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Assignment MHI-108: Environmental Histories of the Indian Subcontinent
Assignment Code: MHI-108/AST/TMA/ July 2026- January 2027
Total Marks: 100 Note: Attempt any five questions. The assignment is divided into two Sections ‘A’ and ‘B’. You have to attempt at least two questions from each section in about 500 words each. All questions carry equal marks.
Section-A
1 Discuss the relevance of Inter-disciplinary approach to understand Environmental History.
2.What is eco-feminism? Discuss its various facets.
3.Geology played important role in the evolution of human settlements and civilization in India. Examine.
4.What are the distinctive features of deserts and grassland ecologies? Discuss.
5.Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each:
i. Animals as source of energy
ii. Monsoon Ecologies
iii. Traditional Environmental knowledge
iv. Hills and Mountains: Colonial Imagery
Section-B
6. What was the extent of forests and nature of deforestation in precolonial India? Discuss.
7.Examine the role of fossil fuel in the exponential expansion of mineral extraction.
8.Discuss the human-nature interactions in relation to floodplain wetlands.
9.With appropriate water management systems urban settlements could be sustained in the Indian desert. Comment.
10.Write short notes on any two of the following. Answer in about 250 words each:
i. Natural calamities
ii. Impacts of Climate change
iii.Canal Colonies
iv. Big Dams: Environmental perspectives
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