Less than 10 percent of the world`s people, and of the participants in

Less than 10 percent of the world`s people, and of the participants in combat sports worldwide, are left-handed. However, a majority of top-level competitors in combat sports worldwide are left-handed.

Type - Paradox


A. Left-handedness is more common in primitive cultures with high rates of death by violence than in other primitive cultures. - Out of scope

B. Among top-level competitors in many non-combat sports, such as tennis and baseball, left-handedness is also much more common than in the general population. - Irrelevant - we are not concerned about non-combat sports

C. In many cultures, children are discouraged from performing tasks with their left hands, even if the left hand is their dominant hand. - Irrelevant

D. Because left-handedness is so rare, opponents of left-handed fighters are ill-equipped to handle the positions and angles from which those fighters attack. - Correct - so most people don't have experience of playing against a southpaw

E. A significant number of left-handed competitors in combat sports have trained under coaches who have forced them to fight from right-handed positions and angles. - Irrelevant - if this was not case, then there would have been more left-handed competitors in combat sports

Answer D