Visualising Solids - Question Type 1 - Example 1

Visualise this solid as a tree stump which has been cut off diagonally. When you look at it from above (view from above), you see that a fairly large piece has been cut out of its left half. Behind the cut-out section, however, a relatively large section of the stump has remained standing.

You can therefore rule out Option (A) immediately, because this option shows nothing remaining behind the cut-out section except for the outer bark. Option (B) can likewise not be the correct solution, since here only a section of bark has been removed from the front. The piece cut out of Option (D) has only one straight side. According to the view from above, however, the cut-out section has to have three straight sides. This is the case only with the section cut out of Option (C). Therefore, (C) is the correct answer.