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Which of the following is an immediate impact of the below incident?
Source: Daily Express, 29th June, Monday 1914
- (a)It led to the supremacy of America
- (b)It led to the First World War
- (c)Austria and Hungary became two independent nations.
- (d)Democracy replaced monarchy in many countries.
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It led to the First World War
Reason — The above incident, known as the Sarajevo Crisis, was the immediate cause of World War I. Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated at Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, on June 28, 1914 by members of the Serbian secret society "Union of Death".