MHI-08: History of Ecology and Environment in India – Assignment Answer Index (2024-25)

IGNOU MHI-08 Solved Assignment (2024-25)

Below are the solved answers for the MHI-08: History of Ecology and Environment in India course, as per the latest 2024-25 assignment guidelines. Each answer is written in over 500 words in simple, student-friendly language and published individually for easy reading and sharing. Click on each question below to view its detailed solution.

Section A

1. Do you agree that nature of landscape influences the pattern of human settlements? Elaborate with reference to Indian subcontinent.
2. Write a note on the human-natural resources use practices of pre-agricultural societies.
3. Ecological impacts of Colonial interventions on Indian natural resources have been the prime concerns of environmental historians.
4. Discuss the pattern of agrarian expansion in the Indian subcontinent.
5. Discuss the introduction of bronze in Indian history and examine the significance of this process.

Section B

6. Write a note on the significance of conservation of Environment.
7. How did the Industrial revolution and its spread shaped the colonial power’s perception of environment?
8. Pre-Colonial water management system was very different from the colonial water management systems. Elaborate.
9. Is there an inevitable contradiction between ‘environment’ and ‘development’? Discuss.
10. Discuss the salient feature of Gandhi’s non-industrial model of development.

Category: MHI-08: History of Ecology and Environment in India
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