BEGE-142 · June 2025 · English
IGNOU BEGE-142 June 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
UNDERSTANDING DRAMA
Structured previous year question paper for BEGE-142, June 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 7 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (GENERAL)/
B. A. (HONS.) IN ENGLISH
(BAG/BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
June, 2025
BEGE-142 : UNDERSTANDING DRAMA
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Answer all questions. All questions have
internal choice. Write in a neat and
legible handwriting.
Section—A
Q1.Write short notes on any four of the following topics in about 200 words each : 4x5=20
(a) Greek theatre of the ancient world
(b) Three Unities
(c) Dramatic Irony
(d) Classical Sanskrit Theatre
(e) Modern Drama
(f) Epic Theatre
(g) Apron Stage
Section—B
Q2.Answer any two of the following with reference to the context in about 300 words each : 2x10=20
(a) “When this struggle is over we shall erect at all the city corners Monuments To our women Their courage and dedication To our struggle ”
(b) “That the longer two people live together, breathe the same air,... the more estranged they become from one another.”
(c) “For me ! I was dying everyday and you were killing my boys and you did it for me ? What the hell do you think I was thinking of, the god damn business ?”
Section—C
Note: Answer any three of the following
questions in about 800 words each.
3x20=60
Q3.Discuss the significance of the title of the play Halfway House.
Q4.Discuss Arthur Miller’s All My Sons as a tragedy.
Q5.Examine Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s art of narration in the play The Trial of Dedan Kimathi.
Q6.Discuss, why there is a need to understand the ‘dramatic texture’ of the genre of drama in literary studies ?
Q7.Examine the types of stage that has evolved over time.