1. What is the main idea expressed in the passage?
a. The passage gives an account of the use of cruel and inhuman discipline in order to punish the offenders.
b. The passage deals with the use of unlimited power of the primitive government to suppress the people and gain supremacy.
c. The passage expresses the need for a better form of government in order to overcome the cruelties afflicted by rulers in the past.
d. The passage traces the development of a reformed society in terms of law and order.