Assam University B.Com 2nd Sem Question Paper
Environmental Studies Question Paper 2022
TDC (CBCS) Even Semester
Exam., 2022
FOUNDATION COURSE (For Science, Commerce, BBA and BCA)
Course No.: EVSAECC-201T (Environmental
Studies)
Full Marks: 50
Pass Marks: 20
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
SECTION – A
Answer any fifteen questions: 1x15=15
1. Who proposed the term ‘ecosystem’?
2. What is the unit of measurement of sound?
3. In which year was the Environment
(Protection) Act enacted in India?
4. Write one example of renewable resource.
5. At which place did the Chipko Movement take
place?
6. What is the approximate oxygen content in
the air?
7. How many years ago did life begin on the
earth?
8. Who proposed the term ‘ecology’?
9. Write the full form of GPP.
10. How much percentage of the earth’s
surface is covered by aquatic ecosystem?
11. Who suggested the concept of biosphere?
12. In which century did the Industrial
Revolution occur?
13. Bhopal Gas Tragedy took place in which
year?
14. What is Swidden cultivation?
15. What is pollution?
16. What are the causes of habitat loss of
biodiversity?
17. What is greenhouse effect?
18. In which year was the Air (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act enacted?
19. In which State did Silent Valley Movement
take place?
20. Who put forward the concept of
‘biodiversity hotspot’?
SECTION – B
Answer any five questions: 2x5=10
21. Why does flood occur?
22. Define the term ‘biodiversity’.
23. What is desertification?
24. What is non-renewable resource? Give
examples.
25. Define the term in-situ conservation of
biodiversity.
26. Write the main aim of Chipko Movement.
27. What are food chain and food web?
28. What are the Abiotic components of
ecosystem?
29. What is ‘biogeochemical cycle’? Give an
example.
30. What is solid waste management?
SECTION – C
Answer any five questions: 5x5=25
31. Explain the role of forests in soil
conservation.
32. What is ecological pyramid? Discuss on
its types.
33. Discuss about India ‘as a
mega-biodiversity nation’.
34. Write a note on global warming and its
effects.
35. Discuss briefly on Silent Valley
Movement.
36. Give an account on the causes and control
measure of floods in Northeastern India (with special reference to the Barak
Valley).
37. What is environmental ethics? Write the
roles of different Indian religions and cultures in environmental protection.
38. What are natural resources? Classify with
examples.
39. Write notes on threats of biodiversity
and man-wildlife conflict.
40. Write on the causes and effects of ozone
layer depletion.
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