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Question : 11
Total: 100
The Jnanpith Award is given for excellence in which of the following fields?
Medicine
Social work
Literature
Cinema
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Solution:
Jnanpith Award is a literary award presented by the Bhartiya Jnanpith organization to Indian writers every year.
The first Jnanpith award was given to G.Sankara Kurup (Malayalam) in 1965 for his novel "Odakkuzhal" (The Bamboo Flute).
The winner is given a cash prize of Rs.11 lakh and a bronze replica of Goddess Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning.
The first woman writer to be awarded this award was Ashapoorna Devi, a Bengali writer in 1976.
Bhartiya Jnanpith organization was founded in 1944 by industrialist and philanthropist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain.
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