Exam Details
| Subject | Challenges To Sustainable Development | |
| 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. Answer any ten of the following briefly:
Define communicable diseases giving suitable examples.
What is indoor air pollution
What are the driving forces of urbanization?
Define biological warfare.
What are water soluble vitamins
What is the difference between climate change and global change
Define mitigation in the context of climate change.
What are primary and secondary effects of earthquake
What do you mean by Alien Invasive Species?
List the causes of soil erosion.
Mention the ways by which harmful agents can enter human body.
What are biofuels
2. Answer any 8 of the following:
How urbanization leads to increase in the exploitation of natural resources?
How industries contribute to groundwater Contamination?
How human health is affected by climate change?
What is the importance of sanitation on sustainable development
How unsustainable agricultural practices lead to desertification
Write a note on Man-Made Disasters.
Why dryland conservation is essential for sustainability of land resources
Differentiate between endemic and pandemic.
What are the objectives of National Solar Mission?
What do you understand by Sustainable Solid Waste Management?
How photochemical smog formation takes place? Explain.
What is ecological footprint? How it is related to carrying capacity of Earth
3. Answer any 4 in detail:
What is energy crisis? Suggest suitable measures for energy crisis management.
Why are poor communities susceptible to the effects of climate change Give examples to support your answer.
What are the environmental risks associated with poor sanitation What measures can be taken for disease prevention and control?
Why urbanization is considered as a problem? Describe the tangible and intangible impact of urbanization.
Write a note on the nutritional requirements of a person in different life stages.
Explain various aspects of biothreats. How are they related to each other
Define communicable diseases giving suitable examples.
What is indoor air pollution
What are the driving forces of urbanization?
Define biological warfare.
What are water soluble vitamins
What is the difference between climate change and global change
Define mitigation in the context of climate change.
What are primary and secondary effects of earthquake
What do you mean by Alien Invasive Species?
List the causes of soil erosion.
Mention the ways by which harmful agents can enter human body.
What are biofuels
2. Answer any 8 of the following:
How urbanization leads to increase in the exploitation of natural resources?
How industries contribute to groundwater Contamination?
How human health is affected by climate change?
What is the importance of sanitation on sustainable development
How unsustainable agricultural practices lead to desertification
Write a note on Man-Made Disasters.
Why dryland conservation is essential for sustainability of land resources
Differentiate between endemic and pandemic.
What are the objectives of National Solar Mission?
What do you understand by Sustainable Solid Waste Management?
How photochemical smog formation takes place? Explain.
What is ecological footprint? How it is related to carrying capacity of Earth
3. Answer any 4 in detail:
What is energy crisis? Suggest suitable measures for energy crisis management.
Why are poor communities susceptible to the effects of climate change Give examples to support your answer.
What are the environmental risks associated with poor sanitation What measures can be taken for disease prevention and control?
Why urbanization is considered as a problem? Describe the tangible and intangible impact of urbanization.
Write a note on the nutritional requirements of a person in different life stages.
Explain various aspects of biothreats. How are they related to each other
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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