Find the nearest future year whose weekday-date arrangement matches the year 1996.

Correct answer: Option C — 2024. A reusable calendar requires the same weekday on 1 January and the same leap status. Checking successive years after 1996, the first year satisfying both conditions is 2024. Option A (1997) is rejected because it does not equal the computed result; it represents a counting, direction, leap-year, interval, or hand-motion error. Option B (1998) is rejected because it does not equal the computed result; it represents a counting, direction, leap-year, interval, or hand-motion error. Option C matches the verified calculation. Option D (1999) is rejected because it does not equal the computed result; it represents a counting, direction, leap-year, interval, or hand-motion error.