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GATE 2025 EE – Question 4

General Aptitude · Analytical Aptitude: Logical Reasoning and Deduction · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Each row of Column-I has three items and each item is represented by a circle in Column-II. The arrangement of circles in Column-II represents the relationship among the items in Column-I.

Identify the option that has the most appropriate match between Column-I and Column-II.

Note: The figures shown are representative.

Column-IColumn-II
(1) Animals, Zebra, Giraffe(P)
(2) Director, Producer, Actor(Q)
(3) Word, Sentence, Novel(R)
(4) Pianist, Guitarist, Instrumentalist(S)
Diagram for GATE 2025 EE question 4
  1. (1) – (Q); (2) – (P); (3) – (S); (4) – (R)
  2. (1) – (Q); (2) – (R); (3) – (S); (4) – (P)
  3. (1) – (S); (2) – (P); (3) – (R); (4) – (Q)
  4. (1) – (R); (2) – (S); (3) – (Q); (4) – (P)

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Correct answer: (B) (1) – (Q); (2) – (R); (3) – (S); (4) – (P)

Explanation

(1) Zebra and giraffe are two separate kinds of animal, so two disjoint circles inside a large one: Q. (2) A person can be director, producer and actor at once, so three overlapping circles: R. (3) A word is part of a sentence, which is part of a novel, so concentric circles: S. (4) Pianists and guitarists are both instrumentalists and a person can be both, so two overlapping circles inside a large one: P.