Question

Who among the following was the mastermind behind the plan to unify Italy?
(a) Louis Blanc
(b) Jacob Grimm
(c) Camillo de Cavour
(d) Karol Kurpiński

Answer 1

Solution:
The correct answer is option (c) Camillo de Cavour.

The Chief Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont, Count Camillo de Cavour, was the mastermind behind the plan to unify Italy. He was not a revolutionary and belonged to the elite educated class. He made a diplomatic alliance with the French, and together they defeated the Austrian forces controlling North Italy in 1859.