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GATE 2026 ME – Question 10

General Aptitude · Spatial Aptitude: Spatial Reasoning and Visualization · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Which one of the patterns labelled P, Q, R, and S is used to generate the following figure?

A long strip made of three copies of the same black and white block pattern placed side by side. Below the strip are four candidate patterns, labelled P, Q, R and S.
  1. P
  2. Q
  3. R
  4. S

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Correct answer: (C) R

Explanation

The long figure is made by repeating a single pattern. Comparing each candidate with the three repeats in the figure, the pattern R matches all three repeats, with only tiny differences from the image scaling. The patterns P, Q and S each differ from the repeats in several cells.