BEGC-110 · June 2022 · English
IGNOU BEGC-110 June 2022 Previous Year Question Paper
BRITISH LITERATURE : 19TH CENTURY
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-110, June 2022 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 7 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
BACHELORS IN ENGLISH HONOURS (CBCS)
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
June, 2022
BEGC-110 : BRITISH LITERATURE : 19th CENTURY
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. Word limits and
marks are given after each question.
SECTION A
Q1.Explain any four of the following passages with reference to the context , giving brief critical comments in about 150 words each : 45=20
(a) I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro’ Gleams that untravell’d world whose margin fades For ever and forever when I move. BEGC-110 2
(b) Round the cape of a sudden came the sea, And the sun looked over the mountain’s rim: And straight was a path of gold for him, And the need of a world of men for me.
(c) Ah, love, let us be true To one another ! for the world which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, …
(d) Day after day, night after night, Laura kept watch in vain In sullen silence of exceeding pain. She never caught again the goblin cry: "Come buy, come buy," —
(e) I caught this morning morning’s minion kingdom of daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing In his ecstasy ! then off, off forth on swing,…
SECTION B
Q2.Attempt any two of the following questions in 300 words each : 210=20
(a) Discuss the role of women during the French Revolution as seen in A Tale of Two Cities.
(b) Attempt a character sketch of Elizabeth Jane from The Mayor of Casterbridge.
(c) Critically analyse Tennyson’s poem ‘The Splendor Falls’.
(d) Narrate the story of the poem ‘The Lady of Shalott’.
SECTION C
Attempt any three of the following questions in
600 words each : 320=60
Q3.Do you think ‘Goblin Market’ is an attack on patriarchy ? Illustrate your answer with examples from the poem.
Q4.Chance and coincidence play a significant role in The Mayor of Casterbridge . Elucidate with examples.
Q5.Elaborate on the theme of the poem ‘The Scholar Gypsy’.
Q6.What is the significance of Mme Defarge’s knitting and the meanings the image of knitting acquires in the novel A Tale of Two Cities ?
Q7.What were the salient features of the Victorian Age as depicted by the poems and novels in your course ?