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Q.2 All of the following are true regarding futures contracts except [1 Mark]
Q.3 Clearing Members (CMs) and Trading Members (TMs) are required to collect upfront initial margins from all their
Trading Members/Constituents. [1 Mark]
(a) FALSE
(b) TRUE
Q.4 All open positions in the index futures contracts are daily settled at the [1 Mark]
Q.5. An American style call option contract on the Nifty index with a strike price of 3040 expiring on the 30th June
2008 is specified as “30 JUN 2008 3040 CA”. [1 Mark]
(a) FALSE
(b) TRUE
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Q.8 Position limits have been specified by _______ at trading member, client, market and FII levels respectively. [1
Mark]
(b) Brokers
(c) SEBI
(d) RBI
Q.9 An order which is activated when a price crosses a limit is _________ in F&O segment of NSEIL. [1 Mark]
(a) An investor buying index futures in the hope that the index will go up.
(b) A copper fabricator entering into futures contracts to buy his annual requirements of copper.
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Q.11 An investor is bearish about ABC Ltd. and sells ten one-month ABC Ltd. futures contracts at Rs.5,00,000. On the
last Thursday of the month, ABC Ltd. closes at Rs.510. He makes a _________. (assume one lot = 100) [1 Mark]
Q.13 After SPAN has scanned the 16 different scenarios of underlying market price and volatility changes, it selects the
________ loss from among these 16 observations [1 Mark]
(a) largest
(c) smallest
(d) average
Q.14 Mr. Ram buys 100 calls on a stock with a strike of Rs.1,200. He pays a premium of Rs.50/call. A month later the
stock trades in the market at Rs.1,300. Upon exercise, he will receive __________. [1 Mark]
(a) Rs.10,000
(b) Rs.1,200
(c) Rs.6,000
(d) Rs.1,150
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Q.15 There are no Position Limits prescribed for Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) in the F&O Segment. [1 Mark]
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Q.16 In the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, when S becomes very large a call option is almost certain to be
exercised [1 Mark]
(a) FALSE
(b) TRUE
Q.17 Suppose Nifty options trade for 1, 2 and 3 months expiry with strike prices of 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900,
1910. How many different options contracts will be tradable? [1 Mark]
(a) 27
(b) 42
(c) 18
(d) 24
Q.18 Prior to Financial Year 2005 – 06, transaction in derivatives were considered as speculative transactions for the
purpose of determination of tax liability under the Income-tax Act [1 Mark]
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Q.20 An interest rate is 15% per annum when expressed with annual compounding. What is the equivalent rate with
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(a) 14%
(b) 14.50%
(c) 13.98%
(d) 14.75%
Q.21 The favorable difference received by buyer/holder on the exercise/expiry date, between the final settlement price
as and the strike price, will be recognized as ___________ [1 Mark]
(a) Income
(b) Expense
(d) None
Q.22 The F&O segment of NSE provides trading facilities for the following derivative instruments, except [1 Mark]
Q.23 Derivative is defined under SC(R)A to include : A contract which derives its value from the prices, or index of
prices, of underlying securities. [1 Mark]
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Q.24 The risk management activities and confirmation of trades through the trading system of NSE is carried out by
_______. [1 Mark]
(a) users
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(d) participants
Q.25 A dealer sold one January Nifty futures contract for Rs.250,000 on 15th January. Each Nifty futures contract is for
delivery of 50 Nifties. On 25th January, the index closed at 5100. How much profit/loss did he make ? [1 Mark]
Q.26 Manoj owns five hundred shares of ABC Ltd. Around budget time, he gets uncomfortable with the price
movements. Which of the following will give him the hedge he desires (assuming that one futures contract = 100 shares)
? [1 Mark]
Q.27 An investor is bearish about Tata Motors and sells ten one-month ABC Ltd. Futures contracts at Rs.6,06,000. On
the last Thursday of the month, Tata Motors closes at Rs.600. He makes a _________. (assume one lot = 100) [1
Mark]
Q.28 The beta of Jet Airways is 1.3. A person has a long Jet Airways position of Rs. 200,000 coupled with a short Nifty
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Q.29 Suppose a stock option contract trades for 1, 2 and 3 months expiry with strike prices of 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110,
115. How many different options contracts will be tradable? [1 Mark]
(a) 18
(b) 32
(c) 21
(d) 42
Q.30 The bull spread can be created by only buying and selling [1 Mark]
(b) futures
(c) warrant
(d) options
(a) SEBI
Q.32 Ashish is bullish about HLL which trades in the spot market at Rs.210. He buys 10 three-month call option
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contracts on HLL with a strike of 230 at a premium of Rs.1.05 per call. Three months later, HLL closes at Rs. 250.
Assuming 1 contract = 100 shares, his profit on the position is ____. [1 Mark]
(a) Rs.18,950
(b) Rs.19,500
(c) Rs.10,000
(d) Rs.20,000
Q.33 A January month Nifty Futures contract will expire on the last _____ of January [1 Mark]
(a) Monday
(b) Thursday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Wednesday
Q.34 Which of the following are the most liquid stocks? [1 Mark]
Q.35 In the books of the buyer/holder of the option, the premium paid would be ___________ to ‘Equity Index
Option Premium Account’ or ‘Equity Stock Option Premium Account’, as the case may be. [1 Mark]
(a) Debited
(b) Credited
(c) Depends
(d) None
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(d) None
Q.37 An option which gives the holder the right to sell a stock at a specified price at some time in the future is called a
___________. [1 Mark]
Q.38 Trading member Shantilal took proprietary purchase in a March 2000 contract. He bought 1500 units @Rs.1200
and sold 1400 units @ Rs. 1220. The end of day settlement price was Rs. 1221. What is the outstanding position on
which initial margin will be calculated? [1 Mark]
Q.39 In which year, foreign currency futures based on new floating exchange rate system were introduced at the
Chicago Mercantile Exchange [1 Mark]
(a) 1970
(b) 1975
(c) 1972
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(d) 1974
Q.40 The units of price quotation and minimum price change are not standardized item in a Futures Contract. [1 Mark]
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Q.41 With the introduction of derivatives the underlying cash market witnesses _______ [1 Mark]
Q.42 Clearing members need not collect initial margins from the trading members [1 Mark]
(a) FALSE
(b) TRUE
Q.43 Which risk estimation methodology is used for measuring initial margins for futures/ options Market? [1 Mark]
Q.44 The value of a call option ___________ with a decrease in the spot price. [1 Mark]
(a) increases
(c) decreases
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Q.45 Any person or persons acting in concert who together own ______% or more of the open interest in index
derivatives are required to disclose the same to the clearing corporation. [1 Mark]
(a) 35
(b) 15
(c) 5
(d) 1
Q.46 NSE trades Nifty, CNX IT, BANK Nifty, Nifty Midcap 50 and Mini Nifty futures contracts having all the expiry
cycles, except. [1 Mark]
Q.47 An investor owns one thousand shares of Reliance. Around budget time, he gets uncomfortable with the price
movements. One contract on Reliance is equivalent to 100 shares. Which of the following will give him the hedge he
desires? [1 Mark]
Q.48 Spot Price = Rs. 100. Call Option Strike Price = Rs. 98. Premium = Rs. 4. An investor buys the Option contract. On
Expiry of the Option the Spot price is Rs. 108. Net profit for the Buyer of the Option is ___. [1 Mark]
(a) Rs. 6
(b) Rs. 5
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(c) Rs. 2
(d) Rs. 4
Q.49 In the NEAT F&O system, the hierarchy amongst users comprises of _______. [1 Mark]
Q.50 The open position for the proprietary trades will be on a _______ [1 Mark]
Q.51 The minimum networth for clearing members of the derivatives clearing corporation/ house shall be
__________ [1 Mark]
Q.52 The Black-Scholes option pricing model was developed in _____. [1 Mark]
(a) 1923
(b) 1973
(c) 1887
(d) 1987
Q.53 In the case of index futures contracts, the daily settlement price is the ______. [1 Mark]
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(a) client
(c) broker
Q.55 In the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, as S becomes very large, both N(d1) and N(d2) are both close to 1.0. [1
Mark]
(a) FALSE
(b) TRUE
Q.56 To operate in the derivative segment of NSE, the dealer/broker and sales persons are required to pass
_________ examination. [1 Mark]
(c) NCFM
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Q.58 Margins levied on a member in respect of options contracts are Initial Margin, Premium Margin and Assignment
Margin [1 Mark]
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Q.59 American option are frequently deduced from those of its European counterpart [1 Mark]
(a) FALSE
(b) TRUE
Q.60 Which of the following is closest to the forward price of a share price if Cash Price = Rs.750, Futures Contract
Maturity = 1 year from date, Market Interest rate = 12% and dividend expected is 6%? [1 Mark]
Q61. You are a speculator. You predict the market will go up in the near future and want to take advantage of it. You
would. [1 Mark]
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Q63. Which of the below listed factors does not affect the price of an option on a stock? [1 Mark]
a) Stock price
b) Volatility
c) Dividend
Q64. Trading member Shantilal took proprietary purchase in a March 2000 contract. He bought 1500 units @Rs.1200
and sold 1400 @ Rs. 1220. The end of day Settlement price was Rs. 1221. What is the outstanding position on which
initial margin will be calculated? [1 Mark]
a) 300 units
b) 200 units
c) 100 units
d) 500 units
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Q67. Daily Mark to Market settlement of futures takes place on _____ basis. [1 Mark]
a) T+0
b) T+3
c) T+5
d) T+1
Q68. Immediate or cancel is an order which will automatically ____ in F & O segment of NSEIL.
[1 Mark]
c) Get stored in the system for matching, immediately and in its entirely. If not executed immediately
d) On all stocks where price is more than Rs. 100 per share.
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a) Is fixed
Q72. Futures contracts can be reversed with any member of the derivatives segment of the exchange. [1
Mark]
a) True
b) Cannot be reversed
d) False
Q73. A call option at a strike of Rs. 176 is selling at a premium of Rs.18,. At what price will it break even for the buyer of
the option?. [1 Mark]
a) 196
b) 187
c) 204
d) 194
a) Both the buyer and the seller pay initial margin to the exchange
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Q75. If you have bought a futures contract and the price drops, you will be making a profit. [1 Mark]
a) True
b) False
Q76. If the price of the underlying asset rises sharply after the initiation of a futures contract [1 Mark]
Q77. You can buy stock futures in India regardless of whether you own the shares or not. [1 Mark]
a) True
b) False
Q78. A fund manager is bullish on the market. What should be his course of action? [1 Mark]
Q79. In case of futures, the initial margin is paid only by the seller and not the buyer. [1 Mark]
a) True
b) False
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a) Legal risk
b) Operational risk
c) Liquidity risk.
Q81. The securities which are not delivered in the clearing house during pay-in, are purchased by the clearing house
from the market. The process is known as [1 Mark]
a) Close-out
b) Penalty
c) Auction
d) Upla badla
Q82. If the annual risk-free rate is 10% then the ‘r’ used in the Black-Scholes formula should be
[1 Mark]
a) 0. 095
b) 0.12
c) 12
a) Commodity
b) Derivative Instrument
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a) True
b) False
Q86. With decrease in strike price, the premium on Call decreases. [1 Mark]
a) True
b) False
d) True only
Q87. Time value and intrinsic value together comprise option premium. [1 Mark]
a) True
b) False
Q88. The buyer of an option can lose not more than the option premium paid [1 Mark]
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a) True
b) False
Q89. The bid is the price at which market maker is prepared. [1 Mark]
a) To buy.
b) To sell
c) To remain idle
a) SEBI
b) Any exchange
Q91. An investor is bearish about ABC Ltd. and sells ten one-month ABC Ltd. Futures contracts at Rs.5,00,000. On the
last Thursday of the month, ABC Ltd. closes at Rs.510. He makes a _________. (assume one lot = 100)
[1 Mark]
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a) Weekly basis
b) Every 2 days
c) Every 3 days
d) Daily basis
Q93. Who will be eligible for clearing trades in stock futures? [1 Mark]
c) Only members who are registered with the derivatives segments as Clearing Members
Q94. The daily settlement price for Index futures shall be decided by [1 Mark]
a) SEBI
Q96. Initial margin is set up taking into account the volatility of the underlying market. Generally higher the volatility,
higher is the initial margin. [1 Mark]
a) True
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b) False
a) Historical Volatility
a) decreases
b) increases
d) increases or decreases
Q99. The beta of A.S.STEELS is 1.3. A person has a long A.S.STEELS position of Rs. 200,000 coupled with a short Nifty
position of Rs.100,000. Which of the following is TRUE? [1 Mark]
a) Hedgers
b) Speculators
c) Arbitrageurs
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1 A 21 A 41 C 61 A 81 C
2 A 22 A 42 A 62 C 82 A
3 B 23 A 43 A 63 D 83 B
4 A 24 C 44 C 64 C 84 A
5 B 25 D 45 B 65 C 85 B
6 D 26 B 46 B 66 A 86 B
7 A 27 A 47 B 67 D 87 A
8 C 28 B 48 A 68 D 88 A
9 A 29 D 49 B 69 B 89 A
10 D 30 D 50 A 70 B 90 D
11 B 31 C 51 A 71 C 91 B
12 A 32 A 52 B 72 A 92 D
13 A 33 B 53 A 73 D 93 C
14 A 34 C 54 A 74 A 94 C
15 B 35 A 55 B 75 B 95 B
16 B 36 A 56 C 76 A 96 A
17 B 37 D 57 A 77 A 97 A
18 A 38 C 58 A 78 A 98 B
19 A 39 C 59 B 79 B 99 B
20 C 40 B 60 A 80 D 100 D
Source: www.nseindia.com
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