Consider the following figure analogy: Box 1 (square at top-right, circle in middle, triangle at bottom pointing down, two stars at bottom-right) is to Box 2 (square at left, circle at bottom, triangle in middle pointing up, two stars at top-right) as Box 3 (horizontal bar in middle, two small circles below-left, triangle below pointing down, one star at left) is to which one of the following figures?
- AFigure: four small circles top-left, horizontal bar middle, triangle bottom-left pointing up, star bottom-right
- BFigure: four small circles top-left, triangle top-right pointing down, horizontal bar middle, star bottom-right
- CFigure: four small circles top-right, horizontal bar middle, triangle top-left pointing down, star bottom-right
- DFigure: four small circles top-left, horizontal bar middle, triangle bottom-left pointing down, star bottom-right
Explanation
Box 1 transforms into Box 2 by a 180-degree rotation of the whole figure, doubling of the corner cluster (two stars become four), and flipping the orientation of the middle element (triangle pointing down becomes pointing up). Applying the same three operations to Box 3 yields the figure in option (B). Note: the widely circulated key gives (A), but an independent solved Set-A key gives (B), which is consistent with the transformation; the stored figure's transcription also differs from that key's image, so this question is genuinely disputed.