• 1. 
    ----------------- is based on the uncertain event whose result determined by chance or accident

  • Gambling
  • Speculation
  • Dead cat bouncing
  • Market fluctuations
  • 2. 
    When the exchange rate changes from 1.0 euros to the dollar to 0.8 euros to the dollar, the euro has ________ and the dollar has ________

  • appreciated; appreciated
  • depreciated; appreciated
  • appreciated; depreciated
  • depreciated; depreciated
  • 3. 
    Compared to money market securities, capital market securities have

  • more liquidity
  • longer maturity
  • lower yields
  • less risk
  • 4. 
    The financial results of a company show that it has suffered losses due to decliningmarket share. The price of its equity share drops in the market. This is an example of therole of the market as: _________.

  • Provider of liquidity
  • Orderly channel for transfer of funds from investors to issuers
  • Generator of productive investments
  • Information Signalling through prices
  • 5. 
    The reserves of a company rightfully belong to ____________.

  • Equity Shareholders
  • Institutional lenders
  • Promoters
  • Employees
  • 6. 
    Suppose that you purchase a 91-day Treasury bill for $9,850 that is worth $10,000 when it matures. The security's discount rate if held to maturity is about

  • 4.87%
  • 5.93%
  • 6.18%
  • 7.00%
  • 7. 
    The primary reason that individuals and firms choose to borrow long-term is to

  • reduce the risk that interest rates will fall before they pay off their debt
  • reduce the risk that interest rates will rise before they pay off their debt.
  • reduce monthly interest payments, as interest rates tend to be higher on short-term than long-term debt instruments
  • reduce total interest payments over the life of the debt
  • 8. 
    A stock currently sells for $25 per share and pays $0.24 per year in dividends. What is an investor's valuation of this stock if she expects it to be selling for $30 in one year and requires a 15 percent return on equity investments?

  • $30.24
  • $26.30
  • $26.09
  • $27.74
  • 9. 
    SD's stock price is currently $25. It is expected to pay a dividend of $0.85 a share in the current year. If its price one year is predicted to be $27.50, what is the expected return?

  • -6.6%
  • 12.18%
  • 12.50%
  • 13.4%
  • 10. 
    According to the Gordon growth model, what is an investor's valuation of a stock whose current dividend is $1.00 per year if dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 10 percent over a long period of time and the investor's required return is 15 percent?

  • $20
  • $11
  • $22
  • $7.73
  • 11. 
    What are stocks?

  • Shares of ownership in a corporation.
  • Shares of trading in a corporation.
  • Bonds with potential to make money.
  • Bonds that are traded.
  • 12. 
    Money market securities have all the following characteristics except they are not

  • short term
  • money
  • low risk
  • very liquid
  • 13. 
    Who is the chairman of SEBI?

  • Ajay Tyagi
  • Arvind Panagariya
  • C. Rangarajan
  • Raghuram Rajan
  • 14. 
    When the value of the British pound changes from $1.50 to $1.25, the pound has ________ and the dollar has ________.

  • appreciated; appreciated
  • depreciated; appreciated
  • appreciated; depreciated
  • depreciated; depreciated
  • 15. 
    What is an IPO?

  • Initial Polling Office
  • Initial Public Offering
  • International Public Office
  • Increasing Public Opportunity
  • 16. 
    Professional independent brokers are called------------------

  • Broker
  • Hedger
  • Jobber
  • Budlawalas
  • 17. 
    Typically, the interest rate on corporate bonds will be ________ the more restrictions are placed on management through restrictive covenants, because ________.

  • higher; corporate earnings will be limited by the restrictions
  • higher; the bonds will be considered safer by bondholders
  • lower; the bonds will be considered safer by buyers
  • lower; corporate earnings will be higher with more restrictions in place
  • 18. 
    State the name of an optimistic speculator?

  • Bear
  • Cat
  • Stag
  • Bull
  • 19. 
    Statutory body governing the capital market

  • Commercial Banks
  • RBI
  • SEBI
  • IDBI
  • 20. 
    A basic principle of finance is that the value of any investment is

  • the present value of all future net cash flows generated by the investment
  • the undiscounted sum of all future net cash flows generated by the investment
  • unrelated to the future net cash flows generated by the investment
  • unrelated to the degree of risk associated with the future net cash flows generated by the investment
  • 21. 
    Who make benefit from share market price differences?

  • Arbitrageurs
  • Speculator
  • Gambler
  • Broker
  • 22. 
    Finance companies raise funds in the money market by selling

  • commercial paper
  • federal funds
  • negotiable certificates of deposits
  • Eurodollars
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