IGNOU AHE-001 Assignment 2026-27New
Last updated by IGNOU: 21 Oct 2026. Guide written from the official PDF on 23 Oct 2026, 01:12 am.
About the AHE-001 assignment
The AHE-001 assignment covers human impacts on the environment, urbanisation, pollution, environmental systems and relationships between species. It also addresses environmental health, waste, public awareness, land degradation, NGOs, energy resources and conservation. The PDF prints the course code as AHE-01 but does not give a separate course title.
This tutor-marked assignment has nine questions worth 100 marks. Eight questions carry 10 marks each, while Question 6 carries 20 marks for four short-note topics. Questions 4 and 5 show internal mark divisions. The booklet does not specify answer word limits or a viva.
What the assignment asks
| Question | Marks | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 10 | Explain the environmental effects of agriculture, energy production, mining and industry, including their consequences for people. |
| Q2 | 10 | Define urbanisation and examine its environmental impacts. |
| Q3 | 10 | Discuss pollution affecting non-living systems and pollution of freshwater. |
| Q4 | 6+4=10 | Compare natural and human-made environments and explain how the social environment differs from both. |
| Q5 | 2+8=10 | Define relationships between species and explain their different types. |
| Q6 | 20 | Prepare short notes on toxins and environmental health, waste-related costs, reasons for inadequate public awareness, and the Ganga Action Plan. |
| Q7 | 10 | Discuss the consequences of land degradation. |
| Q8 | 10 | Describe how non-governmental organisations contribute to environmental management. |
| Q9 | 10 | Explain conventional and non-conventional energy sources and ways to conserve energy. |
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