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A) 100 m B) 30 m C) 10 m D) 50 m
A) 0.5 to 1.0 m B) 3.0 to 4.5 m C) 5.0 to 6.2 m D) 1.08 to 2.66 m
A) Wadi Ibrahim alluvium and bedrock B) Underground ocean currents C) Glacial meltwater D) Red Sea and local rivers
A) Ropes and buckets B) Wooden pipes C) Siphons D) Hand pumps
A) 1975 B) 1990 C) 1950 D) 1964
A) Three B) Two C) Four D) One
A) 20 km B) 5 km C) 2 km D) 10 km
A) 5 and 8 litres per second B) 20 and 35 litres per second C) 11 and 18.5 litres per second D) 40 and 55 litres per second
A) King Fahd Water Initiative B) Mecca Groundwater Center C) King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Zamzam Water Project D) Al-Haram Desalination Plant
A) June 2012 B) September 2010 C) January 2005 D) December 2015
A) 700 million B) 100 million C) 1 billion D) 500 million
A) National Water Company of Saudi Arabia B) Red Sea Water Authority C) Mecca Municipal Corporation D) Saudi Aramco
A) Filters and ultraviolet light B) Ozonation and sand settling C) Chlorination and distillation D) Reverse osmosis and boiling
A) 16,000 cubic meters B) 5,000 cubic meters C) 10,000 cubic meters D) 25,000 cubic meters
A) Medina Central Storage B) Al-Madinah Water Basin C) Prophet's Well Reservoir D) King Abdulaziz Sabeel Reservoir
A) 16,000 cubic meters B) 20,000 cubic meters C) 10,000 cubic meters D) 30,000 cubic meters
A) Masjid al-Qiblatayn B) Masjid al-Haram C) Quba Mosque D) Prophet's Mosque
A) 50,000 litres per day B) 150,000 litres per day C) 700,000 litres per day D) 400,000 litres per day
A) 2,000,000 litres per day B) 150,000 litres per day C) 1,000,000 litres per day D) Up to 400,000 litres per day
A) Attached to electric transport bikes B) Mounted on permanent pillars C) As a backpack by employees D) On wheeled carts pushed by volunteers
A) Disposable plastic cups B) Paper cups C) Reusable glass cups D) Metal cups
A) 10-litre containers B) Small filtered water bottles C) Large 5-litre bottles D) Family-sized jugs
A) 150,000 litres per day B) 1,500,000 litres per day C) 2,000,000 litres per day D) 700,000 litres per day
A) 700,000 litres per day B) 400,000 litres per day C) 2,000,000 litres per day D) 3,500,000 litres per day
A) 5-litre containers B) 10-litre containers C) 20-litre jugs D) 1-litre bottles
A) At the entrance of Masjid al-Haram B) At Medina airport C) At local petrol stations D) A warehouse at the Zamzam Water Project site
A) 5 million B) 2.5 million C) 1.5 million D) 500,000
A) Wadi Ibrahim B) Wadi Rum C) Wadi Hanifah D) Wadi Lajab
A) Concrete B) Packed clay C) Brickwork D) Stone masonry
A) 5 metres B) 1⁄2-metre C) 1 metre D) 2 metres
A) The bottom bedrock floor B) The concrete collar C) The sandy alluvium surface D) The permeable weathered rock section
A) Desalinated seawater injection B) Underground river streams from distant mountains C) Deep fossil aquifers D) Absorbed rainfall in Wadi Ibrahim and run-off from local hills
A) Pumping rates exceeded natural capacity B) The area has become more and more settled C) Climate change caused total drought D) A dam was built upstream
A) Saudi Geological Survey B) Ministry of Water and Electricity C) National Water Company D) King Abdulaziz University
A) Mechanical float gauge B) Mercury barometer C) Hydrograph D) Seismograph
A) Through daily newspaper reports B) Via broadcast radio C) By monthly mailed newsletters D) Via the Internet
A) Turbidity, salinity, oxygen, and pressure B) Electric conductivity, pH, Eh, and temperature C) Mineral content, bacteria levels, and flow speed D) Density, hardness, and radioactivity
A) Colourless B) Light blue C) Clear green D) Milky white
A) Earthy B) Slightly mineral C) Chlorinated D) Odorless
A) 8.5–9.0 B) 7.0–7.2 C) 7.9–8 D) 6.0–6.5
A) Highly acidic B) Neutral C) Slightly acidic D) Slightly alkaline
A) Sarah B) Hajar C) Khadija D) Amina
A) Abd al-Muttalib B) Al-Abbas C) Al-Mansur D) Abu Talib
A) Named after the Angel Michael B) An onomatopoeia denoting a dull or guttural sound C) Derived from a Hebrew word for blessing D) Named directly after Prophet Abraham
A) Al-Azraqi B) Al-Ayni C) Ibn Ishaq D) Al-Mas'udi
A) Jacqueline Chabbi B) Al-Mas'udi C) Al-Ayni D) Hughes
A) Zamra, zamra! B) Zamaneh, zamaneh! C) Zindan, zindan! D) Zamm, zamm!
A) A camel uncovers the spring B) Hajar digs with her hands C) Ibrahim strikes the rock with a staff D) Isma'il scrapes the ground with his feet
A) Quraysh B) Abbasid C) Jurhum D) Sasanian
A) Damascus steel sword B) As-Sayf al-Qalayi C) Saif al-Islam D) Zulfiqar
A) Al-Mu'tasim B) Abu Talib C) Al-Mansur D) Abd al-Muttalib
A) Closing the well to non-Arabs B) Limiting water drawing to night hours C) Requiring all pilgrims to pay a gold tax D) Banning all non-religious body-hygienic uses
A) Bayt al-Sharab B) Siqaya C) Wudu D) Siqah
A) Wudu (religious ritual cleaning) B) Quenching the thirst of animals C) Washing the Black Stone D) Cooling down heated swords
A) Al-Mu'tasim B) Al-Wathiq C) Al-Mansur D) Al-Abbas
A) Abdulaziz bin Muhammad B) Umar ibn Faraj ar-Rukhkhaji C) Qutb ad-Din D) Al-Isfahani
A) Wahhabis B) Mamluks C) Ottomans D) Qarmatians
A) Al-Mansur B) Al-Isfahani C) Selim III D) Qaitbay
A) Zamzamis B) Sharabis C) Jurhumis D) Qalandars
A) $50 B) £500 C) $1 D) £50
A) Qaitbay B) Suleiman the Magnificent C) Malik an-Nasir D) Ahmed I
A) Selim III B) Al-Mu'tasim C) Suleiman the Magnificent D) Ahmed I
A) Once a week B) Once a month C) Only during Ramadan D) On a daily basis
A) Ten samples B) One sample C) Three samples D) Five samples
A) Istanbul B) London C) Mecca D) Jeddah
A) 1895 B) 1866 C) 1883 D) 2018
A) 100 samples B) 50 samples C) 3 samples D) 500 samples
A) 1866 B) 1881 C) 1895 D) 1883
A) A water distribution center B) A free trade zone C) A naval blockade D) A quarantine system
A) 1883 B) 1895 C) 1881 D) 1866
A) Yusuf Kudzi B) James Zohrab C) Bonkowski Paşa D) Mehmed Şakir Bey
A) James Zohrab B) Robert Koch C) Mehmed Şakir Bey D) The Dutch emissary
A) As absolute scientific truth B) Very negatively C) As a helpful public health suggestion D) With great enthusiasm
A) Dutch emissary B) British Consul in Jeddah C) An epidemiologist D) The Sultan's head chemist
A) Severe cholera contamination B) Nothing dangerous C) High levels of animal waste D) Six times more sewage than London water
A) The same underground river B) Entirely different sources C) London sewage systems D) The Red Sea
A) The water was boiled before drinking B) Cholera is caused by bacteria discovered by Robert Koch C) The well was closed by the British D) Mecca did not see annual cholera epidemics during the Hajj
A) James Zohrab B) Edward Frankland C) Yusuf Kudzi D) Mehmed Şakir Bey
A) Robert Koch's B) Bonkowski Paşa's C) Mehmed Şakir Bey's D) Edward Frankland's
A) 1895 B) 2018 C) 1866 D) 1883 |