Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Comprehension - (Narrative / Factual)

Question:

Read the given passage and answer the four questions that follow:-

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:-

Options:

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 Answer:

love for her motherland

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → love for her motherland

The passage clearly states that Gulab Kaur's actions, including sailing to India to rally the masses against British tyranny and distributing arms and ammunition and anti-British literature, were all carried out in her capacity as a leader of the Ghadar Party and as part of the fight to oust the British in India. Her primary motivation, therefore, was to achieve freedom for her country, which demonstrates her deep love for her motherland.