RAS question
What will be the water image (reflection in water) of the word 'LOVE'?
Correct answer: (D) The word appears inverted vertically (upside-down) — top becomes bottom.
The water image of LOVE is vertically inverted: the top becomes the bottom, while the left-to-right order of the letters remains unchanged.
Explanation
A water image follows top-bottom inversion, not the left-right reversal used for a mirror image. The cited Course4All note says that in a water image the top becomes the bottom and the bottom becomes the top, while the left and right sides remain unchanged. Applying that rule to LOVE, the word does not read backwards and the letters do not rotate as a whole. Their order stays L-O-V-E, but each letter is seen upside down because its upper part moves below and its lower part moves above. That is exactly option D: the word appears vertically inverted, with top and bottom exchanged.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) A 180-degree rotation would change both the vertical and horizontal orientation of the word, but a water image only exchanges top and bottom.
- (B) A left-to-right reversal is the rule for a mirror image, while a water image keeps the left and right sides unchanged.
- (C) The word cannot remain the same because a water image inverts the top and bottom of the letters.
Concept
This tests non-verbal reasoning on mirror and water images, where the core task is choosing the correct direction of reflection. It recurs in RAS reasoning because options often confuse mirror-image reversal with water-image inversion.