Banking Financial Awareness ยท Economics

Financial Markets and Instruments

1,955 Questions

Financial markets and instruments cover mutual funds, risk management, portfolio optimization, and investment strategies. These topics are critical for banking and financial awareness sections in competitive exams. Practice these questions to understand operational risk, asset valuation, and market regulations.

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Financial Markets and Instruments Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Nil

  2. 0.01

  3. 0.02

  4. none

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In India, entry load for mutual funds was abolished by SEBI in 2009. The term 'Nil' correctly indicates that no entry load is charged when investing in mutual funds, making option A correct.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. system investment plan

  2. ststem includede plan

  3. systematic investment plan

  4. simultaneous invest planning

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

SIP stands for Systematic Investment Plan, an investment strategy in mutual funds where investors invest a fixed amount regularly. It promotes disciplined investing and rupee cost averaging.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. mutual fund

  2. nayagan policy

  3. TCS policy

  4. policy

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This completes the well-known proverb "Honesty is the best policy." It means that being truthful and honest is always the right approach, even when it might be difficult. The saying suggests that honesty ultimately leads to better outcomes than lying or deception.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Fixed-interest bonds,treasury bills and notes

  2. Fixed-interest bonds,treasury bills and notes and shares of preferred stock.

  3. only fixed interest bonds

  4. none of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Fixed Income Instruments include securities that provide fixed returns, such as fixed-interest bonds, treasury bills and notes, and preferred stock (which pays fixed dividends). Option B is the most complete answer. Option A is incomplete (missing preferred stock). Option C is too narrow.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Fixed-interest bonds,treasury bills and notes

  2. only fixed interest bonds

  3. Fixed-interest bonds,treasury bills and notes and shares of preferred stock.

  4. none of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Fixed income instruments are securities that provide a return in the form of fixed periodic payments and the eventual return of principal at maturity. This includes fixed-interest bonds, treasury bills, treasury notes, AND preferred stock (which pays fixed dividends). Preferred stock is classified as fixed income because its dividend payments are typically fixed and known in advance, similar to bond interest. Option A is incomplete (omits preferred stock). Option B is too narrow (excludes T-bills and notes).

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Standard

  2. Rentier

  3. Step-up

  4. Certirente

  5. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

All four listed options (Standard, Rentier, Step-up, and Certirente) are valid types of Term account investments. Since the question asks which is NOT a type and all four ARE types, the correct answer is 'None of the above' - meaning there is no option listed that is not a Term account type.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Money is lost

  2. Associated Giro account

  3. Section Zero account

  4. AXA technical account

  5. None of the above, differes case by case

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

When a term account matures and no target account was specified, the funds default to the Section Zero account. This is a system-specific default behavior - the money is not lost, does not go to the Giro account, and does not go to the AXA technical account. Section Zero serves as the catchall destination for unmatured funds.