Question

Assertion [A]: The USSR weakened and disintegrated into 15 new states, and Russia is one among them. The Cold War thus came to an end with the fall of the USSR.

Reason [R]: Liberal policies like Glasnost and Perestroika that were introduced in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev diluted the power of the Communist Party in the USSR.

• A. [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct justification for [A].
• B. [A] is true but [R] is false.
• C. [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct justification for [A].
• D. [A] and [R] are false.

Answer 1

The correct option is C [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct justification for [A].

The USSR and USA were formidable superpowers and opponents during the Cold War until it was Mikhail Gorbachev who assumed power in the USSR after Joseph Stalin.
Gorbachev wanted to bring about changes in the USSR administration and introduced liberal policies like Glasnost and Perestroika in 1987. But these policies diluted the power of the Communist Party in the USSR. The USSR weakened and disintegrated into 15 new states, and today’s Russia is one among them. The Cold War thus, came to an end with the fall of the USSR.