IGNOU BEGC-132 December 2022 Previous Year Question Paper

Q1.Answer with reference to the context any four of the following : 5×4=20

(a) I am the boat, you are the sea, and also the boatman. Though you never make the shore, though you let me sink, why should I be foolish and afraid ? Is reaching the shore a greater prize than losing myself with you ? If you are only the haven, as they say, then what is the sea ?

(b) I have lost dignity in the eyes of the people by being in the company of saints, the wise men who sit in bliss lost to all worldly ways. I have torn my colourful sari into pieces and have draped myself with the ochre coloured one. Having flung away the pearls and corals, I wear a garland of wild flowers.

(c) Or were we, in fact, the agents of our oppressorsµ Sympathetic, well -meaning, well -schooled agents ? Those the masters are slaves. Their slaves are those who are not masters.

(d) Once you are used to it even the sorrow that visits you sometimes, in dreams, melts away, embarrassed.

(e) Even as you wash rice, fish, vegetables even as you peel, cut, bake, stir and cook the thieving letters on the wall will take wings. They fly down to the palm leaf you once stole from your son.

(f) As alwa ys you once again came, standing at the door speechless. Only if I had been in possession of a few words would I decorate them on your lips and hear those fiery words you wish.

Q2.What do you understand by ‘unity of heritage’ in the context of Indian Literature ?

Q3.Write a note on the Bhakti M ovement and its links with Sufism.

Q4.‘English has a significant social role to play in India.’ Do you agree ? Give reasons for your answer. 20 [ 4 ]

Q5.What does the idea of ‘the mad lover’ convey ?

Q6.Explain with examples.

Q7.What argument does Amrit Rai present in ‘A House Divided’ ? What is the significance of the title ?

Q8.What does writing from North -East India tell us about the people there ? Illustrate.

Q9.Explain the term ‘Silenced Text’ with re ference to any text that you have read.