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:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → love for her motherland
The arms and ammunition were supplied to members of the Ghadar Party, who had come to India "to rally the masses against British tyranny". Gulab Kaur joined "the fight to oust the British in India". The aim behind her act was to free her country, which shows her love for her motherland.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: a result of her intrinsic belligerance — Incorrect. Belligerence means an aggressive, quarrelsome nature, eagerness to fight, and intrinsic means inborn. Wrong reason: the passage gives a cause for her actions, the freedom of India, not a liking for fighting for its own sake.
Example: His belligerence at the meeting made everyone uneasy.
Option 3: her plan of settling in India — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the passage says nothing about settling in India; she had left India for a better life abroad and returned only to join the struggle.
Option 4: her plan of avenging upon the Philippines govt. — Incorrect. Wrong link: her fight was against the British, not the government of the Philippines, which the passage never blames for anything.