The question given below contains three elements. These elements may or may…
2025
The question given below contains three elements. These elements may or may not have some inter linkage. Each group of elements may fit into one of these diagrams at (A), (B), (C), (D) and/or (E). You have to indicate the group of elements which correctly fits into the diagrams. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Ass, Pet and Horse ?
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Concept: In a three-element classification (Venn diagram) question, the way the circles are drawn encodes the exact logical relationship among the three groups: circles nested fully inside one another show a strict hierarchy, where each group is entirely contained in the next; circles with no overlap at all show groups that share nothing in common; circles that partly cross each other's boundary show groups that share only some members; and two separate circles both enclosed within a larger circle show two groups that are unrelated to each other but each belongs entirely to the larger group.
Application: Here the three elements are Ass, Horse, and Pet. An ass and a horse are two different animals - neither is a kind of the other - so their circles can never nest inside each other or overlap each other. At the same time, both an ass and a horse are commonly kept as domesticated animals, so both qualify completely as Pet. This means Pet must be the larger, all-containing circle, while Ass and Horse must be two separate circles that never touch or overlap each other, sitting completely inside that larger Pet circle.
Three circles nested fully inside one another would mean each group is entirely contained in the next, i.e., a strict hierarchy - that fails here because Ass and Horse are distinct groups; neither is a subset of the other.
Three completely separate circles with no overlap at all would mean none of the three groups share anything in common - that fails because both Ass and Horse are explicitly said to be Pet.
A large circle whose two smaller circles only partly cross its boundary would mean just some asses and some horses are pets, with the rest outside - nothing in the given statement limits either group to only some of its members.
Only a large circle fully enclosing two separate, non-overlapping smaller circles matches the given fact exactly: two distinct groups, Ass and Horse, that never overlap each other yet both lie completely inside the broader Pet group.
Result: So the diagram with two disjoint circles wholly inside one bigger circle is the correct representation of Ass, Horse and Pet.