SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT
Winter 2010
ANSWER ANY TWO FROM GROUP A AND B, AND ALL IN GROUP-C
1
A) Differentiate between sociology and anthropology?
B) Sociology is the science of society,justify this statement.
C) How is social system and social institution different from each other?
D) How stratification takes place in Indian society?
2
a) What do you mean by social conflict ?How can it be removed?
b) What are the hurdles of development process ?
c) How do you like to assess the planning for social development?
d) Discuss the relationship of population growth and social development .
3
a) What are the critera of indegeneous technology and foreign technology assessment ?
b) What do you mean by appropriate technology ?what are the pitfalls of technology transfer ?
c) Differentate between technology transfer and technology development ?
4
a) Discuss the role of women in social development .how can women empowerment help in the process of social development ?
b) What are the different stages of economic growth of a society ?what measures can be recommended to achieve the targets of economic growth ?
5
a) Describe the sulphur cycle ?
b) Can we call community as a social ecosystem ? justify your answer.
c) How ecological factors affect the environment ?
d) What are the different type of ecological pyramid ?
6
a) What are major forms of environment degradation and their consequences ?
b) Define the following concepts :i) pollutants ii)contaminants iii)speculation iv) threshold unit value and v)pollution standard index.
c) What is pestiside ? how are pestiside spread in the environment ?
7
a) How are public health and the solid waste related ?
b) How is energy derived from the municipal solid waste ?
c) What do you mean by hazardous waste ? what are the characteristic features of hazardous waste ?
d) What do you mean by the “life cycle assessment”of product ?
8
a) What are the rules of sustainable development?
b) What do you mean by sustainable energy ?
c) What is geothermal energy ? where are these located ?
d) What do you mean by solar distillation and social pond ?
9 Answer the following in brief
i) What is tropical wind ?
ii) What is mesosphere?
iii) What is bhaskar II ?
iv) What is RAM ?
v) What is effect of deficit financing on economy ?
B
i) NEERI
ii) ASSOCHAM
iii) BIFR
iv) FEMA
v) GATS
C
I) MADHAVACHARYA
II) STEPHEN HAWKING
III) LEE IACOCCA
IV) MEDHA PATEKAR
V) VIKRAM SARABHAI
D Answer the following in one word
i) The word “satya meva jayate” are taken from
ii) The Indian military academy is located at
iii) The national calendar of india is based on
iv) Who certifies a site on the internet as a secure site ?
v) Blood circulation in human body was discovered by
SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT ( SUMMER2011)
1 a) justify the statement that sociology studies social process.
b) Define and Explain in brief the medical sociology .
c) Who formulated the humanities and social science (HSS) curiculam for IIT, Kanpur in 1962.
2 a) Explain in detail the social stratification.
b)what are the major factors eliminating slowly the caste system in india?
3 a) write in brief the consequences of mobility.
b)Give main reason behind crime in india
c)suggest concrete steps to control crime.
4 a) what are the characteristics of under development?
b)”india is a developed nation among underdwveloped nation and underdeveloped among developed nations. Analyse assess and comment on this statement
Group-B
5 a) What are the main causes of water pollution in india ? 10
b)write a short note on “sustainable development” 10
6 a) what are the objectives of ecology? 10
b)Explain N2 cycle. 10
7 a)Explain clearly the adverse effect of oxides of sulphur.
b)write chemical equation for (a), where applicable 3
c)write in brief at least three simple techniques to control pollution due to solid waste . 10
8 a) write ten types of agricultural waste in india?
b)write five sources to to obtain energy from the ocean. 10
Group-C
9 A) Match the following 4x1
a)Dr M visweswraiya i)politics
b)Shakespeare ii)engineer
c)kautilya iii)public servant
d)pt. Jawaharlal Nehru iv)literature
B)Explain the following general terms used in india: 4x1
a) MHRD
b) NAAC
c) NBA(QA)
d) DOE
C)Define the ‘plan holiday’ and ‘rolling plan’.2+2
D) Define the following 2-3 sentences
a)photosynthesis b)Green house effect c) Fungi d)CFC’s 4x2



