Why was the slogan of democracy an attack on the ideological foundation of Tsarism?

It rejected autocratic and hereditary authority

The governing concept is the ideological conflict between democracy and Tsarist autocracy. Tsarism claimed that the ruler possessed hereditary, near-unlimited authority and that obedience to the dynasty was natural and legitimate. The democratic demand challenged this foundation by asserting that political power should be accountable to citizens and expressed through representative institutions. Therefore, option A is correct: it directly rejects both autocratic rule and the hereditary basis of political authority. Option B is the opposite of democracy. Option C refers to an economic grievance rather than a political ideology, although bread shortages helped fuel unrest. Option D is also incorrect because the revolutionary movement brought soldiers into political decision-making instead of excluding them.

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