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GATE 2026 CY – Question 7

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

A paper shown in Panel I is folded along the dashed lines (- - -) to construct a cube. The shaded regions shown in Panel I appear on the outer surface of the cube. Referring to cubes shown in Panel II, which one of the options is correct?

Shaded cube net and two proposed folded cubes.
  1. Only (i) can correspond to the unfolded cube in Panel I.
  2. Only (ii) can correspond to the unfolded cube in Panel I.
  3. Both (i) and (ii) can correspond to the unfolded cube in Panel I.
  4. Neither (i) nor (ii) can correspond to the unfolded cube in Panel I.

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Correct answer: (A) Only (i) can correspond to the unfolded cube in Panel I.

Explanation

Cube (i) preserves the shaded-face adjacencies and orientations.

Official GATE 2026 answer key: https://gate2026.iitg.ac.in/doc/download/2026/Keys/CY_Keys.pdf