IGNOU BEGC-112 December 2025 Previous Year Question Paper

Q1.Explain any four of the following passages with reference to the context ( in around 150 words each) : 4×8=32

(i) “For, now that it was all over, tr uce signed, and the dead buried, he had, especially in the evening, these sudden [ 2 ] BEGC–112 thunder-claps of fear. He could not feel. As he opened the door of the room where the Italian girls sat making hats, he could see them, could hear the m...he could not feel.”

(ii) “ but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born ?”

(iii) “We returned to our places, these kingdoms, But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, [ 3 ] BEGC–112 With an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death.”

(iv) “He was fully sensible to the advantages of the Instalment Plan, And had everything necessary to the Modern Man, A phonograph, a radio, a car and a fridgaire. Our researchers into public opinion are content The he held the proper opinions for the time of year.”

(v) “The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fires centre. [ 4 ] BEGC–112 Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour.”

Q2.Write short notes on any four of the following (in around 100 words each) : 4×6=24

(i) Modernism in poetry

(ii) The early novels of D. H. Lawrence

(iii) The stream of consciousness technique

(iv) World War I and early twentieth century British Literature

(v) The major litera ry traits of Virgin ia Woolf’s writing [ 5 ]

Q3.Answer any two of the following questions in around 200 words each : 2×12=24

(i) Attempt a psychoanalytical reading of D. H. Lawrence ’s novel Sons and Lovers.

(ii) Critically analyse the central theme of the poem “I think continually of those who are truly great”.

(iii) Explain the biblical background of the poem ‘Journey of the Magi’.

(iv) Comment on the regional elements in Lawrence’s novel Sons and Lovers. [ 6 ]

Q4.Write an essay ( in about 300 words) on any one of the following : 20

(i) “In Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf adheres to the i dea of the non -plot.” Explain.

(ii) Explain the significance of the title of W. B. Yeats’ poem The Second Coming with reference to its biblical and historical contexts.