Explain how biodiversity is affected by human activities?

What are the different challenges of urban ecology?

What do you mean by Natural Resource Management (NRM)? Discuss the role of formal institutions in the management of NRM.

Discuss gender empowerment? Explain meaning and calculation of Gender Development Index. Describe a few gender adversaries.

Explain role and importance of agriculture in development? Discuss sustainable agriculture and its measures.

What is social development? Discuss social process and social dynamics of development.

What is unemployment? Explain various causes and dimensions of unemployment.

Define paradigms of development. Explain four different paradigms of development.

What are various types of data? Explain process of tabulation and interpretation of data.

Define sampling? Discuss two methods of probability sampling with suitable examples.

Distinguish between monitoring and evaluation. Explain various tools and techniques of monitoring.

Explain meaning and features of evaluation. Describe two important approaches to evaluation.

What are basic elements of project management? Explain various technique of project management.

What are various types of municipal assets? Describe various strategies of municipal asset management.

a) Explain the working of Wien bridge oscillator. Calculate the value of resistors in the Wien bridge oscillator with frequency f = 5 kHz if 100 pF capacitors are used.

 b) State the criteria for obtaining sustained oscillations from an oscillator circuit. Draw the circuit of Hartley Oscillator. A Hartley oscillator oscillates with 500 kHz frequency. Determine the total inductance, L forming the tank circuit with 10 pF capacitor 

c) Design a shunt voltage regulator using a zener diode to give regulated 10 V dc output with maximum load current of 100 mA. Consider that input unregulated dc supply is 15 V and  Write down the voltage and power ratings of the zener diode and power rating of series resistor  in your circuit.

Why e-governance is needed for urban governance? Discuss a few urban e-governance practices in India.

Discuss various principles of land use planning.

Explain the urban planning theories.

Discuss the features of urbanization in the post-colonial era. Discuss how globalization has affected cities.

What are the advantages of grammar games? Discuss their feasibility in your class. How do grammar games and grammar practice activities differ from traditional grammar exercises? Explain with examples of each type.