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Biodiversity and Environmental Studies Questions

This document contains sample questions for an Environment Studies exam covering 4 units: Unit 1 covers concepts like environment, sustainability, ecosystems, biodiversity hotspots, and conservation methods. Unit 2 addresses pollution types, causes, effects and solutions for air, water, noise, and waste. Unit 3 discusses land and soil resources, renewable/non-renewable resources, disasters and conservation approaches. Unit 4 examines population growth's environmental impacts and important environmental laws, movements, and protocols. The exam will include short answer and paragraph length questions testing understanding of these key environmental concepts and case studies.

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Biodiversity and Environmental Studies Questions

This document contains sample questions for an Environment Studies exam covering 4 units: Unit 1 covers concepts like environment, sustainability, ecosystems, biodiversity hotspots, and conservation methods. Unit 2 addresses pollution types, causes, effects and solutions for air, water, noise, and waste. Unit 3 discusses land and soil resources, renewable/non-renewable resources, disasters and conservation approaches. Unit 4 examines population growth's environmental impacts and important environmental laws, movements, and protocols. The exam will include short answer and paragraph length questions testing understanding of these key environmental concepts and case studies.

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Unit-1

2 Marks
1. What do you understand from Environment Studies? Why it is important?
2. Environment Studies is a multidisciplinary field. Justify this statement.
3. What is sustainable development?
4. What is Ecosystem / Food Chain / Food Web?
5. Define Biological diversity/ Biodiversity Hotspots / Endangered Species /
Endemic species / Afforestation / Green Belt / Species diversity / Genetic
diversity / Ecosystem diversity.

5 Marks
1. Explain the concept of sustainability and sustainable development.
2. What is ecosystem? Explain pond ecosystem / Forest ecosystem.
3. Explain ecological succession with example.
4. Explain the biogeographical regions of India.
5. Give an account of biodiversity hotspots of India.
6. Explain the different levels of biological diversity.
7. Explain the different threats to biodiversity.
8. Explain the different methods of biodiversity conservation.
Unit -2

2 Marks
1. What are the important causes for Air Pollution / Water Pollution / Noise
Pollution?
2. What are the effects of Air / Water / Noise Pollution?
3. What is / Define: Global Warming / Acid Rain / Ozone depletion / Noise
Pollution / Domestic Waste Segregation / Solid Waste.

5 Marks
1. Explain the causes, effects and control measures of Air/ Water/ Noise
Pollution / Global Warming/ Ozone layer depletion/ Acid Rain.
2. Give an account of Solid Waste Production and its management.
3. Explain the impact of plastic human health.
Unit 3

2 Marks
1. What is Land Resource / Land use change / Land degradation / Soil
Erosion / Desertification / Rain Water harvesting / Watershed
management?
2. Differentiate between renewable and non-renewable resources with
examples.
3. What are disasters? Mention the types with examples.
4. List out any four methods of self-protection during
fire/flood/earthquake/landslide.

5 Marks
1. Explain soil erosion and methods of soil conservation.
2. Explain the different alternate energy sources.
3. Explain any two approaches to water conservation.
4. Explain the methods of self-protection during fire and floods.
Unit-4

2 Marks
1. How population growth impacts environment / health?
2. What is Environmental Ethics/Chipko movement/Narmada Bachao
Andolan/ Silent Valley movement / Sacred groves / Biodiversity Act
2002 / Scared groves / Biodiversity Act 2002/ NEP 2006/ EIA / Swachh
Bharat Mission / Montreal Protocol / Kyoto Protocol.

5 Marks
1. Explain how Chipko movement has contributed to environment
conservation?
2. “Bishnoi’s are the first environmentalist of India”. Justify this statement.
3. Explain why Salumarada Thimmakka is popular as an environmentalist?
4. Discuss the objectives and achievements of Swachh Bharath Mission.
5. Explain the principles and importance of NEP 2006.

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