BEGC-103 · December 2024 · English
IGNOU BEGC-103 December 2024 Previous Year Question Paper
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-103, December 2024 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 7 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (HONS.) ENGLISH
(CBCS) (BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2024
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 critical comments (150 words each) : 4×5=20
(a) She hangs like a star is the dew of our song she springs like a beam on the brew of the tide she falls like a tear from the eyes of a bride. [ 2 ] BEGC–103
(b) May he sit still, they said May the sins of your previous birth Be burned away tonight, they said May your suffering decrease The misfortunes of your next birth, they said
(c) People everywhere talked Of the inches rising Of the precise number of cobbled steps Run over by the water, rising On the bathing places And the way it carried off three village houses One pregnant woman And a couple of cows Named Gopi and Brinda, as usual [ 3 ] BEGC–103
(d) O it hurts me she cried Wiping a reddered eye For I love this horse, it hurts me much To match it die
(e) Some are purple a gold flocked grey For her who has journeyed through life midway Whose hands have cherished, whose love has blest And cradled fair sons on her faithful breast.
(f) that woman died The house withdrew into silence, snakes moved Among boots I was then too young to read and, my blood turned cold like the moon. [ 4 ]
Section—B
Q2.Write short notes on an y two of the following (250 words each) : 2×10=20
(a) Three post-independence novelists
(b) Any four types of novels
(c) The poetry of Sarojini Naidu
(d) The relationship between Maganlal and Vimla in ‘The Other Woman’
Section—C
Note : Attempt any three of the following question
(600 words each). 3×20=60
Q3.What is the significance of the title of the book ‘A Tiger for Malgudi’ ?
Q4.Identify and analyse the subplots of The Binding Vine. [ 5 ] B
Q5.Attempt a critical appreciation of Nissim Ezekiel’s poem ‘Enterprise’.
Q6.What are the various characteristics of the short story ?
Q7.Interpret the short story ‘The Lost Child’ on the basis of its symbolic nature , background and imagery.