Privatised companies are public sector organisations sold to the private sector.

• A. Public sector organisations sold to the private sector
• B. Private sector organizations merged with the government
• C. Non-profit health services privatized
• D. The government sells all its assets

Answer: (A)

Privatisation means transferring ownership or control of a public sector organisation to private sector ownership. When a public sector organisation is sold to private investors, it becomes privatised, which is exactly what the statement describes.

The other descriptions aren’t the same: a merger between private sector entities and the government is about combining entities rather than transferring ownership from public to private; privatising a non-profit health service isn’t a standard definition and could be misleading about ownership or purpose; and selling all government assets implies a total liquidation, which isn’t required or implied by privatising a single company.