MHI-08: HISTORY OF ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT: INDIA IGNOU SOLVED ASSIGNMENT (2020-21) ENGLISH

MHI-08: HISTORY OF ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT: INDIA
Course Code: MHI-08
Assignment Code: MHI-08/AST/TMA/2020-21
Total Marks: 100
Note: Attempt any five questions. The assignment is divided into two Sections ‘A’ and ‘B’. You have to attempt at least two questions from each section in about 500 words each. All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION-A
1. Discuss how man adapted to his environment. 20
2. How does ecological diversity of India shape it’s settlement patterns? Elaborate. 20 3. Did the Indian historians writing on the history of environment of the colonial and post colonial period make any significant advances? Discuss. 20
4. What were the ecological concerns of the early medieval societies? Discuss. 20
5. How do we understand the ecological concerns of the megalith period through archaeology and literature? 20
SECTION-B
6. Are water rights an area of concern when we look at water as an ecological resource? Discuss. 20
7. Discuss the importance of conservation in context of the ecological question. 20
8. Were the forest policies in the independent India successful in reversing the impact of the colonial depredation of forests? Discuss. 20
9. How does the concept of biodiversity help in tackling the ecological question? Discuss. 20
10. Do patents of ecological resources further the cause of saving the environment? Discuss. 20