Rotation Pattern — Extremely Hard Matrix Reasoning Question

Explanation

Each step, the figure rotates by a shrinking amount: 180°, then 270° (= −90°). • Row 1→2: the figure turns 180°. • Row 2→3: it turns another 270° (same as 90° back). • Apply that to cell 8 → cell 9 gives option D. • The others are wrong: A and E stop at the wrong quarter-turn, C is a half-turn off, and B flips the figure instead of rotating it.

Why the other options are wrong

• ATurned the figure one quarter-turn too far.
• BMirrored the figure instead of rotating it — the handedness is flipped.
• CTurned the figure a half-turn off the correct orientation.
• EStopped one quarter-turn short (or turned the wrong way).