Ashish Bansal, from Delhi, appeared as a contestant on the 2000-2001 series of Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Hindi-language Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, on August 10, 2000. He won Rs. 640,000.
KBC Run[]
Fastest Finger First[]
| Fastest Finger First Question | |
| Arrange these in the decreasing frequency of their publication. | |
| ⬥ A: Femina | ⬥ B: India Today |
| ⬥ C: Reader's Digest | ⬥ D: The Times of India |
| From the 10 contestants, 3 got it right, but Ashish (with a time of 5.01 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer D-B-A-C, making it to the hot seat. |
Ashish's Run to the Crore[]
| Rs. 1,000 (1 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Who played Hanuman in the Hindi television serial 'Ramayana'? | |
| ⬥ A: Guru Hanuman | ⬥ B: Praveen Kumar |
| ⬥ C: Dara Singh | ⬥ D: Nitish Bhardwaj |
| Rs. 2,000 (2 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What is 14th February celebrated as every year? | |
| ⬥ A: Father's Day | ⬥ B: Valentine's Day |
| ⬥ C: Teacher's Day | ⬥ D: Children's Day |
| Rs. 3,000 (3 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these is not a billiards player? | |
| ⬥ A: Wilson Jones | ⬥ B: Michael Ferreira |
| ⬥ C: Geet Sethi | ⬥ D: Jaspal Rana |
| Rs. 5,000 (4 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Who administers the oath of office and secrecy to the Prime Minister of India? | |
| ⬥ A: The Chief Justice of India | ⬥ B: The President of India |
| ⬥ C: The Speaker of the Lok Sabha | ⬥ D: The Attorney-General of India |
| Rs. 10,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| In 1953, who along with Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Mount Everest? | |
| ⬥ A: Ang Kami | ⬥ B: Phu Dorjee |
| ⬥ C: Tenzing Norgay | ⬥ D: Sonam Wangyal |
| Rs. 20,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| The ancient ruins of Nalanda University are found in which state? | |
| ⬥ A: Bihar | ⬥ B: Uttar Pradesh |
| ⬥ C: Andhra Pradesh | ⬥ D: Rajasthan |
| Rs. 40,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| On which party's ticket was the Lok Sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi elected to Parliament? 'Phone a Friend' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Telugu Desam | ⬥ B: CPI(M) |
| ⬥ C: Kerala Congress (Mani) | ⬥ D: Janata Dal |
| Rs. 80,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What is the name of the multinational currency adopted by the European Union? | |
| ⬥ A: Pound | ⬥ B: Dollar |
| ⬥ C: Escrow | ⬥ D: Euro |
| Rs. 1,60,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Who was the first Indian to become Chief of the Indian Air Force? | |
| ⬥ A: Subroto Mukherjee | ⬥ B: A.M. Engineer |
| ⬥ C: Arjan Singh | ⬥ D: P.C. Lal |
| Rs. 3,20,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| During whose reign did Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang visit India? 'Audience Poll' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Kanishka | ⬥ B: Harsha Vardhan |
| ⬥ C: Chandra Gupta II | ⬥ D: Ashoka |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 3% ⬥ B: 66% ⬥ C: 14% ⬥ D: 17% | |
| Rs. 6,40,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States of America? | |
| ⬥ A: Italy | ⬥ B: France |
| ⬥ C: UK | ⬥ D: Ireland |
| Rs. 12,50,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which court poet wrote the Akbarnama? '50:50' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Akbar | ⬥ B: Abul Fazl |
| ⬥ C: Birbal | ⬥ D: Firdausi |
| Ashish walked away with 640,000 rupees, the right answer was B. |
Sources[]
| Preceded by Nitin S. |
KBC Contestant (Series 1) Ashish Bansal |
Succeeded by Samarth S. Rajnayak |