Exam Details

Subject Energy and Environment
Paper
Exam / Course Post Graduate Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development
Department School of Sciences (SOS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

Prepare a list of products that are extracted from crude oil. Explain the process of oil refining.

Evaluate the impact of hydropower and wind energy technologies on the environment.

Highlight the aims and benefits of energy planning.

Explain "No regrets" policy for reducing costs of CO2 emission in the context of economics and climate change.

Describe the working of a Biogas plant.

2. What do you understand by Solar Photovoltaic Technologies Name the various SPV applications. Write an account of SPV utilisation in India.

3. Elaborate the objectives of a sustainable energy policy. What are the challenges which developing countries of South Asia are facing?

4. Write short notes on any two of the following:

Supply-side approach to energy problem

Carrying capacity of the Earth's energy base

Energy subsidies and energy securities in the North-South debate

5. Suppose you are living in an energy poor area. Describe the key challenges which you are likely to face in removing this poverty.

6. Discuss in detail the important features of land use and transportation in urban energy planning.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Agriculture and Environment
  • Energy and Environment
  • Globalization and Environment
  • Integrated Environmental Management : Urban and Rural
  • Natural Resource Management : Physical and Biotic
  • Sustainable Development: Issues and Challenges
  • Towards Participatory Management
  • Understanding The Environment