BEGE-141 · December 2025 · English
IGNOU BEGE-141 December 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
UNDERSTANDING PROSE
Structured previous year question paper for BEGE-141, December 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 11
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONOURS)
ENGLISH (CBCS)
(BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2025
BEGE-141 : UNDERSTANDING PROSE
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Answer any five questions. All questions
carry equal marks. Your answer should
be in approximately 500 words each,
unless specified otherwise.
Q1.Write short notes on any two of the following in about 250 words each : 2×10=20
(a) Expository prose
(b) Diary writing as a literary form
(c) What is autobiography ?
(d) Figures of speech
Q2.Write a critical note on the prose style of “On Seeing England for the First Time” .
Q3.Give examples from the essay.
Q4.Explain the main feature s of Lawrence’s speech.
Q5.Outline the portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as drawn by Lytton Strachey in the biography Queen Victoria. 20 [ 3 ]
Q6.What is the theme of Nehru’s letters to Indira Gandhi in “The Quest of Man” ?
Q7.Explain in detail.
Q8.Anne Frank’s diar y is a commentary on war and its terrible impact on human life. Comment with examples from the text.
Q9.Critically appreciate the prose style of Bertrand Russell with reference to his Autobiography.
Q10.Discuss the title of the story “Misery” by Anton Chekhov and show how it is appropriate for the story. 20 [ 4 ]
Q11.“Bill Aitken has a gentle sense of humour along with a deep understanding of the cultural divide between the North and the South.” How does this show up in his travelogue, Travels by a Lesser Line ?