BEGC-114 · June 2025 · English
IGNOU BEGC-114 June 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
POST-COLONIAL LITERATURES
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-114, June 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 9
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (HONS.) ENGLISH
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
June, 2025
BEGC-114 : POST-COLONIAL LITERATURE
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note :
(i) Answer five questions in all.
(ii) Question No. 1 is compulsory.
(iii) All questions carry equal marks.
Q1.Analyse the annotations with reference to context (any two) : 2×10=20
(a) The knock on the door No door, an aperture in thick mud wall, and the sack that hung over it looped back for air [ 2 ] BEGC–114 No knock; but July, their servant, their host, bring ing two pink glass cups of
(b) A wind is ruffling the tawny pelt Of Africa, Kikuyu, Quick as flies, Batten upon the blood streams of the veldt Corpses are scattered through a paradise.
(c) The present is always with us, always open. Though to what, out there in the dark we are making for us seven o’clock strikes, the gin goes down and starlings gather, who can tell ? [ 3 ]
Q2.“Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People is a novel of African patriarchal system, social restructuring and power distribution. ” Discuss.
Q3.Bessie Head’s short story, “The Collector of Treasures” exposes women against their exploitation. Discuss.
Q4.“The concept post -colonialism is to esta blish indigenous root, value and culture. ” Give a brief discussion.
Q5.Discuss Derek Walcott’s “A Far cry from Africa” is a theme of identity Crisis and political instability.
Q6.How does David Malouf recollect the history native land and people in his poems ? 20 [ 4 ]
Q7.Explain Pablo Neruda’s poem, “Tonight I Can W rite” cite s his lost love, despair and depression.
Q8.“Vijay Tendulkar as a playwright paves the way for regional folk theatre tradition of India.” Discuss.
Q9.Give a brief discussion on the key concerns in the post-colonial short story.