BEGC-111 · December 2022 · English
IGNOU BEGC-111 December 2022 Previous Year Question Paper
WOMEN’S WRITING
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-111, December 2022 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 11 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (HONOURS) ENGLISH
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2022
BEGC-111 : WOMEN’S WRITING
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This question paper is split up into three
Sections—A, B and C. All Sections are
compulsory. There is internal choice in each
Section.
Section—A
Q1.Explain with reference to the context any four of the following (in 100-150 words) : 4×5=20
(a) I wonder if when Years have piled– Some Thousands –on the Harm– That hurt them early–such a lapse Could give them any Balm–
(b) I am sinner, I am saint. I am the beloved and the Betrayed. I have no joys which are not yours, no Aches which are not yours. I too call myself I.
(c) Even as you wash rice, fish, vegetables even as you peel, cut, bake, stir and cook the thieving letters on the wall take wings.
(d) When some day in distant parts she dwells Where what the people be like ! I know not, Will they awaken her on gentle, mellow sounds ? Or, will they, I misgive, snatch her sleep away ?
(e) I wonder if it hurts to live– And if They have to try– And whether–could They choose between– It would not be–to die– [ 3 ]
Section—B
Note : Answer any four of the following questions
(in 250-300 words each).
Q2.What do women’s texts s ay about a woman’s life ?
Q3.Do you agree with the view that A Vindication of the Rights of Women is a political treatise ?
Q4.Why/Why not ?
Q5.How does the Chandrabati Ramayana offer a new perspective ?
Q6.Elaborate upon the importance of e ducation in the context of Pandita Ramabai.
Q7.Discuss the personality of Rosemary Tells in ‘A Cup of Tea’.
Section—C
Note : Answer any two of the following questions
(in 400-500 words each).
Q8.Describe the journey of Gilbert Cland on from illusion to reality in ‘The Legacy’. 20 [ 4 ]
Q9.What insights does ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ offer into regard to women in nineteenth century America ?
Q10.Comment on the title of the story ‘A K itchen in the Corner of the H ouse’. How appropriate is
Q11.How does S unlight on a Broke n Column bring out the socio-cultural atmosphere of that time ? Give examples.