Choose the correct answer

The Discovery of gold in the led …………. to a large number of British miners settled in and around Johannesburg.

Option (a) is correct because in 1886 gold was discovered in Transvaal which led to the settlement of British miners in and around Johannesburg.

Option (b) is incorrect because Orange Free State was not a British possession but the Dutch possession.

Option (c) is incorrect because Cape Colony was a British possession but gold was found mainly in Transvaal.

Option (d) is incorrect because Rhodesia i.e., the European colony was well known as it was named after Cecil Rhodes, the Prime Minister of Cape Colony.