List five management options to manage water logged lands.

Explain the basic principles of land use. What impact would superiority of demand have on our land use pattern?

What do you understand by sustainability? What are the parameters and goals of sustainable agriculture?

Describe Ramsar convention and its obligations.

What is an invasive species? How can such a species be a threat to the loss of global biodiversity? Illustrate with examples.

‘Economic incentives can make biodiversity an asset rather than a liability’. Justify this statement.

Why are botanical gardens important? Briefly describe about the botanical gardens of India and their role.

What is Project Elephant? Discuss main activities and objectives of this project

What is habitat-based approach of conserving biodiversity? Discuss its advantages and drawbacks

Describe the major causes of biodiversity loss in Asia

What are fragile habitats? Which human activities are responsible for habitat loss?

Using suitable examples, discuss how does biodiversity provides raw materials for industries.

Explain ‘consumptive use values’ and ‘productive use values’ of biodiversity giving suitable examples.

Where is the Indian Desert zone located? Give a brief account of the wildlife of the Indian desert.

Discuss the salient features of grasslands as the terrestrial biomes of the world

Why is measurement of species diversity important? How is species richness expressed? Briefly explain.

Explain the process of soil erosion. Briefly discuss the factors causing the soil erosion.

How can solid biomass be used meaningfully as a bio fuel? Explain.

List the advantages of using solar energy. Give its important applications in daily life.

Describe the characteristics of alkali soils. What are the harmful effects of alkalinity?