Which is the correct analytical sequence of the events of the February Revolution?

Correct answer: Lockout then women-led strikes then repression then soldiers' mutiny then Soviet formation then Tsar's abdication

The governing concept is chronological and causal analysis. A lockout and worsening urban conditions helped produce demonstrations, while women’s strikes on International Women’s Day broadened the protest. The authorities attempted repression, but a section of soldiers refused to fire and mutinied. As the old administration weakened, the Petrograd Soviet was formed alongside the Provisional Government, and the Tsar finally abdicated. Thus option A gives the intended rising sequence from industrial conflict and mass protest to military defection, new institutions, and abdication. Option B places abdication before the causes that produced it. Option C mixes events from different periods, including Bloody Sunday, and option D incorrectly places the October Revolution before the February events.