Government of Tamilnadu

Department of Employment and Training

Course : Railway Recruitment Board

Subject : Reasoning

Topic : Embedded Figures

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 EMBEDDED FIGURE

Embedded figures are the figures hidden inside another figure. In other words, a figure (x) is said to
be embedded inside figure (y), if figure (y) contains figure (x) in it.

Embedded figure questions consist of unique figure which is hidden or embedded in one of the four
option figures. In such questions, all the options look same and confusing. So candidates need to be
careful while attempting such questions. Anyhow with practice we can master these embedded
figures. We must basically understand the structure of the given question figure and then proceed
to find the correct answer figure.

Types of embedded figure questions

Type 1: Complex answer figure

A question figure (x) is given followed by four complex option figures in such a way that the
question figure (x) is embedded in only one of the given four options. The candidate must
identify the correct figure in which figure (x) is hidden.

Example 1

Answer:

Example 2:
Answer:

Example 3:

Answer:

Example 4:

Answer:

Example 5:
Answer:

Type 2: Complex question figure

A complex question figure (x) is given followed by four option figures in such a way that only one of
the option figures is embedded inside the given question figure. The candidate must identify the
correct option figure which is hidden inside the question figure (x).

Example 1

Solution:

Figure 3 is embedded inside the figure in the question

Example 2:
Solution:Answer figure (2) is embedded inside the question figure