Quiz#1

CE 241A: Sustainable Built Environment

Total marks (50)

1. What is environment. Why we need to study the environment? (3)

2. Why is cow considered holy in India and does this improves or degrades the quality of life of
cow species in India? (3)

3. Why we need to study politics or narratives to manage the environment? (3)

4. What is/are the major factor behind the rise of humans to the top of food chain on Earth? When
was wheel invented and how could people build large pyramids before that? (3)

5. What are the underlying reasons driving modern environmental degradation? (3)

6. Movie ‘Network’ was about conflict between which two ‘religions’/narratives? What was the
main message? (3)

7. What is sustainable development and the three pillars of sustainability? How can we make
agriculture and transportation sector sustainable in India? (3)

8. What theory or hypothesis has been proposed to explain the binge eating and binge-watching
phenomena in humans? Why our eye-sight gets weak if we stay indoors and study a lot? (3)

9. Explain the impact of agricultural revolution on humans and the environment. (3)

10. Why interdisciplinary mode of education is a must in today’s time? Why did Europeans
become so successful in the past 500 years? Give four underlying reasons. (3)

11. What is traditional way of handling environmental problems and why are they failing? (3)

12. What is the concept of ‘Cui Bono’? Give three examples. (3)

13. Explain the difference between the three humanist religions or ideologies (‘individualistic’,
‘communist’ and evolutionary humanist’) that came up in past 200 years. (3)

14. How did human lives and environment change after the industrial revolution and modern
scientific revolution? Did it get better or worse? When did 1st to 4th industrial revolution
started? (5)

15. What are the different kinds of narratives prevalent in world currently and how do they
influence the impact on environment? Explain in detail. What are the popular narratives in
USA, England, Germany, China, Japan, Iran and Saudi Arabia? (6)