Multiple choice

Who was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award?

  1. G. Sankara Kurup

  2. T.S. Bandopadhaya

  3. Uma Shankar Joshi

  4. Sumitranandan Pant
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Explanation

G. Sankara Kurup, a renowned Malayalam poet, received the first Jnanpith Award in 1965 for his poetic work 'Odakkuzhal'. The Jnanpith Award is India's highest literary honor, given annually for outstanding contribution to Indian literature. T.S. Bandopadhaya, Uma Shankar Joshi, and Sumitranandan Pant were all Jnanpith recipients but not the first.

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