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Questions 1–10 of 11. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.

Topic practice 11 questionsPage 1 of 2

To continue the sequence of tiles shown, the tile indicated by the question mark should be

Your answerChoose one option.

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Consider an art gallery whose walkways are shown as lines in the diagram. A black dot represents a junction of two walkways. A guard may be placed at a junction to watch over the walkways that join at that junction. The minimum number of guards needed to watch all the walkways is ________.

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For the clock shown in the figure, if

, and

then which one among the given options is most appropriate for

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P U W R T V X

P R T Q O S U

P T V Q S U W

P S U P R T V

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A cube is to be cut into 8 pieces of equal size and shape. Here, each cut should be straight and it should not stop till it reaches the other end of the cube.

The minimum number of such cuts required is

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In the given diagram, ovals are marked at different heights (h) of a hill. Which one of the following options P, Q, R, and S depicts the top view of the hill?

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An opaque cylinder (shown below) is suspended in the path of a parallel beam of light, such that its shadow is cast on a screen oriented perpendicular to the direction of the light beam. The cylinder can be reoriented in any direction within the light beam. Under these conditions, which one of the shadows P, Q, R, and S is NOT possible?

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For the picture shown above, which one of the following is the correct picture representing reflection with respect to the mirror shown as the dotted line?

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An ant walks in a straight line on a plane leaving behind a trace of its movement. The initial position of the ant is at point P facing east.

The ant first turns 72° anticlockwise at P, and then does the following two steps in sequence exactly FIVE times before halting.

moves forward for 10 cm.

turns 144° clockwise.

The pattern made by the trace left behind by the ant is

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A transparent square sheet shown above is folded along the dotted line. The folded sheet will look like ________.

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A jigsaw puzzle has 2 pieces. One of the pieces is shown above. Which one of the given options for the missing piece when assembled will form a rectangle? The piece can be moved, rotated or flipped to assemble with the above piece.