IGNOU BEGLA-137 December 2022 Previous Year Question Paper

Q1.Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow : 52=10 Love is a dream Love is a dream It’s gone as we wake up leaving some moments to be cherished. Love is like a wind It embraces us with passion leaving the scent of fresh flowers tingling our mind. Love is like a water bubble Beautiful to see from far Even rainbows are visible But a tender touch will break it leaving a refreshing sprinkle. BEGLA-137 2 Love resembles a shadow We try to escape but it follows At times it makes us hollow It disappears with the Sun And leaves us in the Nights. Questions :

(a) Give an example of personification.

(b) Give an example of a metaphor.

(c) What example of paradox do you find in the given lines ?

(d) How has repetition been employed in the quoted lines ?

(e) Suggest an appropriate title.

Q2.Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions : 101=10

(a) The girl ran her father.

(b) The horse-rider fell the horse.

(c) The Earth revolves the Sun.

(d) Rohan was hiding the trees.

(e) He put the books the table.

(f) Radha took something the drawer.

(g) There is someone the door.

(h) The new table is made wood.

(i) Ravi was part the team that won the championship. (j) I have brought you some books you to examine.

Q3.Write short notes on any two of the following with appropriate examples : 210=20

(a) Types of Compounds

(b) Speech and Writing

(c) Extended Metaphor

(d) Eulogy

Q4.What do you understand by style in literature ?

Q5.Elaborate on its salient features.

Q6.Make sentences using the following words bringing out their extended sense ; you may change the form, if required : 10 language, brain, hand, budding, brush, carpet, skill, vision, smell, charm

Q7.What is Rhetoric ? What are its salient features ? Give suitable examples.

Q8.Fill in the blanks with correct forms of verbs : 52=10

(a) Ram (fall) asleep when he was driving.

(b) It started to rain while we (play) cricket.

(c) The school authorities (meet) the parents yesterday.

(d) He (start) a factory in town last year.

(e) This book (write) in 1971.

Q9.Define any two of the following literary devices with suitable examples : 25=10 Synedoche, Hyperbole, Rhythm, Personification

Q10.Correct the following sentences : 52=10

(a) The dog is wagging it’s tail.

(b) How many money do you have.

(c) After dinner, we enjoyed a film in TV.

(d) I have many happy memories about my childhood.

(e) The temperature of Amritsar is hotter than Delhi.