A) 50 m B) 10 m C) 100 m D) 30 m
A) 1.08 to 2.66 m B) 5.0 to 6.2 m C) 0.5 to 1.0 m D) 3.0 to 4.5 m
A) Glacial meltwater B) Wadi Ibrahim alluvium and bedrock C) Red Sea and local rivers D) Underground ocean currents
A) Siphons B) Wooden pipes C) Hand pumps D) Ropes and buckets
A) 1990 B) 1964 C) 1975 D) 1950
A) Two B) Three C) Four D) One
A) 20 km B) 10 km C) 5 km D) 2 km
A) 20 and 35 litres per second B) 5 and 8 litres per second C) 11 and 18.5 litres per second D) 40 and 55 litres per second
A) King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Zamzam Water Project B) Al-Haram Desalination Plant C) King Fahd Water Initiative D) Mecca Groundwater Center
A) January 2005 B) December 2015 C) June 2012 D) September 2010
A) 700 million B) 1 billion C) 100 million D) 500 million
A) National Water Company of Saudi Arabia B) Saudi Aramco C) Mecca Municipal Corporation D) Red Sea Water Authority
A) Reverse osmosis and boiling B) Ozonation and sand settling C) Filters and ultraviolet light D) Chlorination and distillation
A) 10,000 cubic meters B) 25,000 cubic meters C) 16,000 cubic meters D) 5,000 cubic meters
A) King Abdulaziz Sabeel Reservoir B) Al-Madinah Water Basin C) Prophet's Well Reservoir D) Medina Central Storage
A) 20,000 cubic meters B) 16,000 cubic meters C) 30,000 cubic meters D) 10,000 cubic meters
A) Prophet's Mosque B) Masjid al-Qiblatayn C) Quba Mosque D) Masjid al-Haram
A) 400,000 litres per day B) 50,000 litres per day C) 150,000 litres per day D) 700,000 litres per day
A) 150,000 litres per day B) Up to 400,000 litres per day C) 2,000,000 litres per day D) 1,000,000 litres per day
A) Attached to electric transport bikes B) Mounted on permanent pillars C) On wheeled carts pushed by volunteers D) As a backpack by employees
A) Metal cups B) Disposable plastic cups C) Reusable glass cups D) Paper cups
A) 10-litre containers B) Large 5-litre bottles C) Family-sized jugs D) Small filtered water bottles
A) 700,000 litres per day B) 2,000,000 litres per day C) 150,000 litres per day D) 1,500,000 litres per day
A) 700,000 litres per day B) 400,000 litres per day C) 3,500,000 litres per day D) 2,000,000 litres per day
A) 20-litre jugs B) 10-litre containers C) 1-litre bottles D) 5-litre containers
A) A warehouse at the Zamzam Water Project site B) At local petrol stations C) At the entrance of Masjid al-Haram D) At Medina airport
A) 500,000 B) 2.5 million C) 5 million D) 1.5 million
A) Wadi Ibrahim B) Wadi Lajab C) Wadi Hanifah D) Wadi Rum
A) Stone masonry B) Brickwork C) Packed clay D) Concrete
A) 5 metres B) 1 metre C) 1⁄2-metre D) 2 metres
A) The bottom bedrock floor B) The permeable weathered rock section C) The concrete collar D) The sandy alluvium surface
A) Deep fossil aquifers B) Desalinated seawater injection C) Absorbed rainfall in Wadi Ibrahim and run-off from local hills D) Underground river streams from distant mountains
A) Climate change caused total drought B) A dam was built upstream C) The area has become more and more settled D) Pumping rates exceeded natural capacity
A) Ministry of Water and Electricity B) Saudi Geological Survey C) King Abdulaziz University D) National Water Company
A) Seismograph B) Mercury barometer C) Mechanical float gauge D) Hydrograph
A) Via the Internet B) Through daily newspaper reports C) Via broadcast radio D) By monthly mailed newsletters
A) Density, hardness, and radioactivity B) Turbidity, salinity, oxygen, and pressure C) Electric conductivity, pH, Eh, and temperature D) Mineral content, bacteria levels, and flow speed
A) Colourless B) Milky white C) Clear green D) Light blue
A) Earthy B) Slightly mineral C) Chlorinated D) Odorless
A) 7.0–7.2 B) 8.5–9.0 C) 6.0–6.5 D) 7.9–8
A) Slightly alkaline B) Highly acidic C) Neutral D) Slightly acidic
A) Sarah B) Amina C) Khadija D) Hajar
A) Abu Talib B) Al-Mansur C) Abd al-Muttalib D) Al-Abbas
A) Named after the Angel Michael B) Named directly after Prophet Abraham C) Derived from a Hebrew word for blessing D) An onomatopoeia denoting a dull or guttural sound
A) Ibn Ishaq B) Al-Azraqi C) Al-Ayni D) Al-Mas'udi
A) Al-Mas'udi B) Jacqueline Chabbi C) Hughes D) Al-Ayni
A) Zamm, zamm! B) Zamaneh, zamaneh! C) Zamra, zamra! D) Zindan, zindan!
A) Ibrahim strikes the rock with a staff B) Hajar digs with her hands C) A camel uncovers the spring D) Isma'il scrapes the ground with his feet
A) Sasanian B) Quraysh C) Abbasid D) Jurhum
A) Zulfiqar B) Saif al-Islam C) Damascus steel sword D) As-Sayf al-Qalayi
A) Al-Mu'tasim B) Abd al-Muttalib C) Al-Mansur D) Abu Talib
A) Requiring all pilgrims to pay a gold tax B) Banning all non-religious body-hygienic uses C) Closing the well to non-Arabs D) Limiting water drawing to night hours
A) Bayt al-Sharab B) Siqaya C) Siqah D) Wudu
A) Wudu (religious ritual cleaning) B) Cooling down heated swords C) Washing the Black Stone D) Quenching the thirst of animals
A) Al-Wathiq B) Al-Abbas C) Al-Mu'tasim D) Al-Mansur
A) Abdulaziz bin Muhammad B) Qutb ad-Din C) Umar ibn Faraj ar-Rukhkhaji D) Al-Isfahani
A) Mamluks B) Wahhabis C) Ottomans D) Qarmatians
A) Al-Isfahani B) Al-Mansur C) Qaitbay D) Selim III
A) Sharabis B) Jurhumis C) Qalandars D) Zamzamis
A) $50 B) £500 C) $1 D) £50
A) Ahmed I B) Malik an-Nasir C) Suleiman the Magnificent D) Qaitbay
A) Selim III B) Al-Mu'tasim C) Ahmed I D) Suleiman the Magnificent
A) Only during Ramadan B) On a daily basis C) Once a month D) Once a week
A) One sample B) Three samples C) Five samples D) Ten samples
A) Jeddah B) London C) Mecca D) Istanbul
A) 1883 B) 2018 C) 1895 D) 1866
A) 50 samples B) 100 samples C) 3 samples D) 500 samples
A) 1895 B) 1881 C) 1866 D) 1883
A) A quarantine system B) A naval blockade C) A water distribution center D) A free trade zone
A) 1895 B) 1881 C) 1883 D) 1866
A) Bonkowski Paşa B) James Zohrab C) Mehmed Şakir Bey D) Yusuf Kudzi
A) Mehmed Şakir Bey B) The Dutch emissary C) James Zohrab D) Robert Koch
A) With great enthusiasm B) As absolute scientific truth C) As a helpful public health suggestion D) Very negatively
A) Dutch emissary B) The Sultan's head chemist C) British Consul in Jeddah D) An epidemiologist
A) Six times more sewage than London water B) Nothing dangerous C) Severe cholera contamination D) High levels of animal waste
A) London sewage systems B) Entirely different sources C) The same underground river 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) Edward Frankland B) Mehmed Şakir Bey C) Yusuf Kudzi D) James Zohrab
A) Edward Frankland's B) Robert Koch's C) Bonkowski Paşa's D) Mehmed Şakir Bey's
A) 1866 B) 1883 C) 1895 D) 2018 |