Departnnent of Environmental Science
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Entrance Examination Syllabus
M. Sc. (Environment Sciences and Management)
Unit I
Codes, Relationships,
Analytical ability - Reasoning, Number series, Letter series,
Understanding the structure of arguments, Verbal analogies,
Word analogy, Verbal
multi-diagrarmmatic
clasification, Logical diagrams, Simple diagrammatic relationships,
Quantitative and Qualitative data,
relationship, Analytical reasoning, Data interpretation,
Graphical representation and mapping of data. (20 marks)
Unit II
Definition, Scope, Branches of Ecology, Components of
the Environment -
Ecology
Applications of Ecology, Concept of
Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere and Biosphere,
Nature of response of organisms to
levels of organization and biosphere, Abiotic factors -
Abiotic factors, Laws of limiting factors and Tolerance. Concept of Species, Speciation,
Characteristics of population. Basic components of an ecosystem
- structure and functional
Niche, Ecological Dominance-Stability,
aspectsof an Ecosystem - Tropic structure, Ecological
organization with examples of
Diversity rule. Types of aquatic ecosystem - Structure and
water ecosystem Mangroves.
Freshwater ecosystem, Marine water ecosystem, Estuarine
ecosystem. (10 marks)
Terrestrial ecosystem - Tundra forest, Grassland, Desert
Unit III
and formation of core, mantle, crust.
Origin of earth. Primary geochemical differentiation
landforms - tectonic including plate
atmosphere and hydrosphere. Controls on formation of
Concept of minerals and rocks. Formation of igneous, metamorphic and
tectonic and climatic.
Sedimentary rocks. Weathering ncluding weathering reactions, erosion, transportation and
deposition of sediments by running water, wind and glaciers. Geochemical classification of
elements, abundance of elements in bulk carth, crust, hydrosphere and biosphere. Partitioning
of elements during surficial geologic processes, Geochemical recycling of elements.
(10marks)
Unit IV
Energy flow in ecosystems - Laws of Thermodynamics, Productivity - Biomass production,
primary productivity and net productivity. Food Chain - Types of food chain with examples,
Foodweb, Ecological Pyramid of biomes. Number and energy-inverted ecological pyramids.
Biogeochemical Cycles Availability and rate of cycling of nutrients gaseous -and
Sedimentary cycle. (10marks)
Unit V
Water pollution- definition, types, sources and classification of water pollution, ground water
pollution, marine water pollution, effects of water pollution on human health, water quality
standards. Concept of DO, BOD, COD, their effects on watershed system. Wastewater
treatment process - sources and discharge standards, waste water treatment process, Advanced
waste water treatment technology, application and limitations of waste water treatment process.
Air pollution- definition, sources, classification, types, effects of pollutants, gaseous and
particulate matter, air quality standards, meteorology. Air pollution control systems for
suspended particulate matter and gaseous pollutants. (20 marks)
Unit VI
Types of microorganisms (protozoa, algae, bacteria, fungi, viruses, bacteriophages-lytic and
lysogenic); Environmental significance of microorganisms; Application of microbes in
environment (Biogeochemical cycles); Biological fuel generation: biohydrogen, bio
methanation and alcohol production; Major water borne diseases and air borne microbes,
Introduction to environmental biotechnology, Recombinant DNA technology, Polymerase
chain reaction, Types of PCR, Sequence analysis, Types and role of plants and microbes for in
situ and ex-situ remediation, Application of genetically engineered microorganisms for
hazardous waste management. Biofertilizer, Biofuels, Bioscrubbers, Biosensors, Bioleaching
and Bio-beneficiation. (10marks)
Unit VII
Global environmental issues - greenhouse effect, acid rain and ozone depletion. Soil erosion
Deforestation, Soil pollution- definition,sources, (ypes,claSsification of soilpollutants, effects
of soil pollution on health and productivity. (10 marks)
Unit VIII
Solid Waste Management -classification of different categories of solid wastes, Physical,
chemical and biological properties of wastes, screening and waste separation, Treatment and
transportation methods, Integrated wastes management system, Hazardous waste management.
(10 marks)
