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Previous Year Question Paper (2024) · DU & College · Reading Indian Fiction in English
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This is the 2024 Semester Previous Year Question Paper for Reading Indian Fiction in English — Delhi University DU & College under the UGCF/NEP framework. Free to view on Sulaksh.
Reading Indian Fiction in English is a 2-credit VAC (1-0-1) under UGCF 2022, taught in 2025-26 as a novel-reading and ethos paper (p.42 credit table). As per the official syllabus at du.ac.in/uploads/new-web/26102022_VAC.pdf, the course has Unit I How to Read a Novel (2 weeks) and Novel as Reflection of Society; Unit II (7 weeks) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Anandamath (Sri Aurobindo/Barindra translation) with discussion points — patriotism/nationalism, Bande Mataram, history/romance, gender, natural calamity, genre/film; and Unit III (6 weeks) Chaman Nahal Azadi (Houghton Mifflin 1975) on partition, violence/trauma, autobiographical voices, history/politics/art and personal/political, plus 15 weeks practical (pp.42-43). The practical includes dramatic recitation, graphic plot outlining/storyboarding, classifying figurative language and character portrayal write-ups (p.43). Examination is 'Subject to directions from Examination Branch'. Students lose marks by retelling plot without the prescribed discussion points (e.g., Bande Mataram or trauma lens) and by skipping the figurative-language classification viva asks for (as of 12 Sept 2026).
This is the Reading Indian Fiction in English - VAC | NOV-DEC-2024 | SET-1 | 30 marks — a Reading Indian Fiction in English your semester previous year question paper.
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Official: University of Delhi · DU Exam Portal · your college's Reading Indian Fiction in English your semester handout.
Reading Indian Fiction in English is a 2-credit VAC (1-0-1) under UGCF 2022, taught in 2025-26 as a novel-reading and ethos paper (p.42 credit table). As per the official syllabus at du.ac.in/uploads/new-web/26102022_VAC.pdf, the course has Unit I How to Read a Novel (2 weeks) and Novel as Reflection of Society; Unit II (7 weeks) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Anandamath (Sri Aurobindo/Barindra translation) with discussion points — patriotism/nationalism, Bande Mataram, history/romance, gender, natural calamity, genre/film; and Unit III (6 weeks) Chaman Nahal Azadi (Houghton Mifflin 1975) on partition, violence/trauma, autobiographical voices, history/politics/art and personal/political, plus 15 weeks practical (pp.42-43). The practical includes dramatic recitation, graphic plot outlining/storyboarding, classifying figurative language and character portrayal write-ups (p.43). Examination is 'Subject to directions from Examination Branch'. Students lose marks by retelling plot without the prescribed discussion points (e.g., Bande Mataram or trauma lens) and by skipping the figurative-language classification viva asks for (as of 12 Sept 2026).
Official sources: University of Delhi · DU Exam Portal · your college's Reading Indian Fiction in English handout. Verify paper codes and units for your batch.
