| Q 1. | Calculate the duration of a Zero Coupon Bond with 8 years to maturity and trading at a yield of 9%. 7 years 7.7 years 8.9 years 8 years
CORRECT ANSWER WRONG ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER:8 years Explanation:
Duration of the Zero Coupon Bond is always same as maturity term. |
| Q 2. | _________ explains the yield curve as a function of a series of expected forward rates. Pure Expectation Hypothesis Liquidity Preference Hypothesis Preferred Habitat Hypothesis None of the above
CORRECT ANSWER WRONG ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER:Pure Expectation Hypothesis |
| Q 3. | In India, the Commercial Papers are regulated by _______ . SEBI Finance Ministry IRDA RBI
CORRECT ANSWER WRONG ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER:RBI Explanation:
CP issues are regulated by RBI Guidelines issued from time to time stipulating term, eligibility, limits and amount and method of issuance. |
| Q 4. | If all the successful bidders have to pay the cut-off price, the auction is called a Dutch auction - State True or False ? True False
CORRECT ANSWER WRONG ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER:True Explanation:
In an uniform price auction ie. Dutch Auction, all successful bidders pay a uniform price, which is usually the cut-off price (yield). |
| Q 5. | The one time membership fees of Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL) is __________ . Rs 1 lakh Rs 10 lakhs Rs 25 lakhs Rs 1 crore
CORRECT ANSWER WRONG ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER:Rs 1 lakh Explanation:
The members pay a one-time membership fee of Rs. 1 lakh. to CCIL. |
| Q 6. | If the price of the bond includes accrued interest, it is called as the _______ of the bond. clean price dirty price special price market price
CORRECT ANSWER WRONG ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER:dirty price Explanation:
If the price of the bond includes accrued interest, it is called as the dirty price or full price of the bond.
Price that excludes accrued interest is called clean price.
In most markets the convention is to quote the clean price, though the buyers always pay the seller the clean price and the accrued interest that is the dirty price. |
| Q 7. | Debentures with maturity less than 18 months need not be rated - State True or False ? True False
CORRECT ANSWER WRONG ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER:True |
| Q 8. | Mr M has a floating rate loan of MIBOR + 100 bps and Mr N has a fixed loan of 11%. They wish to convert their loans from fixed to floating and vice versa. So Mr M enters into a interest rate swap with Mr N. In this Mr M pays 10% to Mr N as a fixed payment and Mr N pays MIBOR + 125 bps to Mr M. The principal amount is Rs 1 crore and an annual payment of IRS, what is the total outflow (interest outflow,swap outflow) for Mr N at the end of one year, if the MIBOR is 9%. Rs 1488500 Rs 1340000 Rs 1270600 Rs 1125000
CORRECT ANSWER WRONG ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER:Rs 1125000 Explanation:
In the SWAP, Mr M has to pay Mr N 10% and Mr N has to pay to Mr M - MIBOR + 125bps = 10.25%
So in net - Mr N has to pay 0.25% to Mr M ( 10.25 - 10 )
The Principal Amount is Rs 10000000 .
So Mr N has to pay Rs 25000 (0.25% of 1 cr) to Mr M
The interest payment of Mr N is 11% of Rs 1 cr = Rs 1100000
So the total outflow for Mr N is Rs 25000 + Rs 1100000 = Rs 11,25,000. |
| Q 9. | In the Retail Debt Market segment of NSE, the face value of securities is _____ . Rs 1 Rs 10 Rs 100 Not fixed
CORRECT ANSWER WRONG ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER:Rs 100 Explanation:
The trading parameters for RDM segment are :
Face Value - Rs 100
Lot Size - 10
Tick - 0.01
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| Q 10. | _________ is not a Central Government T Bills maturity period ? 91 days 152 days 182 days 364 days
CORRECT ANSWER WRONG ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER:152 days Explanation:
Treasury bills are short-term debt instruments issued by the Central government. There are 3 types of T-bills which are issued: 91-days, 182-days and 364-days. |