Gaurav Malik from Meerut, appeared as a contestant on the fourteenth episode of the 2000-2001 series of Kaun Banega Crorepati on August 5, 2001. He won Rs. 640,000.
KBC Run[]
Fastest Finger First[]
| Fastest Finger First Question | |
| Starting with the smallest, arrange the following units in increasing order. | |
| ⬥ A: 1000cm | ⬥ B: 100m |
| ⬥ C: 1m | ⬥ D: 1km |
| Out of 10 contestants, Gaurav (with a time of 9.14 seconds) was the only one to correctly answer C-A-B-D, making it to the hot seat. |
Gaurav's Run to the Crore[]
| Rs. 1,000 (1 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of the following is a type of disease? | |
| ⬥ A: Big Pox | ⬥ B: Small Pox |
| ⬥ C: Fox Pox | ⬥ D: Sox Pox |
| Rs. 2,000 (2 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of the following will not form the name of a country if the suffix 'land' is added to it? | |
| ⬥ A: Fin | ⬥ B: Ire |
| ⬥ C: Ice | ⬥ D: Water |
| Rs. 3,000 (3 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these chess pieces does not come in a pair in the same colour? | |
| ⬥ A: Rook | ⬥ B: Bishop |
| ⬥ C: King | ⬥ D: Knight |
| Rs. 5,000 (4 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which role did Juhi Chawla portray in the film 'Yes Boss!'? | |
| ⬥ A: Newspaper Reporter | ⬥ B: Police Officer |
| ⬥ C: Model | ⬥ D: School Teacher |
| Rs. 10,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which music group comprises Leslie Lewis and Hariharan? 'Audience Poll' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Bombay Vikings | ⬥ B: Silk Route |
| ⬥ C: Colonial Cousins | ⬥ D: Euphoria |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 13% ⬥ B: 1% ⬥ C: 82% ⬥ D: 4% | |
| Rs. 20,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Who won the men's doubles tennis title at the 2001 French Open? | |
| ⬥ A: Carlos Moya-Alex Corretja | ⬥ B: Andre Agassi-Pete Sampras |
| ⬥ C: Mahesh Bhupathi-Leander Paes | ⬥ D: Gustavo Kuerten-Juan Carlos |
| Rs. 40,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of the following is not a parallelogram? | |
| ⬥ A: Rhombus | ⬥ B: Trapezium |
| ⬥ C: Square | ⬥ D: Rectangle |
| Rs. 80,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which city has hosted the Asian Games the maximum number of times? | |
| ⬥ A: Manila | ⬥ B: Bangkok |
| ⬥ C: Tokyo | ⬥ D: Djakarta |
| Rs. 1,60,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these does a school teacher use to write on a blackboard? '50:50' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Calcium Oxide | ⬥ B: Calcium Hydroxide |
| ⬥ C: Calcium Phosphate | ⬥ D: Calcium Carbonate |
| Rs. 3,20,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Who influenced the robber Angulimaal into giving up violence? | |
| ⬥ A: Buddha | ⬥ B: Mahavira |
| ⬥ C: Adinath | ⬥ D: Chanakya |
| Rs. 6,40,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which South American country's official language is Portuguese? 'Phone a Friend' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Chile | ⬥ B: Argentina |
| ⬥ C: Brazil | ⬥ D: Paraguay |
| Rs. 12,50,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| In which Indian state was the world's first democratically elected Communist government formed? 'Phone a Friend' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: West Bengal | ⬥ B: Kerala |
| ⬥ C: Andhra Pradesh | ⬥ D: Orissa |
| Gaurav walked away with 640,000 rupees. He thought it was C: Andhra Pradesh, but the right answer was B: Kerala. |
Sources[]
| Preceded by Neelesh Shrivastav |
KBC Contestant (Series 1) Gaurav Malik |
Succeeded by ? |