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GATE 2025 ME – Question 8

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

The given figure is reflected about the horizontal dashed line and then rotated clockwise by 90° about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the figure.

Which one of the following options correctly shows the resultant figure?

Note: The figures shown are representative.

A square holding four shapes, with a horizontal dashed line above it. The upper left holds a lightning bolt, the upper right a corner bracket, the lower left a stepped arrow and the lower right a crescent. Four candidate figures labelled A to D follow.
  1. Option A in the figure
  2. Option B in the figure
  3. Option C in the figure
  4. Option D in the figure

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Correct answer: (B) Option B in the figure

Explanation

Reflecting about the horizontal line turns the square upside down, so the top row (lightning bolt, bracket) moves to the bottom and is flipped vertically, while the bottom row (stepped arrow, crescent) moves to the top. Rotating the result 90° clockwise then moves the old bottom-left corner to the top-left, and so on. Checking the corner positions and the orientation of each shape, the figure in option B matches. This answer rests on reading the shapes in the figure.