In which situation can a natural crisis turn into political discontent?

When poor harvest combines with tax burden and inflation

A natural problem such as a poor harvest does not always become a political crisis by itself. It becomes more dangerous when it raises food prices and reduces the availability of bread while people are already suffering under taxes and low purchasing power. If wages do not keep pace with prices, ordinary families experience hardship and may blame the government and the existing social order. Economic distress can then produce political anger.

Option A includes this combination of poor harvest, tax burden, and inflation, so it is correct. Equal taxation would reduce one source of resentment, cheap bread would ease pressure, and wages rising faster than prices would improve people’s ability to buy food. Those alternatives do not describe the conditions that turn a natural crisis into widespread political discontent.

This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: The French Revolution. Topic: French Society During the Late Eighteenth Century.