IQ test sample questions with answers
One task of each type used in our tests. Try to solve each one before you open the answer. These samples do not appear in the tests themselves.
Patterns
Which piece completes the pattern?
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Correct answer: option 1. Shape: stays the same within each row and changes from row to row. Fill: stays the same within each column.
Number series
Which number comes next?
- 11
- 18
- 27
- 38
- 51
- ?
- 168
- 266
- 353
- 479
- 564
- 689
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Correct answer: option 2. The numbers are consecutive squares with +2 added.
Analogies
The first pair shows a change. Which figure makes the same change in the second pair?
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Correct answer: option 2. The fill changes between filled and empty. The figure turns 90 degrees clockwise.
Rotation
Which option is the same figure, only rotated? Mirror images do not count.
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Correct answer: option 2. Only this option can be reached by turning the figure. The others are mirror images or have a cell moved.
Odd one out
Which figure does not belong with the others?
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Correct answer: option 1. Number of figures: four figures share it, this one differs.