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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which among the following is the highest literary award in India?
A
Sahitya Akademi Award
B
Jnanpith Award
C
Vyas Samman
D
Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their “outstanding contribution towards literature".

Detailed explanation-2: -Jnanpith Award, also known as the Gyanpeeth award, is the oldest and the highest literary honour awarded in India. Jnanpith Award is conferred by Bharatiya Jnanpith to the Indian authors who have made outstanding contributions to literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nobel Prize The highest literary award is not easy to win. The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to only a select number of authors by the Nobel committee since its inception, including Samuel Beckett, Virginia Woolf, Rudyard Kipling, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and T. S.

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