The source of information given in the sentence is a specific, known society. Hence we use a definite article, 'the'. Option A is thus, correct. Options B and C are indefinite articles, the former used for nouns beginning with a consonant and the latter used for nouns beginning with a vowel. Since they're not used for the specific nouns like the one given, they're both incorrect. Option D is incorrect because the noun is not uncountable, nor is it a proper noun, in which case an article would not be used.