Question

Which of the following statements is not correct?
A) Anglo-Dutch Treaty was signed in 1814 AD
B) The Dutch, during their stay in India, tried their hands on the minting of coinages
C) The Dutch, minted coins with an image of Lord Venkateshwara
D) All of the above are wrong

Answer 1

Hint: To answer this type of question we need to verify the authenticity of the given statements. The Dutch came to India during the 17th Century and took part in trade and commerce very effectively. They lost their trading posts in India during the 19th century.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given statements:
Option A) The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 was endorsed by the United Kingdom and the Netherlands in London on 13 August 1814. The arrangement re-established the majority of the domains in Malaya that Britain had seized in the Napoleonic Wars, yet affirmed British ownership of the Cape Colony on the southern tip of Africa, just as segments of South America. From 1814-1824 there was a struggle to determine the extent of sovereignty and influence to be exercised by the Dutch in the Malay Archipelago in the territories restored to them by the treaty of 13 august 1814.

Option B) During the days when the Dutch were economically dynamic in India, they worked a few mints, at Cochin, Masulipatnam, Nagapatam (or Negapatam), Pondicherry (for the five years 1693-98 when the Dutch had acquired control from the French), and Pulicat. The coins were totally displayed on the nearby money.

Option C) During the 17th and the 18th century when the Dutch were commercially active in India, they used to mint coins, some of which had the image of Lord Ventakeshwara (who is a form of the Hindu God, Vishnu. These coins were issued at the Dutch mint in Pulicat.

The statements given in Options (A), (B) and (C) are all correct. But Option (D) states that the above options are all wrong statements. The question is asking us for the wrong statement. Therefore, Option (D) is the incorrect statement.

Thus, the correct answer is option (D) All the above statements are wrong.

Note: The Dutch in the East Indies have always been hampered by the inadequacy of the resources available for the exploitation of their opportunities. In the great days of the republic, when profits from Asia were modest in comparison with those of Dutch trade in Europe.