Question 23.

This is an official CAT 2024 Question, and the marked answer is according to the official answer key. We disagree with this answer.

Let us look at falsifying these statements: 

Option A: Climate change has had negligible effects on the frequency of carnivore-human interactions in affected regions. 

False version 1: Climate change has had no effect on the frequency of carnivore-human interactions in affected regions. - Inconsistent with the passage

False version 2: Climate change has had a lot of effect on the frequency of carnivore-human interactions in affected regions. - Consistent

As one of the versions contradicts the passage, we can say that the statement if false is inconsistent.

Option B:

Predatory attacks by carnivores are a common occurrence and have steadily increased over the past few decades.
False Version: Predatory attacks by carnivores are a rare occurrence and have steadily increased over the past few decades.

This is consistent with the passage.

Option C: Carnivores lose their instinctive fear of humans, when consistently exposed to human food sources.
False Version: Carnivores do not lose their instinctive fear of humans, when consistently exposed to human food sources. -- irrelevant to the passage as the author speaks on reliance on human food and not exposure to human food "sources".

Option D: Human efforts to avoid risky behaviours around large carnivores have proven effective in reducing conflict incidents.
False version: Human efforts to avoid risky behaviours around large carnivores have not proven effective in reducing conflict incidents. -- beyond the scope of the passage.