Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Sweets,…
2025
Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Sweets, Rasagulla and Apple ?
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Concept: In a Venn diagram, a subset relationship (every member of one category also belongs to another) is drawn as one circle placed entirely inside another. A disjoint relationship (no member of one category belongs to the other) is drawn as two separate circles that do not touch or overlap.
Application: Rasagulla is one specific type of sweet — every rasagulla is a sweet — so the Rasagulla circle must sit entirely inside the Sweets circle (subset relation). Apple is a fruit, entirely unrelated to the sweets category, so the Apple circle must be drawn as a separate, non-overlapping circle. The diagram with a large circle (Sweets) containing one smaller circle (Rasagulla), plus one separate circle outside both (Apple), is the diagram that matches this description.
Contrast with the other diagrams:
Three fully separate, non-overlapping circles treat Rasagulla as unrelated to Sweets, which is wrong since a rasagulla is itself a sweet.
One large circle containing two smaller, non-overlapping circles treats both Rasagulla and Apple as sweets, which is wrong since apple is a fruit, not a sweet.
Three fully nested circles (one inside another inside another) treat Apple as a subset of Rasagulla, which is wrong since apple has no such containment relation with rasagulla.
Cross-check: only the two-circles-plus-one-separate-circle diagram correctly shows Rasagulla as a sweet (subset) while keeping Apple entirely separate (disjoint), confirming it as the best relation.