Match the following graphical representations in Group-I with their associated terms in Group-II.
Group-I
Group-II
P
1 - Progression
Q
2 - Alternation
R
3 - Spatial Tension
S
4 - Interlacing
5 - Interlocking
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Match each icon's visual action, weaving over-under, repeating rhythm, near-touching overlap, or steady size change, to the design term that names that exact action.
These five words, progression, alternation, spatial tension, interlacing, and interlocking, describe how visual elements relate to each other in a composition. The fastest way to solve this is to fix a one-line meaning for each word first, then read the icons against that meaning.
Progression: elements change in a steady direction, most often growing or shrinking step by step. Icon S, a row of bars getting taller left to right, is this idea in its purest form.
Alternation: two states repeat back and forth, like black then white then black again. Icon R, a row of bars whose pattern flips regularly, reads as this rhythm.
Spatial Tension: two forms sit near each other, almost touching or overlapping at an edge, so the gap between them feels charged rather than settled. Icon Q, a big square with small squares pressed into its corner, is exactly this kind of unresolved closeness.
Interlacing: one element visibly threads over and under another, the way strands weave in cloth. Icon P, three crossing strips, shows this weaving directly.
Putting the icons against the terms this way: P is interlacing (4), Q is spatial tension (3), R is alternation (2), and S is progression (1).
Let's summarize:
Progression and alternation are both about repeated elements, but progression trends in one direction while alternation flips back and forth.
Spatial tension and interlocking both involve overlap, but spatial tension stops at a felt pull between forms while interlocking has the shapes actually locked into each other.
So the correct match is P - 4, Q - 3, R - 2, S - 1, option (C).
