is repeated for the triangle with vertices
1, 2, 16.
In the parallelogram, there are 4 triangles each half the
size, 4 triangles of quarter size and 6 triangles each made
up of two small triangles.
Finally, there two triangles with vertices 1, 10, 12 and 1,
14, 16 respectively
Hence total no. of triangles.
= 10 + 2(6 + 8) +2 × 3+ (4 + 4 + 6) + 2 = 60

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∆ABC, ∆BDE, ∆BCE, ∆CEF, ∆ADF,
∆DGH, ∆DEH, ∆MHI, ∆EMN, ∆NKJ,
∆FKE, ∆EHK, ∆AGL, ∆FKL, ∆CHL, ∆BGK
Number of Triangles = 16