Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 15’s First Crorepati is here!
In the latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati, Jaskaran Singh becomes the first contestant to win 1 crore in Season 15. During the rollover, he successfully answered questions related to diplomatic events, cricketers who had engineering degrees, astronomical questions, Indian history about the viceroy, and many more.
KBC Game with Jaskaran Singh
Jaskaran is from Punjab and he even went on to play the question of 7 crores. However, being unsure of the answer, he did not attempt and chose to quit the game thereby winning 1 Crore and becoming a Crorepati.
The 7 crore question was as follows:
According to the Padma Purana, which king had to live as a tiger for a hundred years due to a deer’s curse?
The options were: A) Kshemadhurti B) Dharmadatta C) Mitadhvaja D) Prabhanjana.
Story of Jaskaran Singh
Jaskaran introduced himself as a graduate of the village Khalra in Punjab. He also mentioned his ongoing preparation to appear for the UPSC entrance exam next year. For the KBC show audition, his father somehow arranged his plane ticket worth Rs. 9-10,000. On the other hand, his friends dropped him to the airport on a scooter. Later, on the show, he also said that this was his first paycheck of his life, and would give the prize money to his father entirely.
Here is the 1crore question:
Who was the Viceroy of India when the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?
Lord Curzon, B. Lord Hardinge, C. Lord Minto, D. Lord Read Reading.
While playing the question of 1 Crore, Jaskaran wasn’t sure of the answer and he was confused with 2 options. He smartly chose to use the double dip lifeline and won 1 crore in the first shot of the lifeline itself thereby winning 1 crore in Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 15. Even when he reached 7 crore questions, he had 1 lifeline unused which was video call a friend which got disabled as per the rules of the game for 7 crore questions.
Prior to that, he also played KBC Super Sandook where he won Rs. 80,000 and thereby revived the audience poll lifeline.
Amitabh Bachchan’s emotions on stage
Watching Jaskaran Singh win 1 crore made Big B emotional too. Big B’s eyes got watery with happiness and was visible during the telecast. Later he also revealed that Jaskaran’s grandmother would cook for kids, and grandfather would sell Chole Bhature on the streets just like the KBC Season 11 Winner ‘Babita Tawde.’