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Cheating is Officially allowed on
Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hai?
School kids will have lot
of fun and practice moral restraint when they see their elders
restoring to Cheating on Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass se tez hai?,a
television game show based on the international Mark Burnett
format ‘Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?’ where grade-school
level questions are put to adults. But the adults are not to be
blamed; the format allows them to openly cheat.
Format
Each game is played by an individual contestant, who is
presented with the chance to win up to Rupees FIVE Crore by
answering questions taken from the syllabus of a fifth grade
level or lower. The contestant is presented with 10 subject
cards, which he may answer in the order of his choice. Each
correct answer moves the contestant higher up the ladder of
money values. If a contestant answers all 10 questions
correctly, he is given the chance to answer an 11th question
which on answering correctly will get him Rupees FIVE Crore.
Each time a question is answered, the contestant must “confirm”
the answer by saying it out loud. As each new question is read,
the contestant is given the option to drop out with the amount
of money currently in his bank. If the contestant chooses to
answer the question, but gives the wrong answer, he walks away
with nothing (during questions 1-5) or with Rs 200000 (question
6 or later).
The above mechanism varies on the 11th question, if the
contestant should reach it. The 11th question is drawn from a
separate pool of five fifth-grade questions. However, unlike
previous questions, the contestant must commit to answering or
walking away based on subject alone—he will not be allowed to
hear the question before making his decision.
Payout Tree
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Question No |
Amount |
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1 |
10000 |
|
2 |
20000 |
|
3 |
50000 |
|
4 |
100000 |
|
5 |
200000 |
|
6 |
500000 |
|
7 |
1000000 |
|
8 |
2000000 |
|
9 |
5000000 |
|
10 |
10000000 |
|
11 |
50000000 |
The contestant is also
provided three cheats to use over the course of the round. All
of these cheats involve his classmates, which is a group of
children seated on stage who are answering the same questions as
the contestant.
Every two questions, a new classmate joins the contestant and
becomes his teammate for those two questions. The contestant can
use his cheats at any time during the first 10 questions.
The three lifelines are:
Taank Jhaank, which means that the contestant has the
opportunity to review his current teammate’s answer before
submitting his own.
Nakal, in which the contestant may opt not to answer the
question at all, but rather, let his current teammate answer for
him. Unlike the “copy your classmate” cheat, in this instance,
the contestant may not reject his teammate’s answer, but is
stuck with it.
Bachao, this cheat is triggered automatically if the
contestant gives a wrong answer. If the contestant’s current
partner turns out to have the correct answer, the contestant is
then “saved.”
The only instance in which two cheats can be used on the same
question is if the
contestant opts for Taank Jhaank, rejects the kid’s correct
answer, gives a wrong answer himself, and is then saved by the
kid. Other than this one scenario, the cheats must necessarily
be used individually.
If the contestant makes it to the 11th and final question, he
must tackle that question without help, even if he has not used
his cheats.
Upon leaving the game
either by quitting, or answering incorrectly, the contestant
must profess to the camera, "I’m not smarter than a fifth
grader."
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