Q. ‘Jnanpith Award’, one of India’s highest literary award, was conceived in the year: Answer:
1961
Notes: The Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award that was conceived by Bharatiya Dnyanpith, a research and cultural institute founded in 1944 by industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain family, in May 1961.
It is presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature".