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Instructions
- All the questions are compulsory.
- Each question carries 10 marks and the word limit is 150.
- The time limit is 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Write your answers and post them.
- Every answer will be evaluated, and feedback will be given.
- Comment on the impact of environmental education on quality of life.
- Types of endemic plants and their degree of vulnerability to extinction.
- Desertification as an environmental hazard.
- Discuss the relevance of watershed as an ecosystem for the purpose of sustainable development.
- Explain Environmental Impact Assessment.
- Examine critically the concept of determinism.
- Distinguish between radical and welfare approaches in geographic studies.
- Critically examine the changing perspective of the concept of areal differences.
- “Ellen Churchill Semple is an ardent supporter of Determinism.”
- “Regional synthesis is the crux of geographical studies.” Elaborate
Q.1) Environmental education is a process that allows individuals to explore environmental issues, engage in problem solving, and take action to improve the environment.
its impact on quality of life
– poverty-pollution-population —reduction.
– improved productivity and production.
– reduction in pollution (air, water and soil) (cleanliness is next to godliness)
– from resource consumption to resource generation.
– improved resource use efficiency leading to resource conservation.
– sense of belongingness to the surrounding environment and its conservation, change in behavioral aspects.
– ground water recharge, reduced consumerism, concern for animals. (earth has sufficient
– reduced disease morbidity
– unsustainable to sustainable development.
Q.2) well written. also note down these points
Farming becomes next to impossible.
-famine, poverty, starvation.
-flooding and ground water contamination
-mass migration
-loss of biodiversity
-extinction of species
Q.5) Well written. keep it up
Q.7) Mention the geographers from both radical and welfare and their works.
– underlying philosophy social welfare/utilitarianism for welfare geo and marxism for radical geo.
– welfare geo does not oppose pistivism where as radical geo does.
– antipode for radical geo and geography of social well being for welfare geo
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Q.4) define watershed
– define ecosystem and explain how watershed form a ecosystem (brief).
– then explain how watershed approach can be used for sustainable development.
– three principles – resource conservation, resource generation and resource utilization.
conclude.
your answer partially meets the demand. the core theme is sustainable development. so address it.
Q.6) well written.
mention the following to increase the value of ur answer
-similar ocations lead to similar mode of life.
– malthus scientific determinism
– environmental determinism
– highlight the main demerits of determinism