What was the role of political parties at the beginning of the February Revolution?

Correct answer: No party was actively organising the movement

The correct answer is A. At the beginning of the February Revolution, no political party had planned and actively organised the entire movement. It developed through strikes and demonstrations by workers, particularly women workers demanding bread, and then gained strength when soldiers refused to fire on the crowds. Political parties later influenced events and helped shape the new political situation, but the initial outbreak was largely spontaneous rather than a centrally directed party campaign. It is therefore inaccurate to say that every party supported the Tsar, that a church party led the revolt or that foreign parties took power. The key concept is the distinction between a spontaneous mass upsurge and a planned revolution led from the start by one organisation.