How much purse money was given to a recipient of the Akademi Award in 2019?

₹1 lakh

The correct answer is Option (1) - ₹1 lakh

• Every year since its inception in 1954, the Sahitya Akademi Award prizes the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages recognised by the Akademi
• Each Award carries a plaque, shawl, citation and a Cheque for Rs. One Lakh [1,00,000].
• The award amount, which was Rs.5,000 since inception, had been enhanced to Rs.10,000 from 1983, Rs.25,000 from 1988, Rs.40,000 from 2001, Rs.50,000 from 2003 and is now Rs.1,00,000 from 2009.
• Zafar Hussain Khan was the first recipient of the Akademi Award in 1955. "Maal aur Mashiyat" (Philosophical Treatise) was the book for which he got the award.