BEGC-103 · December 2023 · English
IGNOU BEGC-103 December 2023 Previous Year Question Paper
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-103, December 2023 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 8 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
BACHELOR IN ENGLISH HONOURS
(CBCS) (BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2023
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. Number
of words and marks are given after each
question.
Section—A
Q1.Explain any four of the following passages with reference to the context, giving brief critical comments (150 words each) : 4×5=20
(a) How often I think of going There to peer th rough blind eyes of windows or Just listen to the frozen air [ 2 ] BEGC–103
(b) Now she looks for the swing In cities with fifteen suburbs And tries to be innocent About it.
(c) Whose hands have cherished, whose life has blest And crodled fair sons on the faithful breast, Who serves her house-hold in fruitful pride, And worships the Gods at her husbands‟ side.
(d) May the poison purify your flesh Of desire, and your spirit of ambition, They said, and they sat around On the floor with my mother in the centre
(e) For I thought I saw the windows close Like the closing of the eyes I thought I heard the pillars groan And the dark rooms heave a sigh. [ 3 ] BEGC–103
(f) On things the peasants sold and bought, The way of serpents and of goats, Three cities where a sage had taught.
Section—B
Q2.Write short notes on any two of the following (in about 250 words each) : 2×10=20
(a) Mira
(b) Malgudi Town
(c) Dina Mehta‟s prose style
(d) „Blood‟ as an autobiographical poem
Section—C
Note : Attempt any three of the following questions
(in about 600 words each). 3×20=60
Q3.“The central theme of A Tiger for Malgudi is Gandhian in the sense that the novel presents the victory of the Gandhian virt ues over violence and rudeness.” Do you agree ? Give a reasoned answer.
Q4.What is the mor al of the story “The Lost Child” ?
Q5.Discuss the narrative technique of “Swimming Lessons”. [ 4 ]
Q6.“Narayan‟s satire is mild, not better.” J ustify this statement by citing examples from A Tiger for Malgudi.
Q7.Trace the rise and development of the sho rt story as a literary form.
Q8.The Binding Vine is a novel about relationships between women. Di scuss giving examples from the text.