Which political crisis of Tsarism is shown by the suspension of the Duma on 25 February?

Correct answer: Crisis of being unable to accept representative institutions

The suspension of the Duma on 25 February demonstrates the Tsarist regime’s unwillingness or inability to work with a representative political institution during a crisis. The Duma represented at least a limited form of public political participation, so closing it signalled that the regime preferred administrative command and repression to consultation. Option C is correct because it identifies the conflict between autocratic authority and representative institutions. Option A is the opposite of the event: a complete constitutional democracy would not normally silence its representative body in this way. Option B is unrelated to the Duma’s suspension, and option D refers to a later political development, not the immediate February crisis. The act therefore deepened the regime’s legitimacy problem.