Choose the Venn diagram from the given options which represents the correct…
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Choose the Venn diagram from the given options which represents the correct relationship amongst the following classes:
Pen, Chair, Stationery
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Concept
These are class-relationship (syllogism) diagrams. The link between any two named groups is one of three kinds: one group is wholly a sub-type of the other (one circle drawn entirely inside the other), the groups partly share members (two circles that overlap), or the groups have nothing in common (two circles drawn fully apart). The correct diagram is the one whose circle arrangement matches the real-world relationship of every pair.
Application
Test each pair among Pen, Chair and Stationery:
Pen and Stationery: a pen is a kind of stationery, so the whole Pen group sits within the Stationery group — the Pen circle must lie completely inside the Stationery circle.
Chair and Stationery: a chair is furniture, not stationery, so they share no members — the Chair circle must stay completely apart from the Stationery circle.
Pen and Chair: a pen is not a chair and a chair is not a pen, so these two also share no members — their circles must stay apart.
The arrangement that satisfies all three at once is: one smaller circle fully enclosed by a larger circle, plus a third circle standing entirely on its own, separate from both.
Cross-check
Reject any diagram with overlap (overlap would wrongly claim a chair is partly a pen or partly stationery) and reject any diagram that places two circles inside one outer circle (that would wrongly make a chair a type of stationery). Only the enclosed-circle-plus-one-detached-circle layout keeps Pen inside Stationery while leaving Chair unrelated to both.