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Which of the following statements about Jnanpith Award are correct?

1) It is the highest literacy award of the country first awared in 1965.

2) It carries cash prize of Rs. 5 lakhs and a citation.

3) Kannada writers have got most awards since the inception.

Select the correct answer using the codes below:

1 only

1 and 3 only

2 and 3 only

1,2 and 3 only

Explanation:

The Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and English, with no posthumous conferral.

The first recipient of the award was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup who received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems, Odakkuzhal published in 1950.

The cash prize has been revised to Rs 11 lakh.

Authors of Hindi Language have bagged highest number of Jnanpith Awards (10 times).