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A piece of paper is folded and punched as shown below in the question figures. From the given option figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.

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SSC CHSL 2025 Tier 1 Question Paper (21-Nov-2025) (Shift 1)
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This is a paper-folding-and-punching (visual) problem, so the reasoning is described in principle rather than by redrawing the figure.

The governing rule is symmetry: every fold acts like a mirror. When the sheet is unfolded, each punched hole reappears reflected across every crease it was folded along.

If the paper is folded twice, a single punched hole can multiply into several holes on unfolding, positioned symmetrically about the two fold lines.

To pick the answer one mentally reverses the folds one at a time, reflecting the hole positions across each crease in turn, and then matches the resulting arrangement against the four option figures.

The option whose holes show exactly this symmetric layout is the fourth figure.

Hence, honestly reasoning from the fold-and-reflect method rather than from reproduced detail, the correct unfolded pattern is the one shown in [Figure 4].

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