Discussion
What do you understand by the phrase "to be rid of " ?
Answer: A
'To be rid of' means released or freed from something.
The passage speaks of 'the yearning of her sorrowing millions to be rid of their innumerable burdens': people who long to be free of their burdens. To be rid of a thing is to be freed from it, never to be tied to it, to increase it or to include it. Reading the phrase in its sentence settles it: burdens are things people want to be free of, not things they want to be tied to or to have more of.
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