BEGC-133 · June 2023 · English
IGNOU BEGC-133 June 2023 Previous Year Question Paper
BRITISH LITERATURE
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-133, June 2023 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 7
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (GENERAL) (CBCS)
(BAG)
Term-End Examination
June, 2023
BEGC-133 : BRITISH LITERATURE
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : All questions are compulsory.
Q1.Explain any four of the following passages with reference to the context (around 150 words each) : 4×8=32
(i) “If it were done when ‟tis done, then ‟twere well It were done quickly : if the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all-here, But here, upon this bank and school of time, We‟d jump the life to come.”
(ii) “Out, damned spot ! out, I say ! One : two : why, then, ‟tis time to do‟t. Hell is murky ! Fie my Lord, fie ! a soldier and afeard ?
Q2.What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account ?”
(iii) “How strange it is to be talked to in such a way ! You know. I‟ve always gone on like that– I mean the noble attitude and the thirlling voice. I did it When I was a ting child to my nurse. She believed in it. I do it before my parents. They believe in it.”
(iv) “Thou hast betray‟d thy nature and thy name Not rendering true answer, as beseem‟d Thy fealty, nor like a noble knight : For surer sign had follow‟d, either hand, Or voice, or else a motion of the mere This is a shameful thing for men to lie.”
(v) “If thou shoulds‟t never see my face again, Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of Wherefore let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day.”
Q3.Write short notes on any four of the following (around 100 words each) : 4×6=24
(i) The British novel in the nineteenth century.
(ii) Thomas Hardy and the novel of realism.
(iii) Fate and chance in the plot of Far from the Madding Crowd.
(iv) The influence of Ibsen on the drama of George Bernard Shaw.
(v) The main themes of Tennyson‟s poem „Morte d‟ Arthur‟.
Q4.Write short essay on any two of the following (around 200 words each) : 2×12=24
(i) Justify the title of the play Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw.
(ii) The role of „Nature‟ in the novel Far from the Madding Crowd.
(iii) Why is Tennyson considered to be a representation poet of the Victorian age ? [ 5 ]
Q5.Answer any one of the following (in around 300 words) :
Q6.Write a critical essay on the major characters in Far from the Madding Crowd.
Q7.Discuss the allegorical significance of Tennyson‟s poem „Morte d‟ Arthur‟. BEGC–133 21,670