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Unit-I
The Environment: The Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Biosphere, Ecology, Ecosystem, Biogeochemical Cycle (Carbon Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle).
Unit-II
Environment Pollution: Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Soil Pollution, Noise Pollution, Thermal Pollution, Radiation Pollution, Natural Disasters and their Management.Unit-III
Population Ecology: Individuals, Species, Pollution, Community, Control Methods of Population, Urbanization and its effects on Society, Communicable Diseases and its Transmission, Non-Communicable Diseases.Unit-IV
Environmental Movements in India: Grassroot Environmental movements in India, Role of women, Environmental Movements in Odisha, State Pollution Control Board, Central Pollution Control Board.Unit-V
Natural Resources: Conservation of Natural Resources, Management and Conservation of Wildlife, Soil Erosion and Conservation, Environmental Laws: Water Act, 1974, Air Act, 1981, The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, Environment Protection, 1986.
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Unit-I
Short Story
Jim Corbett-The Fight between Leopards
Dash Benhur- The Bicycle
Dinanath Pathy- George V High School
Alexander Baron- The Man who knew too much
Will F Jenkins- Uneasy HomecomingUnit-II
Prose
C V Raman-Water- The Elixir of Life
Harold Nicolson- An Educated Person
Claire Needell Hollander- No Learning without Feeling
Steven Harvey- The Empty Page
Santosh Desai-Emoji DisruptionUnit-III
Comprehension of a passage from any of the prescribed pieces and answering the questionsUnit-IV
Expanding an idea into a paragraphUnit-V
Language exercises-test of vocabulary, usage and grammar based on the prescribed pieces