Finance Quiz

1. An artificial person created by Law is called _______
Company
Partnership Firm
Sole Tradership
2. Maximum number of members in a private company is :
20
200
7
3. To whom dividend is given at a fixed rate in a company?
To preference shareholders
To equity shareholders
To debenture holders
4. Which of the following is not a money market security?
Treasury Bills
Certificate of deposit
Commercial paper
5. Insider trading is related to ___________.
Share market
Horse racing
Taxation
6. Which type of functions does SEBI performs?
Both
Protective & Regulatory
Developmental
7. It is the market for short term funds which deals in assets whose period of maturity is upto 12 months.
Money market
Primary market
Capital market
8. .Companies finance their credit sales using this method of finance.
Trade bills/ Commercial bills
Call money
Commercial papers
9. The ________ keeps securities in electronic form on behalf of the investor?
Depository
Stock exchange
Bank locker
10. Nominal Share Capital is ________
the maximum amount of share capital which a company is authorised to issue
the amount of capital which is actually paid by the shareholders
the amount of capital which is actually applied by the prospective shareholders
11. A rise in ‘Sensex’ means ___________.
an overall rise in price of shares of group of companies registered with Bombay Stock Exchange
a rise in prices of shares of all companies registered with National Stock Exchange
a rise prices of shares of all companies registered with Bombay Stock Exchange
12. The Volatility in the Indian Share Market is due to
    1. Inflow and outflow of foreign funds
    2. Fluctuations in foreign capital market
    3. Changes in the monetary policy
    Which of the above mentioned causes are correct?
1, 2 and 3
1 and 3
1 and 2
13. .Which of the following is correctly matched?
Bombay Stock Exchange – SENSEX
National Stock Exchange – NYSE
New York Stock Exchange – NIFTY
14. The following statements apply to equity/preference shareholders. Which one of them applies only to preference shareholders?
Dividends are usually given at a set amount in every’ financial year.
Shareholders usually have the right to vote
Shareholders bear the risk of no dividends in the event of losses
15. Sensex includes the following securities.
30
40
45