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The Jnanpith Award Winners

The Jnanpith Award is the highest literary award in India. It is awarded annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded in 1961 by the industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain. The award is given to an Indian writer for an outstanding contribution to literature. The award consists of a cash prize of Rs. 11 lakhs, a citation, and a bronze replica of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and wisdom.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which year was the Jnanpith Award first awarded?

  1. 1961
  2. 1962
  3. 1963
  4. 1964
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award?

  1. G. Sankara Kurup
  2. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
  3. K. Shivaram Karanth
  4. Umasankar Joshi
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which language has won the most Jnanpith Awards?

  1. Hindi
  2. Bengali
  3. Kannada
  4. Malayalam
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which author has won the most Jnanpith Awards?

  1. Amrita Pritam
  2. Mahasweta Devi
  3. Girish Karnad
  4. Ravindra Kelekar
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which state has produced the most Jnanpith Award winners?

  1. West Bengal
  2. Maharashtra
  3. Karnataka
  4. Kerala
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which author was awarded the Jnanpith Award posthumously?

  1. Bhisham Sahni
  2. Girish Karnad
  3. Ravindra Kelekar
  4. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which author was the youngest recipient of the Jnanpith Award?

  1. Amrita Pritam
  2. Girish Karnad
  3. Ravindra Kelekar
  4. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which author was the oldest recipient of the Jnanpith Award?

  1. Amrita Pritam
  2. Girish Karnad
  3. Ravindra Kelekar
  4. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of non-fiction?

  1. Amrita Pritam
  2. Girish Karnad
  3. Ravindra Kelekar
  4. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of poetry?

  1. Amrita Pritam
  2. Girish Karnad
  3. Ravindra Kelekar
  4. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of drama?

  1. Amrita Pritam
  2. Girish Karnad
  3. Ravindra Kelekar
  4. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of fiction?

  1. Amrita Pritam
  2. Girish Karnad
  3. Ravindra Kelekar
  4. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of translation?

  1. Amrita Pritam
  2. Girish Karnad
  3. Ravindra Kelekar
  4. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of children's literature?

  1. Amrita Pritam
  2. Girish Karnad
  3. Ravindra Kelekar
  4. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of travel literature?

  1. Amrita Pritam
  2. Girish Karnad
  3. Ravindra Kelekar
  4. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
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