Exam Details

Subject History of Ecology and Environment: India
Paper
Exam / Course Master of Arts in History
Department School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Discuss the social perceptions of landscape as it evolved since ancient times.

2. Write a note on the resource-use-practice and it's impact on human society from the beginning of agriculture to the beginning of Iron Age.

3. Examine the human-nature interactions with specific reference to Nomadic pastoralism.

4. Examine the influences of environment on the emergence and growth of Indus Valley Civilisation.

5. Account for the changing resource use patterns with respect to forest resources during pre-colonial period.

6. What role do you envisage for humans in environment? Elaborate it on the basis of Indian view of conservation.

7. In what ways did colonialism redefine the use of natural resource patterns in India

8. Write a note on water-management methods during the colonial rule.

9. Describe briefly the salient features of Deep Ecology and Social Ecology.

10. What do you understand by 'Bio-diversity' Examine the importance of 'Bio-diversity'.


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

  • Ancient and Medieval Societies
  • Evolution of Social Structures in India Through the Ages
  • Historiography
  • History of Ecology and Environment: India
  • History of Indian Economy
  • Modern World
  • Political Structure in India