Which of the following does not reflect the correct meaning that the Soviet Union had become stagnant in an administrative sense during its 70 years of existence?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → It was willing to allow changes and openness in government despite centralisation process
Option (1) The inability of the system to correct mistakes it had made Reflects it (Incorrect).
Option (2) It was willing to allow changes and openness in government despite centralisation process Does not reflect it (Correct). The opposite was true: there was an unwillingness to allow more openness in government, along with the centralisation of authority in a vast land.
Option (3) Alienation of people by slow and stifling administration Reflects it (Incorrect).
Option (4) Rampant corruption within the system Reflects it (Incorrect).
NCERT (2025-26): “Why did the Soviet Union Disintegrate? … The Soviet Union had become stagnant in an administrative and political sense as well. The Communist Party that had ruled the Soviet Union for over 70 years was not accountable to the people. Ordinary people were alienated by slow and stifling administration, rampant corruption, the inability of the system to correct mistakes it had made, the unwillingness to allow more openness in government, and the centralisation of authority in a vast land.…” |