The demand for better working hours reflects which problem of workers?

Problem of long and difficult labour

Working hours are an important part of labour conditions. When workers ask for better or shorter working hours, they are expressing dissatisfaction with exhausting schedules, difficult work, and the limited control they have over their daily lives. In the context of the February Revolution, workers’ demands reflected the hardships created by industrial work, low living standards, shortages, and wartime pressure.

Option A follows directly from the wording of the demand. A request for improved working hours points to long and difficult labour, not to land, royal positions, or foreign trade. The other choices concern different social or economic issues and do not explain why workers would protest about the length and difficulty of work. Thus, A correctly identifies the workers’ problem.

This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution. Topic: The February Revolution in Petrograd.