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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.

Gulab Kaur migrated to the Philippines in search of________

her true identity

like-minded people

a safe life for her children

economic prosperity

✅ Correct Option: 4

Option 1 -> The passage makes no reference to Gulab Kaur searching for her identity.

Option 2 -> While she later joined the Ghadar Party, this was not the reason for her migration.

Option 3 -> There is no mention of children in the passage.

Option 4 -> The passage states the couple departed "in order to escape economic troubles in their own country."

Hence, Option 4: economic prosperity -> The passage clearly mentions that Gulab Kaur and Mann Singh were poor peasant farmers who, like many Punjabis, were expelled from their land by British policy. They left for Manila with the intention of eventually reaching the United States to escape their economic hardships -> correct

Question 1

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

Question 2

Gulab Kaur's activities in Philippines included all but:

Question 4

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

Gulab Kaur migrated to the Philippines in search of________

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