BEGC-103 · December 2022 · English
IGNOU BEGC-103 December 2022 Previous Year Question Paper
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-103, December 2022 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 7 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
BACHELORS IN ENGLISH (HONOURS)
(CBCS) (BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2022
BEGC-103 : INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This paper has three sections – A, B and C.
All sections are compulsory though there is internal
choice within the sections. All questions carry equal
marks.
SECTION A
Q1.Explain any four of the following passages with reference to the context, giving brief criti cal comments (150 words each) : 45=20
(a) There is a house now far away where once I received love . . . That woman died, The house withdrew into silence . . .
(b) People everywhere talked Of the inches rising, Of the precise number of cobbled steps Run over by the water, rising On the bathing places. BEGC-103 2
(c) But when the differences arose On how to cross a desert patch, We lost a friend whose stylish prose Was quite the best of all our batch.
(d) His poison moved in Mother’s blood, they said. May he sit still, they said. May the sins of your previous birth Be burned away tonight, they said.
(e) Some are purple and gold-flecked grey For she who has journeyed through life midway. Whose hands have cherished, whose love has blest And cradled fair sons on the faithful breast.
(f) She hangs like a star in the dew of our song; She springs like a beam on the brow of the tide, She falls like a tear from the eyes of a bride.
SECTION B
Q2.Write short notes on any two of the following (250 words each) : 210=20
(a) ‘Lost Child’ as an allegory
(b) Role of Kalpana in The Binding Vine
(c) Different types of Novels
(d) Narayan’s town of Malgudi
SECTION C
Attempt any three of th e following questions
(600 words each) : 320=60
Q3.Critically analyse the poem ‘The Night of the Scorpion’ by Nissim Ezekiel.
Q4.What is the relevance of the title A T iger for Malgudi ? Discuss.
Q5.Write a detailed note on the structure and point of view in The Binding Vine.
Q6.How does the s tory ‘Swimming Lessons’ portray the dilemma of immigrants living outside their country ? Discuss.
Q7.Write a detailed analysis of Sarojini Naidu’s conception of Indian womanhood as seen in the poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’.