The February Revolution of 1917 is associated with which of the following causes?

• A. Bread shortages and protests
• B. A successful agricultural reform
• C. A decisive naval victory
• D. Foreign alliance expansion

Answer: (A)

The immediate spark behind the February Revolution was the collapse of daily life for ordinary people under war-time strain—especially bread shortages and rising protests. Food became scarce, prices soared, and long bread queues drove urban anger; when workers started strikes and demonstrations in Petrograd, the unrest quickly spread. The government's inability to meet basic needs and maintain order showed the regime’s weakness, and soldiers who were supposed to restore calm found themselves sympathetic to the protesters, accelerating the collapse of Tsarist authority. There wasn’t a cause linked to a successful agricultural reform, a decisive naval victory, or foreign alliance expansion driving these events; those factors do not capture the way economic distress at home and mass urban protest toppled the government.