Read the following source carefully and answer the questions that follows:
(i) When did the government suspend the Duma?
On Sunday, \( 25^{\text {th }} \) February, the government suspended
(A) \( 26^{\text {th }} \) February
(B) \( 25^{\text {th }} \) February
P the Duma. Politicians spoke out against the measure.
(C) \( 28^{\text {th }} \) February
(D) \( 27^{\text {th }} \) February
W Demonstrators returned in force to the streets of (ii) The Police Headquarters were ransacked on: the left bank on the \( 26 \mathrm{th} \). On the 27 th, the Police
(A) \( 27^{\text {th }} \)
(B) \( 25^{\text {th }} \)
Headquarters were ransacked. The streets thronged
(C) \( 24^{\text {th }} \)
(D) \( 28^{\text {th }} \) with people raising slogans about bread, wages,
(iii) The Tsar was advised by: better hours and democracy. The government tried
(A) Governor to control the situation and called out the cavalry
(B) Ministry once again. However, the cavalry refused to fire
(C) Military Commanders on the demonstrators. An officer was shot at the
(D) President barracks of a regiment and three other regiments
(iv) Petrograd had led
(A) October
(C) November
(B) March evening, soldiers and striking workers had gathered to form a soviet or council in the same building as
(D) February the Duma met. This was the Petrograd Soviet.
The very next day, a delegation went to see the Tsar. Military commanders advised him to abdicate. He followed their advice and abdicated on 2 March. Soviet leaders and Duma leaders formed a Provisional Government to run the country. Russias future would be decided by a constituent assembly, elected on the basis of universal adult suffrage. Petrograd had led the February Revolution that brought down the monarchy in February 1917.
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