BEGC-111 · June 2023 · English
IGNOU BEGC-111 June 2023 Previous Year Question Paper
WOMEN’S WRITING
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-111, June 2023 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 10 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (HONOURS) ENGLISH
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
June, 2023
BEGC-111 : WOMEN’S WRITING
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This question paper is split up into three
Sections–A,B,C. All Sections are compulsory.
There are internal choices in all Sections.
Section—A
Q1.Explain with reference to the context any four of the following (100-150 words each) : 4×5=20
(a) I measure every Grief I meet With narrow, probing, eyes- I wonder if it weighs like Mine- Or has an Easier size.
(b) It voices my joys, my longings, my Hopes, and it is useful to me as cawing Is to crows or roaring to the lions, it Is human speech, the speech of the mind that is Here and not there, a mind that sees and hears and Is aware.
(c) Her dream, like the dreams of a dozen other women. But she woke up before the dream began. And then she never fell asleep again.
(d) See how the letters move in the eyes of the mind, then leap over, back to the wall from the page of Chaitanya Bhagavata you tone from the book when no one was looking.
(e) Then I wore a shirt and my Brother‟s trousers, cut my hair short and ignored My womanliness. Dress in sarees, be girl Be wife, they said. Be embroidere r, be cook, Be a quarreler with servants. Fit in. [ 3 ]
Section—B
Note : Answer any four of the following
(250-300 words each).
Q2.Discuss some of the themes that women take up in their writings. Give examples.
Q3.What were Mary Wollstonecraft‟s views with regard to Education ?
Q4.Do you agree with the view that the Chandrabati Ramayana is a silenced text ? Why ?
Q5.Describe Pandita Ramabai‟s struggle to find and speak about truth i n various aspects of society.
Q6.Comment on the relationship between Rosemary and her husband in „A Cup of Tea‟.
Section—C
Note : Attempt any two of the following
(400-500 words each).
Q7.What do Angela‟s diaries reveal about her i n „The Legacy‟ ? Illustrate.
Q8.Discuss the issues of mental illness and psychological stress as brought out i n „The Yellow Wallpaper. 20 [ 4 ]
Q9.How does „A K itchen in the Corner of the House‟ bring out the power dynamics in a household ? Give examples.
Q10.“The predominant issue and the me in Sunlight On A Broken Column emerges from the situations that focus on a woma n caught in the crisis of a transitional society.” Elaborate.