>>11098859You have to realise that all of these pattern-recognition-only tests are called Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM) tests. Mensa tests, however, are "normal". Where both your verbal and perceuptal abilities matter.
Still, matrixes like this make up a good chunk of the total IQ you can potentially score. So here's some gimmicks:
>Inverted coloursShould be self-explantory.
>The shit you just posted>Common shitIn some matrixes ALL rows and columns are supposed possess certain shapes/colours. For an example, imagine that Row 1 has a black square, a striped one and a blank one. Then Column 1 also has them all, so does row 2. Etc. So the answer should be a shape/colour that's missing from the 3rd row/column.
>Moving shapesImagine that on row 1, you have an arrow that points up. In the middle of the row, the arrow is point to the right. What do you think the arrow on the right of the row would point towards? That's right! Down!
I can't believe I had to tell you this because even an 85 IQ person can figure it out. The problem is that said shape can possibly NOT be an arrow.
>Elimination of common linesThis one's not that rare but almost no one knows about it. In this gimmick you have two shapes on a row/column and the final shape (which can be located either down, on the right or in the middle) is basically a combination of the other two shapes. The trick here is that the lines they share would be eliminated while the others they don't share would be added into the final shape.
Pic related. The answer is F.
One final note: Please, for the love of god, look diagonally. Don't just look at a puzzle from a horizontal or vertical view.
