LIST OF IMPORTANT TOPICS

• Forest, Water and Energy Resources

• River Water Disputes (e.g. Cauvery River Water Dispute)
• Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Resources
• Dams and Their Ecological Impacts
• Joint Forest Management
• Forest Ecosystem
• Grassland Ecosystem
• Wetlands
• Conservation of Forest and Grassland
• Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification
• In-situ and Ex-situ Conservation
• Project Tiger/Vulture Breeding Program
• Air Pollution
• Water Pollution
• Noise Pollution
• E-waste
• Plastic Pollution
• Nuclear Accidents (Chernobyl Nuclear Accident)
• Chipko Movement
• Appiko Movement
• Climate Change
• Global Warming
• Ozone Layer Depletion
• Rain Water Harvesting
• Solid Waste Management
• National Green Tribunal
• Environmental Laws
• Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Development Goals

NOTE: All must go through Unit 3: Ecosystems; Unit 4: Biodiversity Conservation and Unit 5:
Environmental Pollution. There are chances that most of the question may be asked from this.

These are just some important topics and Units. However, students are advised to go through
whole syllabus.

Dr. Virat Jolli

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies