Ramesh Arora

Ramesh Arora was a contestant appeared on Kaun Banega Crorepati in July 2000, who won ₹2,500,000 after walking away on the Penultimate Question.

WWTBAM Run[]

Fastest Finger First[]

Fastest Finger First Question
Arrange these US presidents in the order in which they held office.
⬥ A: John F. Kennedy	⬥ B: Jimmy Carter
⬥ C: Franklin D. Roosevelt	⬥ D: Ronald Reagan

Out of the 8 remaining contestants, only Ramesh (with a time of 14.84 seconds) answered C-A-B-D correctly, making it to the Hot Seat.

Ramesh's Run to 1 Crore[]

₹1,000 (1 of 15) - Not Timed
Who is the youngest Indian to play Test cricket?
⬥ A: Sachin Tendulkar	⬥ B: Harbhajan Singh
⬥ C: L. Sivaramakrishnan	⬥ D: Narendra Hirwani

₹2,000 (2 of 15) - Not Timed
Nandi the bull is the vahana of which Hindu deity?
⬥ A: Kubera	⬥ B: Ganesha
⬥ C: Shiva	⬥ D: Vishnu

₹3,000 (3 of 15) - Not Timed
Who played Kasturba in Richard Attenborough's film Gandhi?
⬥ A: Rohini Hattangadi	⬥ B: Pallavi Joshi
⬥ C: Anita Kanwar	⬥ D: Neena Gupta

₹5,000 (4 of 15) - Not Timed
Which boxer's real name is Cassius Clay?
⬥ A: Mike Tyson	⬥ B: Muhammad Ali
⬥ C: Sonny Liston	⬥ D: Evander Hollyfield

₹10,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed
What is the nationality of the ancient philosopher Confucius?
⬥ A: China	⬥ B: Italy
⬥ C: Portugal	⬥ D: Japan

₹20,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed
The first railway line in India connected Bombay to which other city?
⬥ A: Delhi	⬥ B: Jaipur
⬥ C: Thane	⬥ D: Pune

₹40,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed
Which Indian has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Oscar? "Audience Poll" lifeline used.
⬥ A: Satyajit Ray	⬥ B: Sivaji Ganesan
⬥ C: Dada Saheb Phalke	⬥ D: Raj Kapoor
Ask the Audience Results: A: 40% ⬥ B: 7% ⬥ C: 37% ⬥ D: 16%

₹80,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed
What is the barometer used to measure?
⬥ A: Temperature	⬥ B: Atmospheric Pressure
⬥ C: Relative Density	⬥ D: Humidity

The klaxon called time and Ramesh Arora would return on next episode to play for ₹160,000 with 2 lifelines remaining.

₹160,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed
Who wrote the book 'Discovery of India'?
⬥ A: Mahatma Gandhi	⬥ B: Jawaharlal Nehru
⬥ C: Shyam Benegal	⬥ D: Indira Gandhi

₹320,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed
At which address would you find the official residence of the British Prime Minister?
⬥ A: 221B, Baker Street	⬥ B: Bush House, London
⬥ C: 10, Downing Street	⬥ D: Buckingham Palace

₹640,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed
Who was the second man to set foot on the moon?
⬥ A: Edwin Aldrin	⬥ B: John Glen
⬥ C: Alan Shepard	⬥ D: Chuck Yeager

₹1,250,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed
Who was the first chief of the Indian Air Force after independence?
⬥ A: Sir Gerald Gibbs	⬥ B: Sir R. L. Chapnam
⬥ C: Sir Thomas Elmhirst	⬥ D: Subroto Mukherjee

₹2,500,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed
Which Portuguese navigator was the first to reach Daman in 1523? "50:50" lifeline used.
⬥ A: Vasco de Gama	⬥ B: Diego de Mello
⬥ C: Alfonso de Albuquerque	⬥ D: Lourenco de Almeida

₹5,000,000 (14 of 15) - Not Timed
Which Hollywood actor once captained England in his only appearance in Test cricket? "Phone-A-Friend" lifeline used.
⬥ A: William Holden	⬥ B: C. Aubrey Smith
⬥ C: Alan Ladd	⬥ D: W.C. Fields

His Phone-A-Friend said it was A: William Holden, but he wasn't sure about that, so he decided to walk away. He would have followed his Phone-A-Friend's advice, but the correct answer was B: C. Aubrey Smith.

Sources[]

Ramesh Arora's Run to 1 Crore (from 0:19 to 33:44)