IGNOU BEGLA-135 June 2023 Previous Year Question Paper

Q1.Read the following passage and answer the questions given below : The Gre eks created the world‟s first democracies, now the officially preferred form of government the world over. Democracy meant rule by all people. The introduction of this f orm of government was a genuine revolution in human history. There was little in the world of the Mediterranean and Middle East C. 600 B. C. , where absolute monarchies and priestly hierarchies were the norm to suggest that this was about to happen. But in Greece, hereditary monarchy was dying out or had already been replaced by aristocracies or tyrants (meaning, in the context of Greece, unconstitutional rulers with broad popular support, not necessarily dictators), while there was a separate priesthood. Even more crucial perhaps, in the Classical Age (C. 500 -300 B. C.) Greece was never unified into a large, centrally controlled state. Instead, it remained divided into scores of fiercely independent city -states. This was partly due to geography. Lac king large river valleys or plains, Greece is divided by mountains into small valleys, which inherently encouraged such individualism. But the results made Greek civilization as it developed focused on each city -state or „polis‟ –crucially different from all earlier civilization.

(A) Answer the following questions :

(i) Describe the form of government created by the Greeks. 5

(ii) What was the „norm‟ in the Mediterranean and the Middle East C. 600 B. C. ? 5

(iii) Why was Greece never unified into a centrally controlled state ? 5

(iv) Suggest a suitable title for the passage and give justification for your chosen title. 5

(B) Give the synonyms of the following words :

(i) Monarchy

(ii) Tyrant

(iii) Aristoracies

(iv) Hierarchy

(v) Crucial

(C) Write a brief paragraph on Democracy and Greek Civilisation (Circa 600 B. C. –

Q2.Write short notes on any two of the following in about 300-350 words each : 20

(i) Online Education

(ii) Life during the pandemic

(iii) Importance of examination

(iv) Helping the elderly

(v) “You may say I‟ m a dr eamer/But I‟m not the only one.” How do you think the dream of a better world may be realised ?

Q3.(A) Fill in the blanks with the correct form s of the verbs given in the box : 5

(i) The student body of our University from diverse cultural backgrounds.

(ii) Rahul and Rita to the gym everyday.

(iii) Lots of students here to study from outside the state.

(iv) A number of girls absent

(v) Ajay and I home. come, is, go, stay, are

(B) Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions : 5

(i) He came five o‟clock.

(ii) He is standing John and Rita.

(iii) They stood firm their nights.

(iv) She is excited her trip to Paris.

(v) She is married a dentist.

(C) Fill in the blanks with correct articles : 5

(i) She was deter mined to join University.

(ii) Armstrong was first man to walk on moon.

(iii) The nature abhors vacuum.

(iv) Her father was European.

(v) We are flying over Pacific Ocean.

(D) Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs : 5

(i) He is a skilled painter.

(ii) Very , she opened the windows.

(iii) , they agreed to the terms.

(iv) He tried to find a job and got one. Hints : slowly, highly, hard, eventually, finally.

Q4.(A) Write a dialogue between t wo friends discussing on any one of the following topics : 15

(i) Role of Media in present day world

(ii) Dangers of climate change

(B) Write seven or eight diary entries fo r the day something significant happened in your life. 15 BEGLA-135 58,700