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Bibi Gulab Kaur was the leader of Ghadar Party in Manila, Philippines. She and her husband Mann Singh sailed from the Philippines to India in order to rally the masses against British tyranny. Besides spreading anti-British public sentiment, she distributed literature relating to freedom movement, arms and ammunition to the members of Ghadar Party. Under sedition charges, she was kept in the notorious Lahore Fort and tortured for two years.

Gulab Kaur was born in 1890 in the village of Bakshiwala in the Sangrur region of Punjab in a poor peasant family. She was married to Mann Singh. This was a time when many Punjabi farmers were expelled from their land by British policy. The couple departed for Manila, Philippines with the intention of emigrating to the United States of America in order to escape economic troubles in their own country.

Gulab Kaur joined the fight to oust the British in India and became one of the key Gadhar party members. She travelled around the Philippines in order to organise the Indian citizens. Moreover, she gathered weapons and funds for the party. She mobilised people in Manila and inspired them to join the party by distributing independence literature and delivering inspiring speeches to Indian passengers of ships.

The real aim behind the destructive act of supplying arms and ammunition to her people was suggestive of Gulab Kaur's:

love for her motherland

a result of her intrinsic belligerance

her plan of settling in India

her plan of avenging upon the Philippines govt

✅ Correct Option: 1

Option 1 -> Her actions of distributing arms, ammunition, and freedom literature were driven by her desire to free India from British colonial rule.

Option 2 -> The passage shows her actions were purposeful and organized toward independence, not random aggression or inherent belligerence.

Option 3 -> The passage states she initially intended to emigrate to the USA, and there's no indication she wanted to settle back in India permanently.

Option 4 -> Her struggle was against British tyranny in India, not against the Philippines government where she was organizing Indians.

Hence, Option 1: love for her motherland -> Despite facing economic hardships that forced her to leave India, she joined the Ghadar Party and dedicated herself to organizing Indians abroad, gathering weapons and funds, and mobilizing support for India's freedom movement. Her willingness to face torture in Lahore Fort for two years under sedition charges further demonstrates that her revolutionary activities stemmed from deep patriotism and love for India, not personal gain or random violence -> correct

Question 2

Gulab Kaur's activities in Philippines included all but:

Question 3

Gulab Kaur migrated to the Philippines in search of________

Question 4

Choose the correct synonym of the word Sedition as used in the passage.

The real aim behind the destructive act of supplying arms and ammunition to her people was suggestive of Gulab Kaur's:

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