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Bhaswati Bhar from Delhi, was a contestant who appeared in Kaun Banega Crorepati on October 2-3, 2000. She was the third female contestant in the history of Indian version of the show to win Rs. 1,250,000.

KBC Run[]

Fastest Finger First[]

Fastest Finger First Question
Starting with the earliest, arrange these leaders of Pakistan in the order that they came to power.
⬥ A: Zia-ul-Haq ⬥ B: Pervez Musharraf
⬥ C: Ayub Khan ⬥ D: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Out of 9 remaining contestants, 3 contestants got it right, but Bhaswati (with a time of 7.32 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer C-D-A-B, making it to the hot seat.

Bhaswati's Run to the Crore[]

Rs. 1,000 (1 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of these places is associated with a Grand Slam tennis tournament?
⬥ A: Lords ⬥ B: Oval
⬥ C: Wimbledon ⬥ D: Headingley
Rs. 2,000 (2 of 15) - Not Timed
Whose sons are film actors Rahul and Akshaye?
⬥ A: Vinod Khanna ⬥ B: Rajesh Khanna
⬥ C: Dharmendra ⬥ D: Jeetendra
Rs. 3,000 (3 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of the following animals lives the longest?
⬥ A: Cat ⬥ B: Elephant
⬥ C: Horse ⬥ D: Tortoise
Rs. 5,000 (4 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of these Rajput princesses did Akbar marry?
⬥ A: Padmini ⬥ B: Ragini
⬥ C: Jodha Bai ⬥ D: Jaddan Bai
Rs. 10,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed
What branch of medicine do paediatricians specialise in?
⬥ A: Children ⬥ B: Women
⬥ C: Sports ⬥ D: Fingerprints
Rs. 20,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed
Whose Ashram at Wardha is known as Sevagram?
⬥ A: Sardar Patei ⬥ B: Lokmanya Tilak
⬥ C: Mahatma Gandhi ⬥ D: Motilal Nehru
Rs. 40,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed
Which part of the potato plant do we eat?
⬥ A: Fruit ⬥ B: Stem
⬥ C: Root ⬥ D: Tendril
Rs. 80,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed
Name the oldest football club in India.
⬥ A: Mohammedan Sporting ⬥ B: Mohun Bagan
⬥ C: East Bengal ⬥ D: Calcutta Football Club
Rs. 160,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed
Which is the largest fish in the world?
'50:50' and 'Audience Poll' lifelines used
⬥ A: Whale shark ⬥ B: Killer whale
⬥ C: Giant squid ⬥ D: Starfish
Ask the Audience Results: A: 76% ⬥ B: 24% ⬥ C: 0% ⬥ D: 0%
The klaxon called time and Bhaswati would return on Rs. 160,000 with 1 lifeline still available.
Rs. 320,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed
Who was the only Indian umpire at the 1999 cricket World Cup?
⬥ A: Maninder Singh ⬥ B: Ram Babu Gupta
⬥ C: S Venkataraghavan ⬥ D: Piloo Reporter
Rs. 640,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed
In 1991, who won the Lok Sabha by-election from Nandyal with a record majority of 5,80,297 votes?
'Phone-a-Friend' lifeline used
⬥ A: George Fernandes ⬥ B: Ram Vilas Paswan
⬥ C: N T Rama Rao ⬥ D: P V Narasimha Rao
Rs. 1,250,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed
In which journal edited by Rabindranath Tagore was India's national anthem first published?
⬥ A: Ananda Bazaar Patrika ⬥ B: Amrita Bazaar Patrika
⬥ C: The Statesman ⬥ D: Tattvabodhini Patrika
Rs. 2,500,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed
Which film actor played the male lead in more than 600 films setting a world record?
⬥ A: Kamal Hassan ⬥ B: Prem Nazir
⬥ C: N T Rama Rao ⬥ D: Sivaji Ganesan
Bhaswati did not want to risk Rs. 930,000, so she walked away. She would have guessed A: Kamal Hassan, but the correct answer was B: Prem Nazir.

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