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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.

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

insurrection

interfere

impose

intermediary

✅ Correct Option: 1

Option 1 -> Insurrection means a violent uprising or rebellion against authority, which aligns with sedition's meaning of inciting revolt against the state.

Option 2 -> Interfere means to intervene or meddle in affairs, which doesn't relate to the concept of rebellion against government authority.

Option 3 -> Impose means to force or establish something by authority, which is the opposite of sedition (opposing authority).

Option 4 -> Intermediary means a mediator or go-between, which has no connection to acts of rebellion or incitement.

Hence, Option 1: Insurrection -> Sedition refers to conduct or speech that incites rebellion against governmental authority. In the passage, Gulab Kaur was charged with sedition for her anti-British activities and efforts to rally masses against British rule. Insurrection, meaning a violent uprising against authority, is the most appropriate synonym -> 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 3

Gulab Kaur migrated to the Philippines in search of________

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

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