English was added to the list of languages considered for the Jnanpith Award

when English was included in the Eighth Schedule to the ConstitutionCorrect answerYour answerfrom the first award in 1965Correct answerYour answerfrom the 49th awardCorrect answerYour answeronly for writers resident outside IndiaCorrect answerYour answer

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Correct answer: C

English joined the Jnanpith's language list from the forty-ninth award.
English is not in the Eighth Schedule and never has been, so that cannot be the trigger.
The award is open only to Indian citizens, wherever they write from.

Worth noting

Two lists of Indian languages exist for two different purposes, and they do not match. The Eighth Schedule is constitutional; the Jnanpith's list is the trust's own, and this is the clearest place the difference shows.

Concept: English on the Jnanpith list
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English was added to the list of languages considered for the Jnanpith Award

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