Spatial Transformations and Paper Folding - General Aptitude - General Aptitude (GA) Previous Year Questions

Consider the following square with the four corners and the center marked as P, Q, R, S and T respectively.

Let X, Y and Z represent the following operations:

X: rotation of the square by 180 degree with respect to the S-Q axis.

Y: rotation of the square by 180 degree with respect to the P-R axis.

Z: rotation of the square by 90 degree clockwise with respect to the axis perpendicular, going into the screen and passing through the point T.

Consider the following three distinct sequences of operation (which are applied in the left to right order).

(1) XYZZ
(2) XY
(3) ZZZZ

Which one of the following statements is correct as per the information provided above?

Five cubes of identical size and another smaller cube are assembled as shown in Figure A. If viewed from direction X, the planar image of the assembly appears as Figure B.
If viewed from direction Y, the planar image of the assembly (Figure A) will appear as