Select the correct option after reading the statements. 1) Girish Karnad has been awarded the Jnanapeetha Award. 2) The Jnanapeetha Award is given to extraordinary contributors to the field of music.

Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.

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Both statements are false.

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Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.

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Both statements are true.

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The correct option is A Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.
The Jnanapeetha award is given to extraordinary contributors to the field of literature. The three Jnanpith awardees from this division are Da. Ra. Bendre, Chandrashekara Kambar and Girish Karnad. Some of their work questioned the existing social norms, while others wrote about the simplicity of everyday life.

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