BEGC-110 · December 2022 · English
IGNOU BEGC-110 December 2022 Previous Year Question Paper
BRITISH LITERATURE : 19TH CENTURY
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-110, December 2022 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 8
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
BACHELOR IN ENGLISH (HONOURS)
(CBCS)
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2022
BEGC–110 : BRITISH LITERATURE : 19TH
CENTURY
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Attempt all the five questions. Each question
has internal choice. Each answer should be
approximately 500 words, unless stated
otherwise. All questions carry equal marks.
Q1.Explain with reference to the context any four of the following (150 words each) : 4×5=20
(a) Four gray walls and four gray towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shallott
(b) Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt, Whene’er I passed her, but who passed without Much the same smile ? This grew; I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together.
(c) O born in days when wits were fresh and clear, And life ran gaily as the sparkling Thames; Before this strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims,
(d) One may lead a horse to water, Twenty cannot make him drink. Though the goblins cuffed and caught her, Coaxed and fought her, Lizzie uttered not a word;
(e) Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume, here Buckle ? And the fire that breaks from thee then, a billion Times told lovelier, more dengerous, O, my Chevalier !
(f) Yes ! in the sea of life enisled, With echoing straits between us thrown, Dotting the shoreless watery wild, We mortal millions live alone
Q2.Discuss the significance of the title A Tale of Two Cities.
Q3.What role did the women play in the French revolution as seen in Dicken s’ A Tale of Two Cities ?
Q4.Discuss the rise and fall of Henchard in Hardy’s novel The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Q5.Discuss Hardy’s novel The Mayor of Caster - bridge as a tragedy. [ 4 ]
Q6.Narrate the tragic story of Tennyson’s poem ‘The Lady of Shallott’ in your own words.
Q7.What character traits do you see in the Duke and the Duchess from your reading of Browning’s poem ‘My Last Duchess’ ?
Q8.Discuss the theme of Arnold’s poem ‘Dover Beach’. 20 ‘The goblins in Rossetti’s poem ‘Goblin Market’ represent the male world. ’ Do you agree ? Give reasons for your answer.