BEGE-141 · December 2024 · English
IGNOU BEGE-141 December 2024 Previous Year Question Paper
UNDERSTANDING PROSE
Structured previous year question paper for BEGE-141, December 2024 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 10
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. HONOURS (ENGLISH)
(CBCS) (BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2024
BEGE–141 : UNDERSTANDING PROSE
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Attempt any five questions. All questions
carry equal marks. Your answers should be
in approximately 500 words, unless specified
otherwise.
Q1.Write short notes on any two of the following in about 250 words each : 2×10=20
(a) Narrative prose
(b) The art of letter writing
(c) Origin and development of biography
(d) Difference between prose and poetry [ 2 ]
Q2.“As though life can be chopped into neat twelve- month parcels! It’s deeds, not years, that matter.” Narrate the character of Mother in the light of the above statement from J udah Waten’s story “Mother”.
Q3.Do you think Aitken is making fun of Indian politicians in Travels by a Lesser Line ? Give reasons for your answer.
Q4.Laurence was committed to the cause of nuclear disarmament. Comment wi th examples from her speech “My Final Hour”.
Q5.Discuss Strachey’s technique as a biographer from your reading of Queen Victoria.
Q6.What were Anne Frank’s early recollections of Jewish persecutions ? Discuss with reference to the excerpts from her diary.
Q7.Analyse the theme of “On Seeing England for the First Time”, by Jamaica Kincaid. 20 [ 3 ]
Q8.How effective is Nehru as a letter writer ?
Q9.Discuss with reference to “The Quest of Man”.
Q10.Write a note on the use of irony in Bertrand Russell’s Autobiography.