R09 - December, 2011 - Regular Examinations - Set - 2.

II B.Tech I Semester Examinations,December 2011
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Common to ME, CHEM, MEP, AE, ETM, ECE
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 75
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. Give the guidelines for sustainable development? [15]
2. How GIS and remote sensing methods are useful in EIA? [15]
3. What is phosphorus cycle with diagram? [15]
4. Can companies and government department be also prosecuted under the air act?
[15]
5. Explain the importance of biodiversity? [15]
6. Explain that changes likely to occur in annual temperature and precipitation as a
result of global warming? [15]
7. Explain about ecologically sound, economically viable engineering alternatives to
large dams? [15]
8. Write the impacts of fertilizers on soil? [15]
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