1.
Solid Waste Management
1. Define different types of waste (e.g., Hazardous waste, Organic waste, Recyclable
waste).
2. Differentiate between solid and liquid waste.
3. What are the sources of waste and solid wastes?
4. What are the impacts of solid waste disposal on the environment?
5. What do you understand by the zero waste movement?
6. Write down the modern trends of waste movement.
7. How does it differ from the early concept of waste disposal?
8. Write down the effects of poor waste disposal.
9. What are the objectives of waste management?
10. What actions can you take to reduce the waste you generate?
11. What is Integrated Waste Management (IWM)?
12. What are the steps of IWM?
13. What are the benefits of recycling?
14. Briefly describe the solid waste disposal processes.
15. Mention the health and environmental impacts of open dumping.
16. Differentiate between sanitary and secured landfills.
17. How do pollutants enter the environment from sanitary landfills?
18. Briefly discuss solid waste management in Dhaka city.
19. What is the composition of Municipal Solid Waste in Dhaka?
20. What are the ways by which a significant proportion of solid waste reduction can be
achieved?
21. How is Solid Waste Management done by DCC?
22. What are the major methods of Solid Waste Management system of DCC?
23. Briefly discuss formal and informal recycling in Dhaka city.
24. What are the main existing problems and limitations of the present solid waste
management system of Dhaka City Corporations?
25. What are the major methods of Solid Waste Management (SWM) practices of DCC?
Discuss briefly.
2. Sustainable Agriculture
1. What are the environmental factors affecting the growth and yield of crops?
2. What are the major environmental problems that result from agriculture?
3. Differentiate between industrialized and traditional agriculture.
4. Write down the global effects of agriculture on the environment.
5. What is Sustainable Agriculture?
6. Differentiate between Contemporary and Sustainable Agriculture.
7. What are the positive aspects of Sustainable Agriculture?
8. What are the elements of Sustainable Agriculture?
9. What are the environmentally sustainable agricultural practices?
10. What are the principle methods of Organic Farming?
11. Which is the best sustainable agriculture technique?
12. How can you make soil sustainable?
13. What is IPM?
14. What are the advantages of IPM?
15. Write down the techniques of IPM.
16. Write down the components of Integrated Pest Management.
17. What are the advantages of IPM?
18. Define biological control.
19. What is the greatest threat to agricultural sustainability in Bangladesh?
20. How can we promote sustainable agriculture in Bangladesh?
21. Why is sustainable agriculture important in Bangladesh?
22. What are the goals of sustainable agriculture?
23. What are the Environmentally Sustainable Agricultural Practices?
24. How can we promote sustainable agriculture in Bangladesh?
25. What is the greatest threat to agricultural sustainability in Bangladesh?
26. What are the major challenges in agriculture in Bangladesh?
3. Energy Resources
1. Differentiate between renewable energy and non-renewable energy.
2. What are the characteristics of renewable energy?
3. Define fossil fuels and petroleum.
4. Briefly discuss the problems with the extraction and use of coal.
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using fossil fuels?
6. Write down the strategic, economic, and environmental concerns associated with the
use of fossil fuels.
7. What are Solar, Wind, Hydrogen, and Biomass energy?
8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of:
o (I) Solar power,
o (II) Hydroelectric power,
o (III) Nuclear Energy,
o (IV) Wind power?
9. What is a photovoltaic cell/solar cell?
10. What is hydroelectric power?
11. What are the negative environmental impacts associated with large-scale
hydroelectric dams?
12. Why is saving energy important?
13. How can we save energy?
14. What are the coal deposits of Bangladesh?
15. What are the problems of coal extraction?
16. Write down the environmental effects of oil.
17. What is biomass energy/biomass fuel?
18. What materials can be used as biomass fuel?
19. What is the prospect of biomass energy in Bangladesh?
20. What is the prospect of windmills in Bangladesh?
21. Mention the current issues of energy management in Bangladesh.
22. What is the difference between fossil fuels, petroleum, and hydrocarbons?
23. What is the main source of energy in Bangladesh?
24. Give examples of renewable, nonrenewable, and inexhaustible energy sources.
25. What are the different types of renewable energy sources?
26. What is the most potential source of renewable energy in Bangladesh?
27. What are the 3 cleanest renewable energy sources?
28. What is the cleanest energy source?
29. Which renewable energy is the best?
30. What are zero-carbon energy sources?
