BEGC-103 · June 2025 · English
IGNOU BEGC-103 June 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-103, June 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 7 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (HONOURS) ENGLISH
(CBCS) (BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
June, 2025
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.
Section—A
Q1.Explain any four of the following passage s with reference to the context , giving brief critical comments (in about 150 words each) : 4×5=20
(a) Songs of the glory and gladness of life, of poignant sorrow and passionate strife, And the tilting joy of the spring. [ 2 ] BEGC–103
(b) the second stage. Explored but did not test the call The sun beat down to match our sage.
(c) We climbed a tree, she said Not very tall, but full of leaves Like those of a fig tree, And we were very innocent about it.
(d) I have let you down Old house, I seek forgiveness O mother’s mother’s mother I have plucked your soul Like a pip from a fruit And have flung it into your pyre.
(e) Some are meet for a maiden’s wrist, Silver and blue as the mountain mist Some are flushed as the buds that dream On the tranquil brow of a woodland stream. [ 3 ] BEGC–103
(f) My mother only said Thank God the scorpion picked on me And spared my children.
Section—B
Q2.Write short notes on any two of the following (in about 250 words each) : 2×10=20
(a) The life and works of R. K. Narayan
(b) Indian women’s writing in English
(c) Imagery in A. K. Ramanujan’s ‘A River’
(d) Characteristics of a short story
Section—C
Note : Attempt any three of the following
questions (in about 600 words each).
3×20=60
Q3.Describe the first stage i n the life of tiger in A Tiger for Malgudi.
Q4.Discuss the themes in Shashi Deshpande’s The Binding Vine. [ 4 ]
Q5.Attempt a critical appreciation of Nissim Ezekiel’s The Night of the Scorpion.
Q6.“The plot of ‘The Lost Child’ is symbolic , rather than straightforward.” Discuss.
Q7.Critically analyse Rohinton Mistry’s short story ‘Swimming Lessons’.