Why is the February Revolution called a mass movement?

Correct answer: Because workers, women, soldiers and common people participated

The correct answer is A because the February Revolution involved broad participation by several sections of society rather than a small conspiracy or a palace decision. Women workers began important demonstrations over bread and shortages, industrial workers joined strikes and marches, and soldiers increasingly refused to fire on protesters or supported the uprising. Other ordinary residents also took part in the unrest. This combination gave the movement a mass character and weakened the Tsarist state across the capital. The Tsar, foreign diplomats and a narrow elite could not by themselves represent such a broad mobilisation. Option D directly contradicts the historical evidence, since popular action was central to the fall of the monarchy.