Pooja Pareek

Pooja Pareek appeared as a contestant on the 2023 season of Kaun Banega Crorepati and won Rs. 2,500,000.

KBC Run[]

Fastest Finger First[]

Fastest Finger First
Arrange the following based on the number of digits in them, from the most to the least.
⬥ A: India's ISD telephone code	⬥ B: Mobile phone number
⬥ C: PIN Code	⬥ D: Aadhaar UID number

The correct order is D-B-C-A. Out of 10 starting contestants, six got it right, but Pooja was the fastest in 6.73 seconds.

Pooja's Run to Rs. 70,000,000 (Part 1)[]

Rs. 1,000 (1 of 16) - 45 Seconds
Which of these tools is used to harvest crops?
⬥ A: Image Option A	⬥ B: Image Option B
⬥ C: Image Option C	⬥ D: Image Option D

Rs. 2,000 (2 of 16) - 45 Seconds
Usually, a showerhead is found in what part of a house?
⬥ A: Kitchen	⬥ B: Bathroom
⬥ C: Bedroom	⬥ D: Living room

Rs. 3,000 (3 of 16) - 45 Seconds
The 'video calling' feature is not available within which of these applications?
⬥ A: WhatsApp	⬥ B: Zoom
⬥ C: Google Pay	⬥ D: Snapchat

Rs. 5,000 (4 of 16) - 45 Seconds
Traditionally, which of these is a stuffed food item?
⬥ A: Momo	⬥ B: Roti
⬥ C: Shrikhand	⬥ D: Sev

Rs. 10,000 (5 of 16) - 45 Seconds
What would you get if you divided the number of sides of a hexagon with the number of sides of a triangle?
⬥ A: 4	⬥ B: 3
⬥ C: 2	⬥ D: 1

Rs. 20,000 (6 of 16) - 60 Seconds
What does the 'A' in TAPS, or the Tarapur ____________ Power Station, the first of its kind in India, stand for?
⬥ A: Agricultural	⬥ B: Atomic
⬥ C: Army	⬥ D: Artificial

Rs. 40,000 (7 of 16) - 60 Seconds
Which Olympic medalist is the founder of the Gun For Glory shooting academy?
⬥ A: Mary Kom	⬥ B: PV Sindhu
⬥ C: Leander Pass	⬥ D: Gagan Narang

Rs. 80,000 (8 of 16) - 60 Seconds
What word, when added after the names of Panama and Mexico, will give the names of their national capitals?
⬥ A: Town	⬥ B: City
⬥ C: Lane	⬥ D: Port

Rs. 160,000 (9 of 16) - 60 Seconds
Whose nails lost their glow and became black and blue after Gandhari's angry glance fell on them? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used
⬥ A: Bhishma	⬥ B: Arjuna
⬥ C: Yudhishthira	⬥ D: Karna
Ask the Audience Results: A: 4% ⬥ B: 34% ⬥ C: 46% ⬥ D: 16%

Rs. 320,000 (10 of 16) - 60 Seconds
What nickname is shared by India's Siliguri Corridor and Pakistan's Akhnoor Dagger, both narrow strips of land?
⬥ A: Chicken's Neck	⬥ B: Monkey's Tail
⬥ C: Rhino's Horn	⬥ D: Lion's Tooth

Pooja's Super Sandook Run[]

Rs. 10,000 (1 of 10)
Complete the name of this breed of dog: German ________.
⬥ A: Sailor	⬥ B: Surgeon
⬥ C: Soldier	⬥ D: Shepherd

Rs. 20,000 (2 of 10)
Which accessory's name is a song from the Hindi movie War?
⬥ A: Ghungroo	⬥ B: Jhumka
⬥ C: Payal	⬥ D: Challa

Rs. 30,000 (3 of 10)
The terms 'dhrupad' and 'thumri' are associated with what?
⬥ A: Sports	⬥ B: Vaccines
⬥ C: Music	⬥ D: Oceans

Rs. 40,000 (4 of 10)
Yak Churpi from which has a GI Tag?
⬥ A: Mizoram	⬥ B: Arunachal Pradesh
⬥ C: Karnataka	⬥ D: Jharkhand

Rs. 50,000 (5 of 10)
In South America, which of these does Orinoco refer to?
⬥ A: Desert	⬥ B: Mountain
⬥ C: Ocean	⬥ D: River

Rs. 60,000 (6 of 10)
Usually, tourists take a safari at which of these places?
⬥ A: Taj Mahal	⬥ B: Ajanta
⬥ C: Kanha National Park	⬥ D: India Gate

Rs. 70,000 (7 of 10)
Which of these is a type of image file?
⬥ A: MP3	⬥ B: XLS
⬥ C: DOC	⬥ D: PNG

Rs. 80,000 (8 of 10)
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of which country?
⬥ A: USA	⬥ B: UK
⬥ C: South Africa	⬥ D: Canada

Rs. 90,000 (9 of 10)
Where can you find places called apron and hangar?
⬥ A: Bus depot	⬥ B: Hospital
⬥ C: Shopping mall	⬥ D: Airport

Rs. 100,000 (10 of 10)
Popular in Western India, what kind of art form is pankhida?
⬥ A: Classical dance	⬥ B: Folk music
⬥ C: Paintings	⬥ D: Martial art

Pooja became the twenty-second contestant to beat the Super Sandook minigame at 0 seconds remaining. She won Rs. 70,000, which was used to renew her Ask the Audience lifeline.

Pooja's Run to Rs. 70,000,000 (Part 2)[]

Rs. 640,000 (11 of 16) - Not Timed
In 2023, which of these cities joined the list of UNESCO Creative Cities in the 'City of Literature' field?
⬥ A: Kozhikode	⬥ B: Lucknow
⬥ C: Kolkata	⬥ D: Varanasi

Rs. 1,250,000 (12 of 16) - Not Timed
In which of these years was a Delhi Durbar not held in honour of a British monarch? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used
⬥ A: 1877	⬥ B: 1903
⬥ C: 1911	⬥ D: 1936
Ask the Audience Results: A: 28% ⬥ B: 0% ⬥ C: 23% ⬥ D: 49%

Rs. 2,500,000 (13 of 16) - Not Timed
Pointing to trade between India and Egypt more than 3,000 years ago, what was found inside the nose of Pharaoh Ramses II's mummy? "Video-Call-a-Friend" and "Double Dip" lifelines used
⬥ A: Sandalwood	⬥ B: Diamonds
⬥ C: Peppercorn	⬥ D: Gold

Pooja's choices were Samarjyoti Bezbaruah, Vidyasagar Sharma, and Devkaran. Pooja decided to call Samarjyoti Bezbaruah from Baihata Chariali, Assam.

Rs. 5,000,000 (14 of 16) - Not Timed
Which of these maharajas of erstwhile princely states has served as the President of the BCCI?
⬥ A: Jivajirao Scindia	⬥ B: Fatehsinghrao Geakwad
⬥ C: Duleep Singh Ji	⬥ D: Sawai Jai Singh Bahadur

Pooja decided to take the money, he guessed A, but the correct answer was B.
TOTAL PRIZE: ₹25,00,000

Preceded by Smriti Mandhana and Ishan Kishan (Celebrity Edition) Rekha Pandey (Ordinary)	Kaun Banega Crorepati Contestant (Season 15) Rakesh Awasthi	Succeeded by Akhilesh Motawala