Stock Exchange Multiple Choice Questions :-
1 Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Nikkei is related to Singapore Stock Exchange
B. Middex belongs to Japan
C. BSE does not belong to sensex
D. FTSE-100 is a stock exchange of London, which monitors European market activities
2. Which of the following index is not matched correctly?
A. SET: Thailand
B. JCI: Japan
C. NASDAQ: America
D. TSEC: Taiwan
3. Which of the following is not a credit rating agency?
A CRISIL
B ICRA
C CARE
D. NIKKEI
4. What is called “Blue Chip”?
A. Companies which are run by large corporate houses
B. A company, whose share always provides profit
C. A multinational company
D. A company which is listed on a foreign stock exchange
5. Where is the New York Stock Exchange located?
A. Wall Street
B. Broadway
C. Empire State Building
D. Times Square
6. Which of the following might be a reason for a stock market to lose value suddenly?
A. A big company going bankrupt
B. Fear of a global recession
C. A terrorist attack
D. All of these
7. Who portrayed Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film “Wall Street”?
A. Martin Sheen
B. Nick Leeson
C. Charlie Sheen
D. Michael Douglas
8. What is SP-500?
A. A crop of wheat
B. The name of Mumbai-based office of SEBI
C. A stock exchange of USA
D. A scheme announced by the Government of India
9. KOSPI is the index of which country?
A. Japan
B. France
C. Singapore
D. South Korea
10. Which of the following words does not belong to the stock exchange?
A. KPO
B. NAV
C. NSE
D. IPO
11. Which of the following cities does NOT have a formal stock exchange?
A. Frankfurt
B. London
C. Monte Carlo
D. Hong Kong
12. Which term most accurately describes selling shares at a higher price than the price at which they were bought?
A. Loss
B. Profit
C. Asset
D. Dividend
13. Which term is used to describe a payout made to shareholders representing their share of a corporation’s profit?
A. Jackpot
B. Dividend
C. Lovely Jubbly
D. Coupon
14. Which of the following are you unlikely to find traded officially on world stock markets?
A. Foreign Currency
B. Insults
C. Company stock/shares
D. Gold
15. The FTSE 100 index is used to measure stock market performance in which country?
A. France
B. Germany
C. Finland
D. United Kingdom
16. How many companies are included in the SENSEX?
A. 50
B. 111
C. 30
D. None
17. Which of the following is responsible for the fluctuations in the Sensex?
A. Political instability
B. Monetary policy
C. Rain
D. All of the above
18. When was Nifty established?
A. 1996
B. 1952
C. 1965
D. None of these
19. Which of the following might you see roaming a stock market?
A. Goats
B. Bulls
C. Cows
D. Mice
20. The United States derivative contracts in which Indian investors will be able to trade at the National Stock Exchange from 29 Aug 2011
A. S&P 500
B. NASDAQ
C. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)
D. Both (a) & (c)
21. With which among the following countries India has NOT signed a bilateral Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA)?
A. Japan
B. South Africa
C. Malaysia
D. South Korea
22. On June 19, 2011, former National Champion Chetan Anand won the Men’s Single title of
A. Maldives Badminton Challenge
B. Mauritius Open Badminton Championship
C. Singapore Open Badminton Championship
D. Indonesian Open Super Series
23. India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL) is a joint venture between two entities-
A. NSE and CRISIL Ltd.
B. BSE and CARE Ltd.
C. BSE and CRISIL Ltd.
D. NSE and ICRA Ltd.
24. World Bank has announced to give loan of Rs 2,900 crore for Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric power project to be set up in
A. Orissa
B. Bihar
C. Uttarakhand
D. Jharkhand
25. With which among the following countries India has signed Double Tax Avoidance Agreement in August 2011?
A. Georgia
B. Japan
C. Switzerland
D. South Africa
26. Baburam Bhattarai has been sworn-in as new Prime Minister of
A. Bhutan
B. Nepal
C. Myanmar
D. None of these
27. The Madhya Pradesh government is celebrating 2011-12 as the
A. Year of Forestry
B. Year of the Tiger
C. Year of Immunisation
D. Year Of Safe Motherhood
28. Oslo’ which recently came into news for shooting/bomb attack is the capital of
A. Norway
B. Libya
C. Egypt
D. Yemen
29. A contract between a buyer and a seller entered into today regarding a transaction to be fulfilled at a future point in time is called
A. Fixed contract
B. Derivative contract
C. Forward contract
D. Future contract
30. Over the life of the derivative contract, the value of the derivative
A. fluctuates with the price of the so-called “underlying” of the contract
B. decreases
C. increases
D. None of these