Kaun Banega Crorepati 17: Can you guess the answer for Rs 5,00,000 question which contestant Pooja Malhotra could not answer?

The latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 17 starts with host Amitabh Bachchan conducting Fastest Finger First and Dr Pooja Malhotra from Ludhiana, Punjab taking the hot seat. After getting selected, a shocked Pooja asks. "Is this for real?" After taking the host’s seat, Amitabh Bachchan asks Pooja about her medical field, to which she reveals that she is an anesthesiologist. She further shares that her husband is also a doctor and works as an ENT surgeon.

After chatting with Dr Pooja, Big B presents the first question Rs 5,000. Generally, which of these are eaten at the end of the meal? The contestant locks Option D) Dessert.




After answering the next few questions correctly, Pooja gets stuck at Rs 2,00,000 questions. She uses two lifelines '50-50' and 'Sanket Suchak' to answer the question. Which of these rivers originates in the Brahmagiri hills? She selects option A) Kaveri.

Moving ahead in the game, when Big B asks them about their love story and how they met. Pooja's husband reveals it was an arranged marriage and they met through their parents. He shares that Pooja's father sent the wedding proposal. He says, "Sir main batana chahunga ye ek he ladki hain, jinko main mila aur shaadi karli. Aisa nahi hai ke kayi log jaise trail lete rehte hain, waisa nahi hai." Big B jokes, "Kya zamana aagaya hai, sab log trail leke aate hain."

Next, she attempts the question for Rs 3,00,000, but she is not aware of the question, she uses her third lifeline 'Audience Poll'.

Which prominent architect designed the building of the National Archives of India in New Delhi, completed in 1926? She selects the most voted Option C) Edwin Lutyens.

Big B reads the next question for Rs 5,00,000. As of November 2025, which of these states does not have a Deputy Chief Minister? Pooja decides to quit the show as she is not confident about the answer. Before leaving, she does a guess work and selects Option A) Maharashtra but it is the wrong answer. The correct answer is Option D) Jharkhand.

She takes home Rs 3,00,000.


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