GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

SOBRIQUETS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is known as Britain of the South’?
A
Hamilton
B
New Zealand
C
Kerala
D
Goa
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. New Zealand is known as The Britain of south.

Detailed explanation-2: -Britain of the South – a glorious future The Englishness of New Zealand was one reason many visitors promised the country a glittering future. Believing that the superiority of the English race derived from a vigorous life in a cold island (Britain), they saw New Zealand as replicating these conditions.

Detailed explanation-3: -School geography lessons on Japan invariably began with a reference to the temperate offshore island kingdom of eastern Asia as the ‘Britain of the East’, and this theme was often elaborated to include the characterization of Osaka and Kobe respectively as the Manchester and Liverpool of Japan.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Re Ashman the Supreme Court (since renamed the High Court, not to be confused with the contemporary Supreme Court) held that as a result of the 1973 Act, New Zealand had formally severed the New Zealand Crown from the British Crown.

Detailed explanation-5: -The original British Commonwealth was founded with the signing of the Balfour Declaration in 1926 and included Australia, Canada, the Irish Free State, New Zealand, Newfoundland, and the United Kingdom. Although the majority of Commonwealth members are former British colonies, most are now independent.

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