Select the option figure in which the given figure (X) is embedded (rotation is NOT allowed).

Correct — C. Figure X is one open path in six parts: a small circle at the lower left, a vertical stem rising from it, a short slant up to the right, a long horizontal, a vertical dropping down, and a short tail running right at the foot.

Rotation is barred, so the path must appear at the same angles and in the same order. Option (c) carries all six parts exactly so, with an outer bracket and a small T-stroke drawn across them as camouflage.

Trace from the circle, the one landmark that cannot be confused: the line leaving it rises, slants right, runs level, drops, and ends in the tail.

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  It carries two circles, and each sits under a plain vertical with no rising slant above it. X's slant leaves the top of its stem, so neither circle here starts the right path.
• (b)
  It does hang a circle below an upright stem, but that stem turns straight into a horizontal at the top. In X the stem is topped by a rising slant before the long horizontal starts, so the corner is the wrong shape.
• (d)
  There the path leaves the circle, slants, then climbs vertically again before turning right into a triangle. X drops after its long horizontal rather than climbing.

An embedded-figure item asks about containment, not resemblance. Every segment of X, at its own length and angle, has to be traceable inside the option.

The instruction adds that rotation is not allowed, so a turned copy would not count even if it were otherwise perfect.

Work from the most distinctive feature. X has exactly one circle, so the search narrows to a circle with the right thing attached: an upright stem first, then the slant.

The remaining lines in the answer figure are decoration. They may cross X's path freely, provided X's own path is present and continuous.

Key facts

• 'Rotation is NOT allowed' fixes the orientation, so a turned copy of X does not count.
• Figure X contains exactly one circle, which makes the circle the fastest search key.
• In X the circle sits at the foot of a vertical stem, and the slant begins where that stem ends.
• X ends in a short horizontal tail running right at the bottom of the long vertical.

Common traps

• Matching on overall impression rather than tracing every segment of X
• Accepting a rotated copy when the stem forbids rotation
• Being pulled off the trace by the extra lines drawn over the answer figure

No directly related past PYQ was found.