Embedded Figure – MBA CET questions with solutions

Approach: Embedded figure — trace the exact outline, including the zig-zag top edge.

Solution:
The given figure is a square whose top edge carries two V-shaped notches: from each top-left corner a line slopes down-right, then rises steeply to the top edge.
Option C is made of two side-by-side cells; in each cell a line runs from the top-left down-right and meets a steep diagonal that rises to the top-right corner.
These two cells together give exactly the two notches under one straight top edge, inside a square boundary.
So the figure is embedded in C.

Why the other options are wrong:
A: has slanted lines and triangles, but no two identical notches hanging from one top edge.
B, D, E: their zig-zag lines are irregular or open; the closed square with two equal notches cannot be traced.

Cetking shortcut: Look for two repeated identical notches — only C has a repeated (two-cell) structure.

Answer: C

Approach: Embedded figure — find figure X, same size and orientation, inside an option.

Solution: Figure X: a horizontal top line, a slanted line from its right end down to the lower left, and a short line from its left end meeting the slanted line.
In figure 1 these three lines appear in the same orientation and proportion within the overlapping shapes.
In figures 2, 3 and 4 the angle or orientation of the lines does not match.

Cetking shortcut: Look for the most distinctive part (the long slanted line from the end of a horizontal line) first.

Answer: A

Approach: Embedded figure: trace the exact shape (same size and orientation) inside each option.

Solution:
Fig. (X): a flat-bottomed U with short arms bent outward at the top, and two short ticks hanging below the base.
Figure (c): the top line drops into a U-shaped box whose base has two short ticks below it, which is exactly fig. (X). ✔

Why the other options are wrong:
(a), (b): these have stepped outlines, and no base has two ticks hanging down.
(d): the person-like figure's body is a box, not a U with ticks.
(e) None of these: (c) contains fig. (X).

Cetking shortcut: Find the most unusual feature first (here, the two ticks under the base), then check the rest of the shape there.

Answer: C

Approach: Embedded figure: trace the exact shape (same size and orientation) inside each option.

Solution:
Fig. (X): a simple X, two straight lines crossing at their middle.
Figure (d): at the centre of the clover, the two side lobe edges and the two sides of the triangle meet in straight lines through one point, forming the X. ✔

Why the other options are wrong:
(a): the lines meet at the diagonal but not as an X of the same proportions.
(b): the X is drawn with double (outlined) bars, not single lines.
(c): an outlined, interlocking X made of bands, not single lines.
(e) None of these: (d) contains fig. (X).

Cetking shortcut: Rule out the options where the X is drawn with double lines (b, c). Fig. (X) has single lines.

Answer: D

Approach: Trace figure (X) — short top line, diagonal down-right to a long middle line, diagonal down-left to a short bottom line — in each option without rotating it.

Solution:
(X) needs: a horizontal top line whose left end joins a diagonal running down-right; that diagonal meets a longer horizontal line which extends past it on the left; from the right end of that line a diagonal runs down-left to a bottom horizontal line running right.
(a) has the top line, the down-right diagonal and a middle line, but no bottom horizontal line, and the proportions do not match.
(b), (c) and (d) do not contain this zig-zag at all.
So (X) is not embedded in any option.

Answer: E

Approach: Try to trace each option inside the main figure without changing size or orientation.

Solution:
Main figure: square with both medians, two large tilted squares, a small central diamond and small corner triangles.
Options A, B, C and E can each be traced along existing lines (diagonal strips, the stepped zig-zag and the corner square with inner diamond).
Option D – the 'house' shape (diamond top with two vertical legs ending in short diagonal hooks) – needs two vertical lines one diamond-width apart under a diamond, which the figure does not have → not embedded.

Why the other options are wrong:
A, B, C, E: each fits on existing lines of the figure.

Cetking shortcut: Look for a feature the main figure lacks (here: vertical lines in positions other than the edges and centre).

Answer: D

Approach: Trace the arrow-head shape (a long stroke up to an apex, back down to an inner point, then out to a short tip) inside each option.

Solution:
The shape needs: a long line from bottom-left rising to an apex, a line from the apex down-right, and a reflex inner vertex.
In option D, the line from the bottom-left corner up to the top apex, the line from that apex down-right, and the crossing line give exactly this outline → embedded.
In A, B, C and E no set of lines gives the same angles and orientation.

Why the other options are wrong:
A: symmetric diagonals – angles do not match.
B: lines are near-vertical – too steep.
C: no common apex for the two long strokes.
E: the circle and long lines do not form the inner vertex.

Cetking shortcut: Start from the longest line of the shape and look for it in each option at the same slope.

Answer: D