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The immediate cause of the First World War was ............... .
- (a)Imperialism
- (b)Alliance System
- (c)Sarajevo Crisis
- (d)Arms Race
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Sarajevo Crisis
Reason — The immediate cause of the First World War was the Sarajevo Crisis. The murder of Prince Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 led Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia, which soon culminated in the First World War.