BEGC-107 June 2026 — key facts
- Course: BEGC-107 British Poetry and Drama: 17th and 18th Centuries, 6 credits (theory)
- Course type: Compulsory core course
- Programme: BA (Honours) English (BAEGH) — note that the June 2026 paper header reads 'Bachelor of Arts (General) (BAG) (CBCS)'
- Prescribed texts: Webster's The Duchess of Malfi, Milton's Lycidas and Sonnet XIX, Dryden's Mac Flecknoe, Pope's The Rape of the Lock and An Essay on Man
- Course structure: 4 blocks, 16 units
- Maximum marks: 100
- Duration: 3 hours
- Questions in the June 2026 paper: 13 — Q1 with seven short-note options, Q2 to Q5, Q6 to Q13
- What you attempt: 9 answers — any 4 short notes (4 × 5), any 2 from Section B (2 × 10), any 3 essays (3 × 20)
- Word limits printed on the paper: 100 words per note, 200 per Section B answer, 350 per essay — about 1,850 words in all
- Repeat rate this session: 11 of the 12 long questions had been set before
- On this page: 2 full answers (Q5 and Q9); the other 11 questions appear as question text only
- Full file: all 13 answers on WhatsApp 9899436384
BEGC-107 Solved Question Paper for the June 2026 term-end exam gives you complete, examiner-style answers to all 13 questions IGNOU set in British Poetry and Drama: 17th and 18th Centuries. Two answers are open on this page so you can judge the quality yourself. The other 11 come only in the full PDF on WhatsApp 9899436384.
1. What the BEGC-107 Solved Question Paper June 2026 Contains
BEGC-107 British Poetry and Drama: 17th and 18th Centuries is a 6-credit core course of IGNOU's BA (Honours) English (BAEGH) that reads Webster, Milton, Dryden and Pope against the politics of their age.
The June 2026 paper ran to 13 questions across three sections and 100 marks. Our solved file answers every one of them, including all seven short-note options in Q1, from Elegy to Pastoral Poetry, so you are never stuck because the option you prepared is the one you skipped.
One detail is worth noticing. The June 2026 sheet was printed with a 'Bachelor of Arts (General) (BAG) (CBCS)' header, while every earlier paper we checked carried the BAEGH header. The code, syllabus and pattern did not change. If you are building a complete BAEGH Question Paper set, this one belongs in it.
Expect The Duchess of Malfi, Lycidas, Sonnet XIX, Mac Flecknoe, The Rape of the Lock and An Essay on Man, plus two history questions: the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the rise of the novel in the 18th century.
2. BEGC-107 Answers You Can Read Now: Q5 on Sonnet XIX and Q9 on 1688
Below are two complete answers from the file, one 10-mark Section B question and one 20-mark Section C question.
We picked these two on purpose. Q5 shows how we handle close reading of a poem, and Q9 shows how we handle a history question that most students answer with a bare list of dates. Both are printed exactly as they appear in the June 2026 BEGC-107 Question Paper.
Section B Block 2, Unit 3 10 marks Set in December 2021
Question 5: Examine the Biblical references in Milton's Sonnet XIX. (10)
Milton wrote Sonnet XIX, often titled 'On His Blindness', after losing his sight in the early 1650s, and it was printed in 1673. The poem is a private argument with God, and almost every turn in that argument rests on a passage from the Bible.
The central reference is the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30). Milton puns on 'talent', meaning both a coin and his gift for poetry: 'that one Talent which is death to hide, / Lodg'd with me useless'. In the parable, the servant who buried his single talent is called unprofitable and cast into outer darkness, which is exactly the fate the blind poet fears.
His wish to present 'my true account' echoes the master who 'reckoneth' with his servants on his return (Matthew 25:19). The question 'Doth God exact day-labour, light deny'd?' recalls the Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16) and Christ's warning that 'the night cometh, when no man can work' (John 9:4), a chapter that itself tells of a blind man healed.
Patience then answers with more Scripture. 'God doth not need / Either man's work or his own gifts' echoes Acts 17:25, and 'his mild yoke' recalls Christ's words, 'my yoke is easy' (Matthew 11:29-30). The 'thousands' who 'speed / And post o'er Land and Ocean' are the angels of Daniel 7:10, where thousands minister to God while others stand before him.
That image explains the famous last line, 'They also serve who only stand and wait.' Waiting on the Lord is praised in Psalm 27:14 and Isaiah 40:31, and in Luke 12:36 the faithful servants are those who wait for their master. Through these references Milton turns his fear of judgement into calm acceptance of God's will.
Section C Block 2, Unit 1 20 marks Same wording as December 2022
Question 9: What was the Glorious Revolution of 1688 about? (20)
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 was the removal of the Catholic King James II and the transfer of the English crown to his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange. It is called 'glorious' because it was achieved in England with very little bloodshed, and because it settled that the monarch would rule with Parliament, not above it.
James II came to the throne in 1685. He openly practised Catholicism, kept a large standing army, placed Catholics in the army, the universities and government, and used royal power to set aside laws passed by Parliament. His Declarations of Indulgence (1687 and 1688) suspended the penal laws against Catholics and Dissenters, which most Anglicans saw as an attack on the Church of England.
Two events in 1688 turned discontent into revolution. In June, seven bishops who had refused to have the Declaration read in their churches were tried for seditious libel and acquitted, to public celebration. In the same month James's queen gave birth to a son, James Francis Edward, raising the prospect of a Catholic dynasty.
On 30 June 1688, the very day the bishops were acquitted, seven leading politicians, later called the 'Immortal Seven', invited William to intervene. He landed at Torbay on 5 November 1688. James's support collapsed, many of his officers went over to William, and by late December the king had fled to France.
A Convention Parliament declared that James had abandoned the government. In February 1689 the crown was offered jointly to William III and Mary II together with the Declaration of Right. This became the Bill of Rights of December 1689, which barred the monarch from suspending laws, raising taxes or keeping a peacetime army without Parliament's consent, and excluded Catholics from the throne.
The Toleration Act of 1689 gave freedom of worship to Protestant Dissenters, though not to Catholics, and John Locke's Two Treatises of Government (1689) supplied a theory of government by consent. The settlement was not bloodless everywhere: Scotland and Ireland saw fighting, ending in William's victory at the Boyne in 1690.
For this course the Revolution matters directly. John Dryden, a Catholic convert, refused the oath of allegiance to William and lost the Poet Laureateship in 1689. It passed to Thomas Shadwell, the very poet Dryden had mocked in Mac Flecknoe. The Revolution also created the stable, Parliament-led society in which Pope's polished Augustan satire would later flourish.
3. Questions Answered Only in the Full BEGC-107 File
The remaining 11 questions are listed below exactly as printed. Their answers are not on this page.
They cover the Duchess, Lycidas, Dryden's legacy, two Mac Flecknoe questions, Pope's satire and philosophy, and the rise of the novel.
Section A — Q1. Write short notes on any four of the following in about 100 words each. (4 × 5 = 20)
(a) Elegy
(b) Poetic Diction
(c) Neo-Classical Poetry
(d) Satire
(e) Sonnet
(f) Allegory
(g) Pastoral PoetrySection B — answer any two in about 200 words each (2 × 10 = 20)
Question 2: Write a detailed note on Medieval and Marlovian Tragedy. Give examples.
Question 3: Discuss the main features of a mock epic poem, with reference to the text(s) in your course.
Question 4: Comment on the Superhuman and the religious elements in 'Mac Flecknoe.'
Section C — answer any three in about 350 words each (3 × 20 = 60)
Question 6: Discuss Dryden's contribution to English literature.
Question 7: Examine the Duchess as a tragic protagonist in 'The Duchess of Malfi.'
Question 8: Would you agree that 'Lycidas' fits the example of a pastoral elegy? Discuss.
Question 10: 'In "The Rape of the Lock", Pope has represented both the achievements and the limitations of 18th-century English Society.' Examine this statement.
Question 11: Elucidate the central idea of 'An Essay on Man.'
Question 12: Discuss the reasons for the rise of the novel in the 18th century.
Question 13: Can 'Mac Flecknoe' be described as a comic fantasy? Comment.
4. Webster to Pope: The BEGC-107 Block and Unit Syllabus
BEGC-107 is taught in 4 blocks and 16 units, one block each for John Webster, John Milton, John Dryden and Alexander Pope.
| Block and unit | Unit title | Topics to know | June 2026 questions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block 1, Unit 1 | The Jacobean Drama and John Webster: An Introduction | Jacobean stage after Elizabeth; Senecan revenge model; Marlowe's overreaching hero | Q2 |
| Block 1, Unit 2 | John Webster: The playwright and his dramatic art | The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi; imagery of darkness and death; sententious speech | Background to Q7 |
| Block 1, Unit 3 | The Duchess of Malfi: Textual analysis | Secret marriage to Antonio; Ferdinand and the Cardinal; Bosola as spy | Q7 |
| Block 1, Unit 4 | The Duchess of Malfi: Character analysis and critical perspectives | The Duchess's dignity in death; Bosola's change of heart; tragedy of transgression | Q7 |
| Block 2, Unit 1 | The 17th Century: An Introduction | Civil War and Commonwealth; Restoration and 1688; Metaphysical and Cavalier poets | Q9 |
| Block 2, Unit 2 | John Milton: Life and works | Puritan politics; onset of blindness; Paradise Lost | Background to Q5 |
| Block 2, Unit 3 | John Milton: Lycidas and Sonnet XIX on his blindness | Edward King's drowning; pastoral elegy conventions; Parable of the Talents | Q5, Q8, Q1(a), Q1(e), Q1(g) |
| Block 2, Unit 4 | John Milton: L'Allegro, Il Penseroso | Mirth against melancholy; day and night settings; personified figures | Q1(f) |
| Block 3, Unit 1 | John Dryden: Life and work | Laureateship and its loss after 1688; Catholic conversion; heroic couplet | Q6 |
| Block 3, Unit 2 | Mac Flecknoe: Reading the poem | Flecknoe choosing Shadwell as heir; parody of royal succession; the Shadwell quarrel | Q13 |
| Block 3, Unit 3 | Mac Flecknoe: Summary and explanations | Coronation scene; prophetic blessing; the falling mantle | Q4 |
| Block 3, Unit 4 | Mac Flecknoe: Theme and poetic diction | Mock-heroic diction; ridicule of dullness; satiric irony | Q3, Q1(b), Q1(d) |
| Block 4, Unit 1 | The age of Alexander Pope | Augustan ideals; coffee-house and periodical culture; the reading public | Q12, Q1(c) |
| Block 4, Unit 2 | Life and writings of Alexander Pope | Catholic outsider; An Essay on Criticism; An Essay on Man | Q11 |
| Block 4, Unit 3 | Analysis of Canto 3 | Hampton Court setting; the game of ombre; the cutting of the lock | Q3, Q10 |
| Block 4, Unit 4 | Character analysis and style | Belinda, the Baron and Clarissa; sylph machinery; zeugma and the couplet | Q10 |
That is 4 units in each of the 4 blocks, 16 units in all.
The unit titles above follow the official course listing on eGyanKosh, IGNOU's digital repository. The last column is our own mapping of where each June 2026 question draws its material.
If you want block notes to read alongside the solved paper, our BEGC-107 Study Material follows the same four-block order.
5. BEGC-107 Paper Pattern: Three Sections, 100 Marks, 3 Hours
The June 2026 BEGC-107 paper carried 100 marks in 3 hours: 20 marks of short notes, 20 marks of mid-length answers and 60 marks of essays.
| Section | Questions on the paper | You attempt | Length asked | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Q1 with 7 short-note options, (a) Elegy to (g) Pastoral Poetry | Any 4 options | About 100 words each | 4 × 5 = 20 |
| B | Q2 to Q5: tragedy, mock epic, Mac Flecknoe, Sonnet XIX | Any 2 | About 200 words each | 2 × 10 = 20 |
| C | Q6 to Q13: Dryden, the Duchess, Lycidas, 1688, Pope, the novel | Any 3 | 350 words each | 3 × 20 = 60 |
(4 × 100) + (2 × 200) + (3 × 350) = 400 + 400 + 1,050 = about 1,850 words in 180 minutes
At roughly 1,850 words this is one of the lighter writing loads in the BAEGH set, so the marks turn on quality rather than quantity. Section C is 60 of the 100 marks across three essays, which is where your planning time belongs.
The word limits have shrunk. Papers from December 2021 to December 2022 asked for 200 to 250 words in Section B and 400 to 500 words in Section C. From December 2023 onwards the limits are about 200 and 350 words, so long, padded answers now waste time you need for the third essay.
Section A also grew. June and December 2022 offered 6 short-note options, while June 2026 offered 7. To see how the pattern shifted across sessions, open any older paper in our IGNOU Previous Year Question Paper collection.
6. Old Papers, New Marks: BEGC-107 June 2026 Questions That Had Appeared Before
11 of the 12 long questions in the June 2026 BEGC-107 paper had already appeared, in the same or nearly the same words, in IGNOU papers from December 2021 to December 2025.
We compared the paper with seven official IGNOU papers: December 2021, June 2022, December 2022, December 2023, December 2024, June 2025 and December 2025. We could not find official June 2023 or June 2024 papers for this course, so they are not counted. Only Q10, on Pope and 18th-century society, was newly worded, though its topic had come up twice before.
| June 2026 question | Topic | Earlier sessions where it appeared | Papers (of 7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 | Mock epic features | Every paper: Dec 2021 1(h), Jun 2022 Q10 (same wording), Dec 2022 Q8, Dec 2023 Q9 and Q12, Dec 2024 1(d) and Q10, Jun 2025 Q2 and Q8, Dec 2025 Q9 | 7 |
| Q8 | Lycidas as pastoral elegy | Jun 2022 1.3 and Q14, Dec 2022 Q14 (same wording), Dec 2023 Q4, Dec 2024 Q7, Jun 2025 Q3, Dec 2025 Q6 | 6 |
| Q1(e) | Sonnet as a short note | Dec 2021 1(c) Milton's sonnet style, Dec 2022 Q4, Dec 2023 1(d) Shakespearean, Dec 2024 1(a) Petrarchan, Dec 2025 1(b) | 5 |
| Q2 | Medieval and Marlovian tragedy | Jun 2022 Q7 (same wording), Dec 2023 1(b), Jun 2025 1(c) | 3 |
| Q6 | Dryden's contribution | Dec 2021 Q10, Jun 2022 Q16 (same wording), Jun 2025 Q11 on Restoration literature | 3 |
| Q7 | The Duchess as tragic protagonist | Jun 2022 Q12 (same wording), Dec 2024 Q6 character analysis, Dec 2025 Q7 female agency | 3 |
| Q12 | Rise of the novel | Dec 2021 Q4, Dec 2024 1(e) and Q12, Jun 2025 Q12 | 3 |
| Q13 | Mac Flecknoe as comic fantasy and humour | Jun 2022 Q8 fun and humour, Dec 2022 Q17 (same wording), Dec 2025 Q4 | 3 |
| Q4 | Superhuman and religious in Mac Flecknoe | Dec 2022 Q10 (same wording), Jun 2025 Q5 | 2 |
| Q9 | Glorious Revolution of 1688 | Dec 2022 Q13 (same wording), Dec 2025 Q12 | 2 |
| Q10 | The Rape of the Lock and its society | Dec 2023 Q6 literature and society, Dec 2025 Q2 satire on aristocracy | 2 |
| Q11 | Central idea of An Essay on Man | Dec 2021 Q5 (same wording), Dec 2025 Q5 | 2 |
| Q5 | Biblical references in Sonnet XIX | Dec 2021 Q9, worded as 'Milton's Sonnet 19' | 1 |
Short-note terms move around more. Across the same seven papers, Allegory and Pastoral each appeared 3 times, Elegy, Poetic Diction and Neo-Classical Poetry twice each, and Satire once.
The practical lesson is blunt: on this course, working through the last seven papers is worth more than any guess list. Seven of the thirteen June 2026 questions carried wording lifted almost unchanged from an earlier session. For course-by-course repeat lists like this, see our IGNOU Solved Guess Paper pages.
7. How We Write and Check BEGC-107 British Poetry and Drama Answers
Every answer is written by Prateek Talwar, quoted from the original texts, sized to the paper's word limit and then reviewed by Sheetal Kirola before it goes into the file.
Prateek Talwar writes the answers after working through the past BEGC-107 papers listed above, so each answer leans on the angles examiners keep returning to, such as Lycidas as both pagan and Christian, or Mac Flecknoe as a parody of royal succession.
Quotations are checked against the poems and the play, and every date in a history answer, such as 1685, 1688 and 1689 in Q9, is verified before release. Sheetal Kirola then reviews each answer for accuracy, structure and length.
Answers use the shape IGNOU examiners reward: a direct opening, short paragraphs with one idea each, textual evidence, and a closing line that answers the question asked. Section A notes stay near 100 words, Section B near 200 and Section C near 350.
8. BEGC-107 Solved File Index: All 13 June 2026 Questions
The theory-only BEGC-107 course has no practical record, so this index lists every question in the paper, the unit it comes from and where you can read its answer.
| Q no. | Section and marks | Topic | Course unit | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 (a) to (g) | A, 4 × 5 | Seven short notes, Elegy to Pastoral Poetry | Blocks 2, 3 and 4 | Full file only |
| Q2 | B, 10 | Medieval and Marlovian tragedy | Block 1, Unit 1 | Full file only |
| Q3 | B, 10 | Features of the mock epic | Block 3, Unit 4 and Block 4, Unit 3 | Full file only |
| Q4 | B, 10 | Superhuman and religious in Mac Flecknoe | Block 3, Unit 3 | Full file only |
| Q5 | B, 10 | Biblical references in Sonnet XIX | Block 2, Unit 3 | On this page |
| Q6 | C, 20 | Dryden's contribution to English literature | Block 3, Unit 1 | Full file only |
| Q7 | C, 20 | The Duchess as tragic protagonist | Block 1, Units 3 and 4 | Full file only |
| Q8 | C, 20 | Lycidas as pastoral elegy | Block 2, Unit 3 | Full file only |
| Q9 | C, 20 | The Glorious Revolution of 1688 | Block 2, Unit 1 | On this page |
| Q10 | C, 20 | The Rape of the Lock and 18th-century society | Block 4, Units 3 and 4 | Full file only |
| Q11 | C, 20 | Central idea of An Essay on Man | Block 4, Unit 2 | Full file only |
| Q12 | C, 20 | Rise of the novel in the 18th century | Block 4, Unit 1 | Full file only |
| Q13 | C, 20 | Mac Flecknoe as comic fantasy | Block 3, Units 2 and 3 | Full file only |
That is 2 answers on this page and 11 in the full file, 13 in all.
9. Programmes That Include BEGC-107 British Poetry and Drama
BEGC-107 is a compulsory 6-credit core course of the IGNOU Bachelor of Arts (Honours) English programme (BAEGH).
It follows BEGC-104, which covers British poetry and drama from the 14th to the 17th century. The two courses together take you from Chaucer to Pope. Check your own programme guide or hall ticket for the semester in which your regional centre has placed it.
IGNOU's programme page for the four-year Bachelor of Arts English (BAFEG) also lists BEGC-107 as a 6-credit theory course. The June 2026 paper itself was printed under a 'Bachelor of Arts (General) (BAG) (CBCS)' header, so check your own course list if you study in another stream.
10. Get the Complete BEGC-107 Solved Question Paper on WhatsApp
Send a WhatsApp message to 9899436384 with 'BEGC 107 June 2026' and our team will share the full PDF with all 13 solved questions.
You have already read 2 of those answers above. The file adds the other 11: all seven Q1 short notes, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q6, Q7, Q8, Q10, Q11, Q12 and Q13.
Students who use this IGNOU BEGC-107 Question Paper set well usually read the two sample answers first, then use the full file to practise writing Section C essays against the clock.
11. BEGC-107 British Poetry and Drama FAQs
These are the questions BEGC-107 students ask us most often about the June 2026 paper, the answers and the full file.
How many answers does the full BEGC-107 June 2026 file have, and how do I get it?
The full file answers all 13 questions from the June 2026 BEGC-107 paper, including every short-note option in Q1. Two of those answers, Q5 and Q9, are shown on this page. The other 11 are only in the PDF. Send a WhatsApp message to 9899436384 with the course code and session, and our team will share the complete file and the payment details with you.
Is the IGNOU BEGC-107 Solved Question Paper based on the official June 2026 paper?
Yes. Every question in the file is taken from the official BEGC-107 British Poetry and Drama paper that IGNOU set for the June 2026 term-end examination, with the paper's own question numbers. Our experts then wrote fresh answers to each one. None of the questions is guessed or reworded, so you can match each answer to the printed paper line by line.
Which BEGC-107 topics repeat most often in IGNOU papers?
Mock epic questions on The Rape of the Lock or Mac Flecknoe appeared in all seven earlier papers we checked, from December 2021 to December 2025. Lycidas came up in six of them and the sonnet as a short note in five. In June 2026, 11 of the 12 long questions had appeared before in almost the same words, so past papers are worth taking seriously.
How long should BEGC-107 answers be in the term-end exam?
In the June 2026 BEGC-107 paper, short notes in Section A ask for about 100 words each, Section B answers about 200 words and Section C essays 350 words, which comes to about 1,850 words in all. Papers up to December 2022 asked for 200 to 250 and 400 to 500 words. Our answers follow the current limits, so you practise writing at exactly the length examiners now expect.
Which texts does BEGC-107 British Poetry and Drama cover?
The course has four blocks: John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi, John Milton's Lycidas, Sonnet XIX, L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, John Dryden's Mac Flecknoe and Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock. The units also cover the history and literary culture of the 17th and 18th centuries, which is why questions on 1688 and the rise of the novel appear in the paper.
Who writes and checks the BEGC-107 answers?
The answers are written by Prateek Talwar and reviewed by Sheetal Kirola at Unnati Educations. Each answer is checked against the eGyanKosh units for the course, quotations are matched to the original texts, and historical dates are verified before the file is released. Answers are kept to the word limits printed on the June 2026 paper, so they read like real exam scripts.
Can BAG students use the BEGC-107 June 2026 solved paper?
The June 2026 BEGC-107 paper was printed with a BA (General) BAG header, although earlier papers were headed BAEGH. The course code, syllabus and pattern are the same, so the answers suit any learner whose hall ticket lists BEGC-107, whether in BAEGH, BAFEG or another stream. If you are unsure, check your course list on the IGNOU student portal first.
Is the BEGC-107 Question Paper of June 2026 enough to prepare for December 2026?
It is a strong start, not a full plan. BEGC-107 papers recycle many questions, but each session adds a few new ones, such as the question on Pope and 18th-century society in June 2026. Use the solved file to learn answer structure, then revise all four blocks and practise older papers so you are ready for whatever the December 2026 paper brings.
12. About the Authors
The BEGC-107 British Poetry and Drama answers on this page were written and reviewed by Unnati Educations' own academic team.
Prateek Talwar — Academic Head (M.Ed.), Unnati Educations. He writes the IGNOU solved question papers, maps every question to its block and unit, and sizes each answer to the word limit printed on the paper.
Sheetal Kirola — Reviewer, Unnati Educations. She matches quotations to the original poems and the play, verifies historical dates and scriptural references, and compares repeated questions with the older sessions before a file is released.