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CAT 2023 Slot 2 — VARC Question 23

Main Point IdentificationEasy

The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage.

Heatwaves are becoming longer, frequent and intense due to climate change. The impacts of extreme heat are unevenly experienced; with older people and young children, those with pre-existing medical conditions and on low incomes significantly more vulnerable. Adaptation to heatwaves is a significant public policy concern. Research conducted among at-risk people in the UK reveals that even vulnerable people do not perceive themselves as at risk of extreme heat; therefore, early warnings of extreme heat events do not perform as intended. This suggests that understanding how extreme heat is narrated is very important. The news media play a central role in this process and can help warn people about the potential danger, as well as about impacts on infrastructure and society

Answer & solution

  • A

    People are vulnerable to heatwaves caused due to climate change, measures taken are ineffective.

  • B

    News stories help in warning about heatwaves, but they have to become more effective.

  • Heatwaves pose an enormous risk; the media plays a pivotal role in alerting people to this danger.

  • D

    Protection from heat waves is important but current reports and public policies seem ineffective.

Solution

Easy

A summary must keep the passage's full arc: heatwaves are a serious and growing danger, and the news media are central to alerting people. Drop an option that misses either half or shifts the focus.

A

"People are vulnerable... measures taken are ineffective." Captures vulnerability but omits the passage's punchline — the media's pivotal role. Incomplete.

B

"News stories help warn... but must become more effective." The passage never says news coverage is currently ineffective and needs improving; it stresses the media's central role. Adds an unsupported critique.

C

"Heatwaves pose an enormous risk; the media plays a pivotal role in alerting people." Carries both core ideas — the scale of the danger and the media's central warning function. Best fit.

D

"Protection is important but current reports and public policies seem ineffective." Like B, it invents a blanket "ineffective" verdict and sidelines the media's alerting role. Distorts.

Option 3 (option c) — risk is enormous and the media is pivotal in alerting people.

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