[PPSC Cooperative Inspector Society 2022]

17. Consider the following statements :
1. Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr won the 56th Jnanpith Award and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo won the 57th Jnanpith Award.
2. India’s highest literary award, the Jnanpith is bestowed on writers for “their outstanding contribution to literature”.
3. Jnanpith Award is a literary award presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organisation to Indian writers every year.
4. This was instituted in 1950 and is given only to the world writers who write in Indian languages and English.
 

Which of the above statements are correct ?

1. 1 and 2 only

2. 2 and 3 only

3. 1, 2 and 3 only

4. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Correct Answer :

1, 2 and 3 only