Brajesh Dubey, from Guna, appeared as a contestant on the forty-first episode of the 2005 series (KBC 2) of Kaun Banega Crorepati, the principal Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, on November 5, 2005. He won 1 Crore (KBC 2's second crorepati) and was the first and only contestant to read the Rs. 2 Crore Question
KBC Run[]
Fastest Finger First[]
| Fastest Finger First Question | |
| Starting from the earliest, arrange these personalities in the order in which they won a Nobel Prize. | |
| ⬥ A: Mother Teresa | ⬥ B: Amartya Sen |
| ⬥ C: Rabindranath Tagore | ⬥ D: C V Raman |
| Out of the 10 contestants, 5 got it right but Brajesh Dubey (with the time of 3.56 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer C-D-A-B. Making it to the Hot Seat. |
Brajesh Dubey's Run to 2 Crore[]
| Rs. 1,000 (1 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which screen character's companion was 'Mona Darling'? | |
| ⬥ A: Gabber | ⬥ B: Lion |
| ⬥ C: Mogambo | ⬥ D: Shakaal |
| Rs. 3,000 (2 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| According to a popular saying, what does not grow on trees? | |
| ⬥ A: Leaves | ⬥ B: Fruits |
| ⬥ C: Flowers | ⬥ D: Money |
| Rs. 5,000 (3 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these monuments would you find only in Delhi and not in any other Indian city? | |
| ⬥ A: India Gate | ⬥ B: Birla Mandir |
| ⬥ C: Mall Road | ⬥ D: Jantar Mantar |
| Rs. 10,000 (4 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| With what word does the Gayatri Mantra begin? | |
| ⬥ A: Om | ⬥ B: Prachodayat |
| ⬥ C: Swah | ⬥ D: Yonah |
| Rs. 20,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What does the Indian Railway sell under the brand name 'Rail Neer'? | |
| ⬥ A: Bed roll | ⬥ B: Food packet |
| ⬥ C: Lassi | ⬥ D: Water |
| Rs. 40,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which Indian state witnessed two assembly elections in the year 2005? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: UP | ⬥ B: Jharkhand |
| ⬥ C: Bihar | ⬥ D: Haryana |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 2% ⬥ B: 8% ⬥ C: 84% ⬥ D: 6% | |
| Rs. 80,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What proof did Hanuman show Sita that he came from Rama? | |
| ⬥ A: Chandrahaar | ⬥ B: Mudrika |
| ⬥ C: Chudamani | ⬥ D: Mukut |
| Rs. 160,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these is not a province in Pakistan? | |
| ⬥ A: Baluchistan | ⬥ B: Punjab |
| ⬥ C: Pashtunistan | ⬥ D: North West Frontier Province |
| Rs. 320,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which ad filmmaker made his debut as a director of feature films with Parineeta? 'Switch the Question' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Prahlad Kakkar | ⬥ B: Piyush Pandey |
| ⬥ C: Pradeep Sarkar | ⬥ D: Prasoon Pandey |
| Brajesh switched the question. His guess would have been B, but the right answer was C. |
| Rs. 320,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed Switched question | |
| Whom did Karna exclude in his promise to Kunti of not killing any of her sons except one? | |
| ⬥ A: Bhima | ⬥ B: Nakula |
| ⬥ C: Yudhishthira | ⬥ D: Arjuna |
| Rs. 640,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which is the only tennis Grand Slam singles title that Ivan Lendi could not win even once? | |
| ⬥ A: Wimbledon | ⬥ B: US Open |
| ⬥ C: French Open | ⬥ D: Australian Open |
| Rs. 1,250,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Who among these is not a first timer in the 14th Lok Sabha? | |
| ⬥ A: Naveen Jindal | ⬥ B: Sachin Pilot |
| ⬥ C: Milind Deora | ⬥ D: Jyotiraditya Scindia |
| Rs. 2,500,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Stupas are architectural symbols of which event in Buddha's life? '50:50' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Birth | ⬥ B: Nirvana |
| ⬥ C: Birth of son | ⬥ D: Marriage |
| Rs. 5,000,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Who among these was appointed Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at the University of Oxford in 1936? | |
| ⬥ A: S Radhakrishnan | ⬥ B: B R Ambedkar |
| ⬥ C: C Rajagopalachari | ⬥ D: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| Rs. 1 Crore (14 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which holy structure's foundation stone was laid by Mian Mir, a Muslim saint of Lahore? | |
| ⬥ A: Harmandir Sahib | ⬥ B: Hazratbal Mosque |
| ⬥ C: Ajmer Sharief | ⬥ D: Vaishno Devi Temple |
| Rs. 2 Crore (15 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What did Harry Lumsden and William Hodson introduce in 1848 for British troops in India? 'Phone-a-Friend' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Lee Enfield Rifles | ⬥ B: Greased Cartridges |
| ⬥ C: Khaki uniform | ⬥ D: Khuri |
| With one lifeline still in hand, it was only wise to use it. Brajesh used his Phone-a-Friend lifeline to help him out at this crucial point. But unfortunately, he could not get a definite answer and therefore decided to leave with Rs. 1 Crore. His guess would have been A, but the right answer was C. Total Prize Money: Rs. 1,00,00,000 |
Sources[]
| Preceded by Y.R.K. Dubey |
KBC Contestant (2005 series) Brajesh Dubey |
Succeeded by Pankaj Kumar Jha |