Chapter 10 of 22

Venn Diagram

Representing overlapping and non-overlapping categories using circles — the visual foundation for Syllogism.

📖 ~4 min read 🧠 RRB NTPC / Group D — Reasoning

Standard Venn Diagram Types

RelationshipDiagram
Two unrelated categoriesTwo separate, non-touching circles
One category fully inside anotherSmaller circle completely inside the larger circle
Partial overlapTwo circles overlapping in a shared region
Three-way relationshipThree overlapping circles (e.g., Doctors, Men, Players)
💡 Example: "Doctors, Men, Players" — some doctors are men, some men are players, some doctors are players → represented as three overlapping circles.
💡 Venn diagrams are the visual tool used to solve Syllogism (next chapter) — practising diagram-drawing here directly improves syllogism accuracy.

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