B.Com Banking & Insurance Financial Markets — practice questions
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Practice B.Com Banking & Insurance Financial Markets in the app →A financial market links savers and investors, performing what is known as its:The process by which allocation of funds is done through banks or markets is called:Which is one of the four functions of a financial market?By making financial assets easy to buy and sell, markets provide:Financial markets are classified on the basis of the:Instruments with a maturity of less than one year are traded in the:The money market has:Which is a major participant in the money market?A Treasury bill is an instrument of short-term borrowing by the:Treasury bills are also known as:A 91-day Treasury bill of face value 1,00,000 bought for 96,000 earns the investor:The difference between the issue price of a treasury bill and its redemption value is called:Treasury bills are available for a minimum amount of:A short-term unsecured promissory note issued by large creditworthy companies is:Using funds raised through commercial paper to meet floatation costs of a bigger issue is called:Short-term finance repayable on demand, with maturity of one day to fifteen days, used between banks, is:The interest rate paid on call money loans is known as the:Unsecured, negotiable, short-term bearer instruments issued by commercial banks are:A bill of exchange used to finance credit sales, drawn by the seller and accepted by the buyer, becomes a:A trade bill accepted by a commercial bank is known as a:Facilities and institutional arrangements through which long-term funds are raised form the:The SENSEX, the benchmark index of the BSE, is made up of how many actively traded stocks?Anything that is acceptable as payment for goods and services is:Pebbles would fail as money because they are widely available. Money needs:A banana fails as money because it spoils. Money must have:Heavy gold bars are poor money because they are hard to carry. Money needs:Money must break into smaller parts so purchases of any size can be made. This is:When money makes buying and selling easier than barter, it is acting as a:When prices let buyers compare the worth of different goods, money is acting as a:Cash held in the form of coins and paper money is called:Money kept in checking accounts that can be taken out at any time forms:Deposits that pay interest but cannot be withdrawn on demand are:The measure of readily available money, made of currency plus demand deposits, is:The broader measure that adds time deposits and less accessible money is:Profit-oriented institutions that take deposits, lend and invest in securities are:Not-for-profit financial cooperatives owned by their members are:Depository institutions formed to encourage household saving and make home mortgage loans are:A bank cannot open without an operating licence known as a:Financial institutions standing between the suppliers and demanders of funds perform:Large pools of money set aside to pay retirement benefits later are:Buying and selling government bonds to speed up or slow the economy is called:The rule that member banks must keep part of their deposits in cash or at a district bank is the:The interest rate the central bank charges its member banks is the:The central bank's power to set consumer credit rules and margin requirements is called:The amount a bond issuer repays at the end of the bond's term is its:The rate used to work out the periodic interest payments on a bond is the:The regular interest payment on a bond is found by multiplying the par value by the:The date on which a bond's term comes to an end is the:The discount rate that brings a bond's future cash flows to present value is the:A bond whose coupon rate exceeds its yield to maturity will sell:A bond whose coupon rate is below its yield to maturity will sell:When the coupon rate and the yield to maturity are identical, the bond sells:The safest category of bonds described, backed fully by the United States government, is:Bonds issued by cities, states and their agencies are called:Corporate bonds carry more risk than government bonds because companies cannot:Corporate bonds that make no regular coupon payments are:Bonds that can be exchanged for a set number of common shares are:Which three firms are named as the largest bond rating providers?Bonds in the top rating bands are described as:Investment-grade bonds are especially popular because many commercial banks and pension funds:Because bonds are fixed-income investments, they are exposed to risks that can hurt their:A bond paying 8% on a par value of 1,000 makes an annual coupon payment of:A bond paying 5% on a par value of 1,000 makes an annual coupon payment of:If a 1,000 par bond pays 6% annually in two equal instalments, each payment is:Coupon rates are always expressed in which terms, even when payments are more frequent?The yield column of a bond table shows the return an investor gets if the bond is: