BEGC-103 · June 2023 · English
IGNOU BEGC-103 June 2023 Previous Year Question Paper
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-103, June 2023 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 7 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
BACHELOR’S IN ENGLISH HONOURS
(CBCS) (BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
June, 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. 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 told us how she rode her elephant When she was ten or eleven Every Monday without fail To the Shiva shrine And back to home again
(b) How often I think of going There to peer through blind eyes of windows or Just listen to the frozen air, Or in wild despair
(c) The new poets still quoted The old poets, but no one spoke In verse Of the pregnant woman Drowned, with perhaps twins in her,
(d) We noticed nothing as we went, A straggling crowd of little hope, Ignoring what the thunder meant, Deprived of common needs like soap.
(e) Parting with his poison -flash of diabolic tail in the dark room –he risked the rain again.
(f) In the dawn that thrills to a mother‟s prayer, In the dawn that shelters a heart‟s despair In the sight of pity, the sole of hate, And the pride of a soul that has conquered fate.
Section—B
Q2.Write short notes on any two of the following (250 words each) : 2×10=20
(a) Rise and development of the short story
(b) Post-independence women novelists
(c) Character of Kishore in The Binding Vine
(d) Stage one of the tiger‟s life in A Tiger for Malgudi
Section—C
Note : Attempt any three of the following questions
(600 words each). 3×20=60
Q3.With reference to the story „Swimming Lessons‟, would you agree that learning swimming is a metaphor for adjusting to a new land ? Give reasons for your answer. [ 4 ]
Q4.How does the thematic structure of The Binding Vine give many dimensions to the story ? Give a reasoned answer.
Q5.Describe in detail at least two incidents which you found humourous in A Tiger for Malgudi.
Q6.Critically analyse the poem “My Grandmother‟s House”.
Q7.Attempt a character analysis of Maganlal from the story „The Other Woman‟.