BEGC-105 · June 2025 · English
IGNOU BEGC-105 June 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
AMERICAN LITERATURE
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-105, June 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 3 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (HONOURS) ENGLISH
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
June, 2025
BEGC-105 : AMERICAN LITERATURE
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 the meaning of any four of the following stan zas with reference to the context : 4×5=20
(i) Now, when I read, I read not, For interrupting tears [ 2 ] BEGC–105 Obliterate the etchings Too costly for repairs.
(ii) Wished to stay, and is gone, How am I theirs If they cannot hold me But I hold them ?
(iii) My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, The ship is anchro’d safe and sound, its voyage used, and done, From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with objects won; [ 3 ] BEGC–105
(iv) Buffalo Bill opens a pawn shop on the reservation right across the b order from the liquor store and he stays open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
(v) We slowly drove–he knew no haste And I had put away My labour and my leisure too, For his civility.
Section—B
Q2.Answer any four of the following questions in about 300 words each : 10×4=40
(i) Discuss Realism in American drama.
(ii) Write a short note on Hester in The Scarlet Letter.
(iii) Discuss the major themes in “On the Gull’s Road”.
(iv) Critically evaluate the poem ‘Brahma’. [ 4 ] BEGC–105
(v) Write a note on the combination of fact and fiction in “Snows of Kilimanjaro”.
Section—C
Q3.Answer any two of the following questions in about 500 words each : 2×20=40
(i) Explain the theme of social responsibility in All My Sons.
(ii) Discuss Puritanism in The Scarlet Letter.
(iii) Discuss the major themes in the poem Passage to India.