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Which of the following factors was the primary reason for the rapid decline of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in India?
A. Their primary commercial focus shifted to the Spice Islands (Indonesia), leading them to largely abandon India to the British.
B. They were defeated by the Portuguese in a series of naval battles in the Arabian Sea.
C. Their factories in Bengal were totally destroyed by Aurangzeb's forces.
D. They suffered a massive financial collapse due to investing exclusively in the failed cotton trade.
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