BHDS-185 Question Paper December 2025, IGNOU Television Lekhan (Television Writing)

BHDS 185 Question Paper December 2025 is the sharpest practice set for Television Lekhan. It shows you exactly how IGNOU frames questions on the visual medium, serial and teleplay writing, scene division and the screen adaptation of literature. If your exam is in 2026, start here.

What is the BHDS-185 December 2025 Question Paper?

The BHDS 185 December 2025 question paper is the official IGNOU Term-End Examination paper for Television Lekhan, set in Hindi medium for 100 marks across a 3 hour duration. It tests both television theory and practical writing for the screen.

The paper has ten questions, and you attempt any five, each carrying 20 marks. The range is wide: the history and features of the visual medium, the language of TV serials, screenplay terminology, scene construction and scene division, dialogue, and the cinematic adaptation of literature, including a question on Rajendra Singh Bedi's play Chanakya.

About IGNOU BHDS-185 Television Lekhan

BHDS-185 is the television-writing course in the IGNOU Bachelor of Arts in Applied Hindi (BAAHD) programme. It opens with the visual medium itself, its historical perspective and the features that set it apart from print and radio. From there it builds the craft of writing for the screen.

You study the role of language in shaping a TV serial, the technical vocabulary of teleplay and screenplay writing, how scenes are constructed to carry a story to the screen, and how scenes are divided in serial writing. A large part of the course deals with adaptation: turning a novel, story or play into film or serial form, and the choices that change along the way.

This page was prepared by Prateek Talwar and reviewed by the Unnati Educations academic team with Hindi-language and media-writing content reviewers. It is anchored to the IGNOU Term-End Examination, December 2025. Last updated June 2026.

BHDS-185 Question Paper December 2025 Exam Pattern and Marks

Note: with 20 marks per answer, this paper expects fuller, example-led writing than the 50-mark BHDS papers, so plan roughly 35 minutes per question.

Topics Covered in the BHDS-185 Paper

The historical perspective and features of the visual medium

The importance of language in producing a TV serial

The categories and significance of teleplay and screenplay terminology

Scene construction to bring a story to the television screen

The nature of dialogue in serial writing

Image, characterisation and character nature in the cinematic adaptation of literature

The difference between a novel and a film

The meaning and process of scene division (drishya vibhajan)

The adaptation method of drama through Rajendra Singh Bedi's play Chanakya

The language of advertising

The language of films and serials

The relationship between a character and the screenwriter

The language of film

How to Use BHDS-185 December 2025 Question Paper to Score in the 2026 Exam

Sit this under real conditions: a 3 hour clock and five questions only. Because each answer is worth 20 marks, the IGNOU December 2025 TEE rewards depth and structure far more than the shorter BHDS papers, so practising the full length matters.

For a 20-mark answer, build it properly. Open with a clear definition, develop four or five points, and work in a real example, a short scene, a line of dialogue, or a named serial or film. Most students notice that examples are what lift a television-writing answer from average to full marks.

The adaptation themes come back often: novel versus film, scene division, serial dialogue and the screen adaptation of literature. Prepare these in depth and you'll almost always have five strong, example-rich answers ready.

Sample Answer Approach (not a full answer)

Take Q7, उपन्यास और फिल्म में अंतर. Here's the shape of a full-marks answer, not the answer itself.

Opening: define both forms in two or three lines, one a written narrative read at the reader's pace, the other a time-bound visual narrative.

Key points to cover: medium and mode of telling, treatment of time and pace, interiority versus the visible, length and compression in adaptation, and the role of dialogue and image.

Worked example: name one well-known novel-to-film adaptation and show one change forced by the shift to screen.

Conclusion: a short line on why adaptation is reinterpretation, not copying.

Four or five developed points with one worked example is what earns the full twenty.

Frequently Asked Questions about the BHDS-185 Question Paper December 2025

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