Question

Arrange the following Indian writers in the chronological order (beginning with the earliest) of their date of birth:
(A) Jaishankar Prasad
(B) Dushyant Kumar
(C) Premchand
(D) Amrita Pritam
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• A. (A), (B), (C), (D)
• B. (B), (D), (A), (C)
• C. (D), (C), (A), (B)
• D. (C), (A), (D), (B)

Hint:

For questions on Indian writers, try to group them by literary movements or periods. Premchand and Prasad are early 20th-century modernists (Prasad being a leader of Chhayavaad), while Pritam and Kumar belong to the post-Independence generation. This helps in establishing a relative timeline.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Concept:
The task is to arrange four Indian writers chronologically by birth year, from earliest to latest.

Step 2: Explanation:
Identifying birth years:
\[\begin{array}{rl} \bullet & \text{(C) Premchand (1880): Pioneer of modern Hindi and Urdu literature.} \\ \bullet & \text{(A) Jaishankar Prasad (1890): Major figure in modern Hindi literature (Chhayavaad movement).} \\ \bullet & \text{(D) Amrita Pritam (1919): Influential Punjabi writer and poet.} \\ \bullet & \text{(B) Dushyant Kumar (1933): Modern Hindi poet (ghazals).} \\ \end{array}\]The chronological order is: Premchand (1880), Jaishankar Prasad (1890), Amrita Pritam (1919), Dushyant Kumar (1933), corresponding to the sequence (C), (A), (D), (B).

Step 3: Answer:
The correct answer is (D).