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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
FIRST SEMESTER B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, JULY 2017
Course Code: BE 103
Course Name: INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING

Max Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours

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Answer all questions; each carries 5 marks
(a) Technology can be treated as a double-sided coin. Comment on this statement with reference
to agriculture.
OR

(b) Suppose the water in the well near your house tastes bad as well as has a foul odour. You

realize that there is a factory nearby and the wastewater percolates through the ground and

contaminates the ground water. What would you suggest to do about this problem to your

family and the neighbours? To what authority would you complain this? Describe about the

authority concerned and the related environmental law/act.
(a) (1) What do you mean by Carbon Footprint? (1)
Read the following passage and answer the question given below it:
Kerala government has put curbs on traders procuring vegetables from Tamil Nadu after they
found that pesticide levels in the vegetables were higher than permissible.Kerala food safety
department has written to Tamil Nadu's agriculture and food safety department stating:
"pesticides were being used excessively in vegetables produced in Tamil Nadu and sent to
Kerala". One reason for such high levels is because harvested vegetables are dipped into
pesticide concoctions to ensure they are not eaten away by pests during transport across states, in
the report by the food safety department. This defies all guidelines, and shopkeepers complain of
dwindling business.

(ii) Mention and explain a single solution to the Carbon Footprint arising as a result of

transportation of vegetables as well as the pesticide issue. (4)
OR
(b) (i) Explain 3R concept of waste management. (2)
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