Question

Austrian crown prince ___________ assassination was the immediate cause of World War I.
A.Francis Ferdinand
B.Francis Duke
C.Francis de Lesseps
D.Francis Baycon

Answer 1

Hint: He was the eldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria and the younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I. After the suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf in 1889 plus the death of Karl Ludwig in 1896, the correct option to be chosen, became the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne.

Complete answer: The Sarajevo Incident indicates to the series of Events encompassing the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife at the time of a state visit to Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. He along with his wife, Sophie both were shot down by a Serbian nationalist while they were passing through the streets in a motorcade on 28 June 1914, before also in the same morning another Serbian nationalist had also thrown a bomb over the car of Archduke and also exploded below another Car. Austria as well as Hungary in alliance with Germany then declared a war on Serbia. This led to the start of the First world War in successive events. The killings had sparked a chain of events that gradually led to the outbreak of World War I by the start of August.

Therefore option A is the correct answer.

Additional information:
The very immediate reason behind the World War I which made the aforementioned items come into play (alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism) was due to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. During June 1914, a Serbian-nationalist terrorist group called the Black Hand sent groups to assassinate the Archduke.

Note: The immediate cause for the First World War was in relation to the assassination of the crown prince of Austria named Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on 28 June in the year 1914. WW1 began a month later i.e on 28th July 1914. Austria had attacked Serbia that was the start of the First World War.