Question

Given below are two statements:

Statement-I: Mikhail Gorbachev who had become General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985, sought to reform the Soviet System.

Statement-II: Gorbachev’s decision to normalise relations with the West and decomcratise and reform the Soviet Union had some other effects that neither he nor anyone else intended or anticipated.

विकल्प

• Both Statement-I and Statement-II are true.

• Both Statement-I and Statement-II are false.

• Statement-I is true, but Statement-II is false.

• Statement-I is false, but Statement-II is true.

Answer 1

Both Statement-I and Statement-II are true.

Explanation:

Statement I: Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the post of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985 and introduced reform measures like Glasnost, which promoted openness, and Perestroika, aimed at economic restructuring, to transform the Soviet system.

Statement II: Gorbachev’s efforts to improve relations with Western countries and introduce democratic reforms had unforeseen outcomes, such as the decline of the Communist Party’s authority and the eventual disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.