Exam Details
| Subject | Ecological Economics | |
| 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, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Attempt any ten questions. Answer the following questions in about 100 words each. Each question carries two marks:
Define Ecological Economics.
What is Adam Smith's idea of self interest and competitive markets
What is thermodynamics?
Write the common interpretation of standard growth theory.
Explain I PAT.
How economists defined the Renewable and Non-renewable resources?
What is a 'stock-flow resources'
What are the four components of 'Economy's Capital Stock'
What is Globalization
Define co-evolutionary economics.
What is Disability-Adjusted Life Years?
What are the major factors responsible for the deterioration of the CPRs in India
Define the term 'Eco-feminism'.
Explain 'ecosystem function'.
What is the major concept behind 'Green Banking'
2. Attempt any eight questions. Write short notes on the following in about 300 words each. Each question carries five marks:
Demographic Transition Model.
Common and Perrings' Model of Sustainability.
Limitations of Market Price Method.
Decentralized Policy Instrument.
Advantages of International Carbon Trading.
Net National Product.
Limitation of conventional System of National Accounting (SNA).
Limitations of steady-state bio-economic model.
Excludable Resource and Public goods.
Marginal Social Cost.
Wetland losses in India.
Evolution of CPR institutions in India.
3. Attempt any four questions. Answer the following questions in about 500 words each. Each question carries ten marks:
Define entropy. Briefly explain the laws of thermodynamics through the entropy hourglass with suitable diagram.
Does resource depletion limit economic growth? Justify your comment.
What is Sustainable Yield? Explain with Sustainable Yield Curve.
Write an essay on the concept of overshoot and the danger of collapse.
Briefly explain the 'poverty-environment hypothesis' in the context of CPR.
Explain the need of environmental policy instruments.
Define Ecological Economics.
What is Adam Smith's idea of self interest and competitive markets
What is thermodynamics?
Write the common interpretation of standard growth theory.
Explain I PAT.
How economists defined the Renewable and Non-renewable resources?
What is a 'stock-flow resources'
What are the four components of 'Economy's Capital Stock'
What is Globalization
Define co-evolutionary economics.
What is Disability-Adjusted Life Years?
What are the major factors responsible for the deterioration of the CPRs in India
Define the term 'Eco-feminism'.
Explain 'ecosystem function'.
What is the major concept behind 'Green Banking'
2. Attempt any eight questions. Write short notes on the following in about 300 words each. Each question carries five marks:
Demographic Transition Model.
Common and Perrings' Model of Sustainability.
Limitations of Market Price Method.
Decentralized Policy Instrument.
Advantages of International Carbon Trading.
Net National Product.
Limitation of conventional System of National Accounting (SNA).
Limitations of steady-state bio-economic model.
Excludable Resource and Public goods.
Marginal Social Cost.
Wetland losses in India.
Evolution of CPR institutions in India.
3. Attempt any four questions. Answer the following questions in about 500 words each. Each question carries ten marks:
Define entropy. Briefly explain the laws of thermodynamics through the entropy hourglass with suitable diagram.
Does resource depletion limit economic growth? Justify your comment.
What is Sustainable Yield? Explain with Sustainable Yield Curve.
Write an essay on the concept of overshoot and the danger of collapse.
Briefly explain the 'poverty-environment hypothesis' in the context of CPR.
Explain the need of environmental policy instruments.
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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