If the benefit of a policy is limited only to a small powerful group, what democratic question arises?

Correct answer: Whether the policy follows public interest and equality

Correct answer: A — the policy must be examined for public interest and equality. In a democracy, government decisions should not be designed only to favour a small powerful group. First, we ask whom the policy benefits and whom it leaves out. Next, we consider whether the distribution of benefits is fair and whether people’s rights are respected. A policy may have a stated public purpose, but its actual results can still be unequal. Public discussion, representation, and institutional review help identify such unfairness. Option A is correct because it tests the democratic standards of wider welfare and equality. B is irrelevant: colour has no role in judging democratic fairness. C is irrelevant unless the policy itself concerns sport, and even then the key question would remain fairness. D is irrelevant because the length of a name does not affect justice. Memory cue: democracy asks “who benefits, who is excluded, and is the treatment fair?”