BEGC-111 · June 2025 · English
IGNOU BEGC-111 June 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
WOMEN’S WRITING
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-111, June 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 11 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (HONOURS) ENGLISH
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
June, 2025
BEGC-111 : WOMEN’S WRITING
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note :
(i) The question paper is divided into
three Sections : Section A, Section B
and Section C.
(ii) Answer all the questi ons. There is
internal choice in each Section.
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Section—A
Q1.Explain with reference to the context any four of the following (in 100-150 words each) : 4×5=20
(a) The Grieved – are many – I am told – There is the various Cause – Death – is but one – and comes but once – And only nails the eyes –
(b) The language I speak Becomes mine, its distortions, its queerness All mine, mine alone. It is half English, half Indian, funny perhaps, but it is honest, It is as human as I am human, don’t You see ? [ 3 ] BEGC–111
(c) 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 tore from the book when no one was looking.
(d) A nicely furnished home. Sometimes a play, sometimes a concert– with the best seats. All the happiness in the world on a meagre income. Laughter and teasing. Talk and chatter.
(e) I, like Habba Khatoon, said you are the sky, I am your earth, you the shelter of my secrets, [ 4 ] BEGC–111 the garden belongs to you, come and enjoy it, what rival of mine lured you away ?
Section—B
Note : Answer any four of the following
questions (in 250-300 words each).
4×10=40
Q2.Briefly trace the waves of feminism and describe their characteristics.
Q3.What, according to Mary Wollstonecraft, is the importance of education in the context of women’s rights ?
Q4.What do you understand by ‘silenced text’ ?
Q5.Explain wit h reference to the Chandrabati Ramayana. [ 5 ]
Q6.Attempt a character sketch of Gilbert Clandon in the ‘The Legacy’.
Q7.Comment on the narrative technique i n A Testimony of Our Inexhaustible Treasure with examples.
Section—C
Note : Answer any two of the following
questions (in 400-500 words each).
2×20=40
Q8.Trace the change in Rose mary Fell’s behaviour in ‘A Cup of Tea ’. Why do you think this change occurs ? Illustrate.
Q9.How does ‘The Yellow Wallpaper ’ relate to feminism in 19th c entury ‘America’ ? Give examples. [ 6 ]
Q10.Comment on the title of the story ‘A Kitchen in a Corner of the House ’ and relate it to the theme.
Q11.Discuss the juxtapositions, parallel s and polarities in Sunlight on a Broken Column with appropriate examples.