To understand why option 2 (E, C, D, A, B) is the correct answer, we need to look at the chronological publication years of the listed anthologies by Nissim Ezekiel, a major Indian poet writing in English.
Here’s a breakdown of the anthologies with their respective publication years:
A Time to Change – 1952
Sixty Poems – 1953
The Unfinished Man – 1960
The Exact Name – 1965
Latter-Day Psalms – 1982