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, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Enumerate the salient features of the following natural resource use practices:

Pre agriculture

Agriculture

2. Write a note on the diverse landscape of India.

3. Discuss briefly the historiographical writings on the environmental history of India.

4. Critically evaluate the significance of environmental context of agrarian practices of Indus-valley civilisation.

5. Forest resource-use practice witnessed tremendous changes during the colonial period in India. Comment.

6. What do you understand by Conservation? What is the 'Indian view of conservation of environment'

7. In what ways colonialism redefined natural resource-use practice in India?

8. Water has been one of the most contested natural resources since ancient period. Critically evaluate with appropriate examples.

9. Compare and contrast 'Deep-Ecology' and 'Social-Ecology'.

10. Write short-notes on any two of the following about 250 words each:

Bio-diversity

Srsti (Universe)

Historical evolution of metals

Chipko movement


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