Arrange the following works in the chronological order of
their year of publication:

A. S. Menon Marath’s The Wound of Spring
B. Humayun Kabir’s Men and Rivers
C. Anand Lall’s The House at Adampur
D. Sudhindra N. Ghose’s The Vermillion Boat
E. Ved Mehta’s Delinquent Chacha

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct option is B, D, C, A, E.

To determine the correct chronological order, we look at the publication years of each of the given literary works:
1. B. Men and Rivers by Humayun Kabir was published in 1945.
2. D. The Vermillion Boat by Sudhindra N. Ghose was published in 1953.
3. C. The House at Adampur by Anand Lall (Arthur Lall) was published in 1956.
4. A. The Wound of Spring by S. Menon Marath was published in 1960.
5. E. Delinquent Chacha by Ved Mehta was published in 1967.

Arranging these years in ascending order (from the earliest to the latest):
1945 (B) → 1953 (D) → 1956 (C) → 1960 (A) → 1967 (E)

This sequence corresponds directly to the order B, D, C, A, E.