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 | June, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words:
Copenhagen Summit
Climate change as a threat to sustainability
Climate change impact on forest resources
Climate change impact on energy resources
Impact of climate change on human health
Adaptation measures to mitigate climate change effects in India.
Discuss various National Missions for climate change adaptation and mitigation implemented by Government of India.
2. Discuss the role of individuals, State and Civil society for sustainable adaptation and mitigation to climate change.
What is carrying capacity How it overshoots the biological capacity of planet?
Explain different measures to manage energy crisis at Global and National levels.
Describe the impact of urbanization on resource demand and consumption.
Describe various sources and their effects on surface water and ground water pollution.
5. Write short notes on any four of the following in about 300 words:
Public health risks due to environmental pollution.
Non-communicable diseases.
Major nutrient required by the human body.
Impact of population increase on environmental health.
States of nutritional health.
Define health hazards. What are the different types of health hazards?
Discuss the nutritional requirements in different life stages of a person.
7. Discuss major factors contributing desertification. Describe the impact of desertification on climate change and soil erosion.
8. Answer any four of the following in about 300 words
Causative factors of land degradation in India
Natural disaster
Biological invasion
Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIP)
Disaster Management Cycle
Copenhagen Summit
Climate change as a threat to sustainability
Climate change impact on forest resources
Climate change impact on energy resources
Impact of climate change on human health
Adaptation measures to mitigate climate change effects in India.
Discuss various National Missions for climate change adaptation and mitigation implemented by Government of India.
2. Discuss the role of individuals, State and Civil society for sustainable adaptation and mitigation to climate change.
What is carrying capacity How it overshoots the biological capacity of planet?
Explain different measures to manage energy crisis at Global and National levels.
Describe the impact of urbanization on resource demand and consumption.
Describe various sources and their effects on surface water and ground water pollution.
5. Write short notes on any four of the following in about 300 words:
Public health risks due to environmental pollution.
Non-communicable diseases.
Major nutrient required by the human body.
Impact of population increase on environmental health.
States of nutritional health.
Define health hazards. What are the different types of health hazards?
Discuss the nutritional requirements in different life stages of a person.
7. Discuss major factors contributing desertification. Describe the impact of desertification on climate change and soil erosion.
8. Answer any four of the following in about 300 words
Causative factors of land degradation in India
Natural disaster
Biological invasion
Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIP)
Disaster Management Cycle
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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