How does the passage classify the famine among twentieth-century atrocities?

Concept

A literal-comprehension question asks for the classification stated directly in the passage. The answer must preserve the author’s wording and level of emphasis; it should not add a stronger claim or weaken the stated claim.

Application

The passage explicitly says that the famine was a major massacre and that it is correct to call it ‘one of the major atrocities of the twentieth century.’ Therefore, the classification supported by the passage is ‘One of the major atrocities.’

Contrast

• ‘A deliberate genocide’ makes intent central, whereas the passage repeatedly says that the deaths were not intended.

• ‘A minor event’ reduces the scale, whereas the passage describes about twenty-five million deaths and a huge massacre.

• ‘An unavoidable disaster’ treats the famine as inevitable, whereas the passage attributes it to ideological and totalitarian instructions.

Cross-check

The exact phrase ‘one of the major atrocities of the twentieth century’ appears in the final sentence of the passage, so the chosen classification matches the source wording without inference beyond the text.

Result: One of the major atrocities.