GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility. a government or state ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class. government by those considered to be the best or most able people in the state.

Detailed explanation-2: -Greece, Russia, China, and the United Kingdom have all had aristocratic governments at one point in their history. Many aristocracies did not have noblemen or noblewomen. Instead, they consisted of certain citizens who were of a higher status than common people. One such example is the Roman Republic.