27. Which of the following best defines the term ‘State’? (a) A community of persons permanently occupying a definite territory independent of external control and possessing an organized government. (b) A politically organized people of a definite territory and possessing an authority to govern them, maintain law and order, protect their natural rights and safeguard their means of sustenance. (c) A number of persons who have been living in a definite territory for a very long time with their own culture, tradition and government. (d) A society permanently living in a definite territory with a central authority, an executive responsible to the central authority and an independent judiciary

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a) A community of persons permanently occupying a definite territory independent of external control and possessing an organized government. ✅
b) A politically organized people of a definite territory and possessing an authority to govern them, maintain law and order, protect their natural rights and safeguard their means of sustenance.
c) A number of persons who have been living in a definite territory for a very long time with their own culture, tradition and government.
d) A society permanently living in a definite territory with a central authority, an executive responsible to the central authority and an independent judiciary