Select the option in which the given figure is embedded. (Rotation is not allowed)

Question

Select the option in which the given figure is embedded. (Rotation is not allowed)

1. A.
2. B.
3. C. (Correct answer)
4. D.

Correct Answer

Option C — Two rhombi side by side sharing a vertex, each crossed by a vertical and a horizontal diagonal, so that one continuous horizontal line runs through both.

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is option C.

Key Points

• The question figure has four parts that must all survive intact, in the same positions and at the same angles, because rotation is not allowed:
  • one continuous horizontal line forming the base,
  • two vertical strokes rising from that base,
  • a V running from the top of the left stroke down to the base and back up to the top of the right stroke.
• Option C is built from two rhombi placed side by side, sharing the middle vertex, each crossed by a vertical and a horizontal diagonal. Inside it:
  • the two horizontal diagonals join end to end into one unbroken base line,
  • the upper half of each vertical diagonal supplies the two uprights,
  • the left rhombus's upper-right edge and the right rhombus's upper-left edge meet at the shared middle vertex to form the V.
• Every line of the question figure is therefore present in option C, at the same size and orientation.

Additional Information

• With rotation barred, work from the feature hardest to fake. Here it is the unbroken base line, because a figure built from separate shapes rarely has one edge running the full width.
• Option A carries no vertical lines at all, so the two uprights cannot be found in it whatever way it is read.
• Option B has the right pieces but they are separated: its horizontal edges stop and restart at the gap between the two rhombi, so there is no single continuous base.
• Option D replaces the straight base with a shallow dip between the two chevrons and again has no verticals.
• A practical habit: trace the target figure's outline with a finger over each option rather than comparing overall silhouettes. Embedded-figure questions are built so that the wrong options look more like the target than the right one does.