UPSC CAPF AC 2024 Paper 1 · Question 78
Question 78 of the UPSC CAPF (AC) 2024 Paper I (4 August 2024). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.
Consider the following statements about the Dutch trade in Mughal period : 1. The Dutch transported silk goods from Bengal through Hooghly 2. Cloves and nutmegs were collected at Surat by the Dutch and exported to Europe Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
मुगल काल में डच व्यापार के संबंध में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए : 1. डचों ने बंगाल से हुगली के माध्यम से रेशमी सामानों का परिवहन किया 2. डचों द्वारा सूरत में लौंग और जायफल संगृहीत किए जाते थे और यूरोप को निर्यात किया जाता था उपर्युक्त में से कौन-सा/कौन-से कथन सही है/हैं?
- केवल 1
- केवल 2
- 1 और 2 दोनों
- न तो 1, न ही 2
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Answer: (3) Both 1 and 2
उत्तर: (3) 1 और 2 दोनों
The Dutch bought raw silk and silk goods in Bengal (Kasimbazar) and shipped them out through their base at Chinsura on the Hooghly, so statement 1 is correct. UPSC also marks statement 2 correct, apparently reading it loosely as a reference to the Dutch spice trade, in which cloves and nutmeg from their Moluccan monopoly also reached Surat; strictly, these spices were collected in the Spice Islands of Indonesia and shipped to Europe via Batavia, not collected at Surat, which is why many sources mark only statement 1 correct. (Official key; some sources differ.)