Q1. Which one of the following best captures the central argument of the passage?
A. Standardized administrative information should be replaced by local knowledge because quantitative representations inevitably distort social reality.
B. Large-scale administration requires simplification and standardization, but these become dangerous when institutions forget their limits and treat representations as complete descriptions of reality.
C. Modern technology can resolve the limitations of traditional administration by allowing institutions to incorporate sufficiently large numbers of variables.
D. Administrative failures arise primarily because centralized institutions lack access to the detailed information available to local communities.