Previous Year Questions
2025
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : SEC-3
(Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Planning)
Full Marks : 100
Category - A
Answer any ten questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 10
1. Mention two components of Environmental Management Planning.
2. What is a Pre-Feasibility Report?
3. State the importance of setting up Environmental Management Cell.
4. Name an act to restrict Air Pollution in India.
5. What is Air Quality Index?
6. What comprises ‘Post-Audit’ activities?
7. What is the relevance of Basel Convention?
8. Define ‘baseline study’.
9. Give one example of mitigation measures in a road construction project.
10. What are the components of EIS?
11. When is an Environmental Impact Statement required?
12. How is EIA different from EMP?
13. What are the different types of checklist?
14. Distinguish between hazard and risk.
Category - B
Answer any seven questions (each within 125 words).
5 × 7
15. Name the different types of Environmental Monitoring.
16. Who are the stakeholders in a National Highway Project?
17. State the objectives of EIA.
18. What is the environmental significance of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002?
19. State two major functions of the Central Pollution Control Board.
20. Discuss the scope of ‘Environmental clearance’ in EIA process. Who gives this clearance?
21. Write about ‘no net loss’ in biodiversity.
22. Describe two benefits of using GIS in EIA.
23. Explain briefly the different sections of an Environmental Impact Report.
24. What are the common shortcomings encountered in the preparation of EIA reports?
Category - C
Answer any three questions (each within 500 words).
15 × 3
25. Discuss with examples the mitigation measures of different environmental components.
26. Prepare an Environmental Management Plan of any Metro Rail Project in India.
27. “EIA is a tool for sustainable development.” — Do you agree with this statement? Justify your answer with reference to India.
28. “Public hearing is important in any development project.” — Justify this statement with any case study from India.
29. Discuss the main provisions of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, and explain how it helps regulate air quality in India.
2024
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : SEC-3
(Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Planning)
Full Marks : 100
Group - A
Answer any ten questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 10
1. How is Environmental Impact Assessment different from Environmental Management Planning?
2. What is Leopold Matrix?
3. Which are the regulatory bodies for management of water in India?
4. What do you understand by Brown List and Green List of International Environmental Agreements?
5. Who are the stakeholder groups of EIA?
6. State one feature of the National Policy on water of 2002.
7. What is ‘Screening’ in EIA?
8. Who are entrusted with environmental monitoring? Give one example at state level.
9. Define environmental appraisal.
10. Mention any two Acts related to environmental management in India.
11. Why is it important to include people in the EIA process?
12. What is an ‘environmental audit’?
13. Mention one potential environmental impact of a metro rail project.
14. State one key aspect that should be considered in the EMP for a highway project.
Group - B
Answer any seven questions (each within 125 words).
5 × 7
15. Analyze the challenges in implementing environmental regulations related to forest in a rapidly developing country like India.
16. Suggest some potential solutions to improve enforcement in preventing water pollution.
17. Suggest Some EMP related strategies to improve air quality in Indian cities.
18. Explain different types of checklists.
19. Describe the processes of Environmental Impact Review.
20. What are the benefits of EIA?
21. Explain the concept of Environmental Governance.
22. Write a brief note on ‘scoping’ in EIA.
23. What are the components of EIA reporting?
24. Write a short note on prediction scenarios.
Group - C
Answer any three questions (each within 500 words).
15 × 3
25. State the significance of EMP in the contemporary world.
26. Discuss critically the role of stakeholder’s participation in assessment and management of Environmental Impact.
27. Describe the stages in Environmental Risk Assessment.
28. How does EIA address issues of environmental justice in vulnerable regions?
29. Critically evaluate the role of Environment Protection Act in India?
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