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State PCS PYQPrelims 2020

UPPCS · Question 42

Which of the following Mughal period canals, was constructed by restoring the Rajabwah of Firuz Shah ?

  1. Shekhnu-Ni
  2. Shahab Nahr
  3. Nahr-i-Bihisht
  4. Nahr-i-Agra
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Answer: (B) Shahab Nahr

Explanation

Shah Jahan's engineers (Ali Mardan Khan) restored Firuz Shah's Rajabwah canal as the Shahab Nahr (part of the Western Yamuna Canal system), which fed Shahjahanabad (Faiz Nahr).