BEGE-141 · June 2022 · English
IGNOU BEGE-141 June 2022 Previous Year Question Paper
UNDERSTANDING PROSE
Structured previous year question paper for BEGE-141, June 2022 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 9
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS)
Term-End Examination
June, 2022
BEGE-141 : UNDERSTANDING PROSE
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Answer any five questions. All questions carry
equal marks. Each answer should be in
approximately 400 – 500 words unless specified
otherwise.
Q1.Write short notes on any two of the following in about 200 words each : 210=20
(a) Difference between Prose and Poetry
(b) Narrative Prose
(c) What is a speech ?
(d) Forms of Prose
Q2.How have the English pe ople in Burma been portrayed in Orwell’s essay ‘Shooting an Elephant’ ?
Q3.How was Kincaid’s view of England as a child, different from her view after she visited the country as an adult ?
Q4.Write a detailed note on Strachey’s technique as seen in his biography Queen Victoria.
Q5.What do you understand by the Holocaust and the trauma of the Jews from your reading of The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank ?
Q6.The story ‘Misery’ deals with human insensitivity to other people’s grief. Discuss.
Q7.Discuss the main feature s of Margaret Laurence’s speech ‘My Final Hour’.
Q8.How does Nehru’s ‘The Quest of Man’ give an insight into Indian culture and civilization ?
Q9.Bill Aitken is making fun of politicians in ‘Travels by a Lesser Line’. Do you agree ? Give reasons for your answer.