Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:

The 'shahnahr' repaired by Shah Jahan in the seventeenth century was in which Indian state?

Options:

Dilli

Agra

Punjab

None of the above.

Correct Answer:

Punjab

Explanation:

In northern India, the Mughals undertook the digging of new canals (Nahr, Nala) and also repaired old ones like the shahnahr in Punjab during Shah Jahan’s reign.