BEGE-142 · December 2025 · English
IGNOU BEGE-142 December 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
UNDERSTANDING DRAMA
Structured previous year question paper for BEGE-142, December 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 7 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (GENERAL)/
B. A. (HONS.) ENGLISH
(BAG/BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2025
BEGE-142 : UNDERSTANDING DRAMA
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note :
(i) Answer all questions.
(ii) All questions have internal choice.
(iii) Write in a neat and legible
handwriting.
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Section—A
Q1.Write short notes on any four of the following topics in about 200 words each : 4×5=20
(a) Plot
(b) Aristotle’s Poetics
(c) Comedy of manners
(d) George Bernard Shaw
(e) American Drama in nineteenth century
(f) Dramatic tradition in Kenya
(g) Theatre of the Absurd
Section—B
Q2.Answer any two of the following with reference to the context in about 300 words each : 2×10=20
(a) “You needn’t tell me. I can tell you what happened. You said you were every [ 3 ] BEGE–142 unhappy. He said he sympathized. You said you wanted to leave this house. He said how fortunate it would have been if you’d came to this conclusion some years ago.”
(b) “To justify her conviction, she adopts a blind faith in religion and obstinately argues that ‘God does not let a son be killed by his father.”
(c) “I'll teach you justice I had cattle and sheep —by the thousands. I had acres of maize and wheat : [ 4 ] BEGE–142 I had a wife and daughter : Killed, Burnt, Maimed by the lunatic and his pack of bandits.”
Section—C
Note : Answer any three of the following
questions in about 800 words each.
3×20=60
Q3.Examine the thematic overtones of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons.
Q4.The Trial of Dedan Ki mathi is “not only what the authors call, ‘good theatre’ but ‘good history’.” Examine the statement in the light of your reading of the play. [ 5 ]
Q5.Examine the dr amatic techniques used by Mohan Rakesh in the play Halfway House.
Q6.Discuss the developments in 20th C entury Drama.
Q7.Discuss Classical Greek and Sanskrit drama in comparative terms.