>>13403226>in the third column the pattern for the vertical lines increase by 1, and the horizontal lines decrease by 1.That's an alternative way of arriving at
>>13402929 in the similar test question (rather than the rotation idea I mentioned), but because
>>13402929 isn't provided as an answer to the test question in the OP, one is expected to pick the best available answer, which in this case I'd argue is D based on the 2,2,4 pattern.
It's a concern for the design of a test question when multiple answers provided with the test question seem to fit -- not so much when there are multiple answers but only one is provided.