Visualising Solids - Question Type 1 - Example 6

This solid is composed of five elements. In addition to what the view from above and the view from the front tell us, certain information can also be deduced from the answer options, since some of the elements there remain constant. – For instance it is clear that the element protruding to the right in the view from above and the view from the front has to be a round rod rather than one with corners.
Since the view from above and the view from the front provide no evidence of a round element like this for the left side, it is clear that the right side-view is the one we are looking for. Answer option A is not the solution, therefore, because the base – i.e. the base element of the solid – is positioned too far back. Option C can be ruled out because the arrangement of round rod and base cannot be reconciled with the view from above. The narrow rectangle in option B could only be a recess, because a projecting element would be visible in the view from above and the view from the front. But a recess can be ruled out as well, because in the view from the front it would leave behind a small recess in the side of the large element with the ellipse-shaped base.

This means that D is the solution to this task.