Logical Relation Pattern — Easy Matrix Reasoning Question

What to learn from this pattern

Each cell holds an outer shape and an inner shape.

Explanation

Each cell holds an outer shape and an inner shape. The grid uses three outer shapes (triangle, circle, hexagon) and three inner shapes (triangle, circle, hexagon). All nine (outer, inner) pairs appear exactly once across the grid. Eight pairs are visible. The one pair that has not appeared yet is (hexagon, hexagon), so the missing cell shows a hexagon outer with a hexagon inner — option A.

Why the other options are wrong

• Bpair-already-present — (triangle, triangle) appears at (0,2)
• Cpair-already-present — (circle, circle) appears at (1,2)
• Dpair-already-present — (hexagon, triangle) appears at (2,0)