The attack on police headquarters on 27 February was a sign of which change?

Correct answer: State control and repressive system began to break

In a revolution, attacks on police offices are significant because the police represent the government’s everyday power to enforce orders and suppress opposition. When protesters could attack such a headquarters, it suggested that officials were losing control of streets and that the machinery of repression was no longer working normally. This was more than an isolated disturbance; it showed that the authority supporting Tsarist rule was weakening during the February Revolution.

Option A is correct because state control and the repressive system had begun to break down. The Tsar’s power was therefore not becoming fully stable. The attack did not mean that the bread crisis had ended, and a political assembly such as the Duma could not itself win a war. The event marked a decisive weakening of the old regime.