Answer: The correct option is option third, i.e.,25 cm square.
Explanation:
From the given figure it is easily noticed that the shaded region contains two congruent parallelograms and 4 congruent triangles.
Area of a parallelogram is the product of base and height.
The area of a parallelogram is 12 cm square.
Area of a triangle is half of the product of base and height.
The area of a triangle is 0.25 cm square.
Since there are 2 parallelograms and 4 triangles in the figure, therefore the total area is,
Therefore, the area of figure is 25 cm square and the third option is correct.
