Puzzles - choose the right image

Puzzles, riddles, brain teasers, conundrums, logic questions in pictures. You need to choose the right image from the suggested answer options to replace the question mark. But first, in these riddles, brain teasers and conundrums you need to understand the rule for forming images. To check your answer, click on the «Answer» button located below the task. After this, the correct answer and explanations will appear. Below you can select other questions on this topic. Typically each topic has 20 questions or more. At the same time, the complexity of logical problems gradually increases. First there will be easy questions, then medium, then difficult. Try to complete tasks as quickly as possible.
Question - 14
This is a riddle for ingenuity - brain teaser. There are twelve objects here. Each object consists of five small circles that are connected by one broken line. The circles can be painted in two different colors. Which of the options below is suitable to replace the question mark?
Correct answer = 3.
Here are the following solution rules: each row has the same shape, but each column has a unique rule for coloring the circles. In the left column, the two upper circles are colored. In the middle column, the two bottom circles are colored. In the right column, the second and fourth circles are colored. The circles in the shape are counted from the top end to the bottom end.
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