Grade 1Common GATE Mix

Free California GATE Practice Test for Grade 1

Free Grade 1 California GATE practice test with answers and explanations across common screening formats and question types.

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1. Figural Analogies

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Answer B. Every filled circle becomes empty, and every empty circle becomes filled. Applying that same reversal to the second pattern gives B.

2. Matrix Reasoning

Grade 1 matrix reasoning question. A large blue and orange checkerboard reverses its colors from left to right. A smaller checkerboard must follow the same rule. Choices A through D show different three-by-three color patterns.

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Answer A. The first pair swaps every blue square with an orange square. Applying the same color swap to the smaller checkerboard creates the pattern in A.

3. Matrix Reasoning

Grade 1 matrix reasoning question. An orange square and gray diamond swap colors. A green triangle and orange diamond must follow the same rule. Choices A through D show different shapes and colors.

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Answer D. The first pair keeps both shapes in place but swaps their colors. Apply the same rule below: the triangle becomes orange, and the diamond becomes green. This gives D.

4. Picture Analogies

Grade 1 picture analogy question. Ice cream is paired with a tongue, and a flower must be paired with the matching sense organ. Choices are a nose, tongue, spider web, and ear.

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Answer A. The first pair matches an object with the sense used for it: you taste ice cream with your tongue. You smell a flower with your nose, so A completes the same relationship.