Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Aptitude Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

General Awareness

Question:

Arrange the following Nobel Prize awardees for literature in chronological order, beginning with the earliest to the most recent.

(A) Annie Ernaux
(B) Abdulrazak Gurnah
(C) Louise Gluck
(D) Jon Fosse

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A), (B), (C), (D)

(A), (D), (C), (B)

(C), (B), (A), (D)

(C), (B), (D), (A)

Correct Answer:

(C), (B), (A), (D)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → (C), (B), (A), (D) **

Chronological Breakdown:

  • (C) Louise Glück (2020): An American poet awarded "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."
  • (B) Abdulrazak Gurnah (2021): A Tanzanian-born British novelist awarded "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee."
  • (A) Annie Ernaux (2022): A French author awarded "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory."
  • (D) Jon Fosse (2023): A Norwegian author and playwright awarded "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable."