Exam Details

Subject Ecosystem And Natural Resources
Paper
Exam / Course Post Graduate Diploma In Sustainability Science (PGDSS)
Department School of Agriculture (SOA)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Write short notes on any five of the following:

Biotic components of an ecosystem

Gross primary production

Ten percent law for the transfer of energy

Ramsar convention on Wetlands of International Importance

Multiple land utilization type

Precision agriculture

Assimilative capacity of natural ecosystem.

2. What are Ecosystem services? Describe goods or provisioning services associated with biodiversity.

3. Differentiate between different levels of biodiversity. Discuss the various biodiversity conservation programmes in India.

4. How current level of economic development is affecting biodiversity? Discuss in detail.

5. Discuss the concept of land as a resource. Give a brief description of unsustainable land use practices.

6. What is Integrated land management? Discuss various constraints associated with integrated land management.

7. Discuss various types of natural resources on the basis of renewability and non-renewability.

8. Discuss various international efforts to conserve water and to protect its quality. How climate change is going to affect water resources of the world? Discuss in brief.

9. What are the components of soil? Explain soil structure. Why organic farming is considered as one of the best methods for management of soil fertility?

10. Give a detailed account of different types of alternative energy resources.

11. Classify different types of mineral resources. What are the factors responsible for scarcity of mineral resources? Discuss briefly.

12. Explain the concept and scope of agrobiodiversity. How does agrobiodiversity contribute in sustainability of agriculture?

13. Discuss the policy framework for agrobiodiversity conservation at International and National level.

14. Give an overview of shrinking agrobiodiversity . How participatory plant breeding will help in agrobiodiversity conservation?

15. Write notes on any four of the following:

Various categories of IUCN Red Data list

Insitu conservation of biodiversity

Soil types of India

Distribution and availability of global water resources.

Ganga Action plan

Impact of mining on environment

Intellectual property Right and Plant variety protection


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Challenges To Sustainable Development
  • Ecological Economics
  • Ecosystem And Natural Resources
  • Institutions, Governance And Policies
  • Socio-Cultural System
  • Strategies And Models For Sustainability
  • Sustainability Science