CBSE Class 12 (Commerce) Financial Markets — practice questions
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Practice CBSE Class 12 (Commerce) Financial Markets in the app →Loans traded in the money market generally run for how long?A market for long-term debt or equity-backed securities is called what?The primary market is also known by which other name?Existing shareholders are offered more shares at a discount, in proportion to holdings. This is called what?Which method of raising funds in the primary market involves an initial public offering?In which market are previously issued shares and bonds bought and sold?In a primary market sale, who receives the money paid by buyers?The ease with which a security can be sold without a loss of value is termed what?Which function lets buyers and sellers set the value of traded financial assets?Which function of financial markets directs fresh savings toward building a nation's productive assets?Trading in the money market mostly involves which kind of financial instruments?What lies at the heart of the money market?Which short-term instrument is issued by a company at a discount and redeemed at face value?What is the maturity range of U.S. Treasury bills?Which loan is made by selling securities with a promise to repurchase them?Banks, thrift institutions and credit unions commonly offer consumers which money market instrument?Which instrument helps the money market finance domestic and international trade?A market made of highly liquid, short-term assets is best described as what?A discount instrument in the fixed income market pays what at maturity?An accrual instrument is issued at face value and matures at what amount?In the bond market, investors who buy bonds become what?Buying shares in the stock market gives an investor what?Why are normal bank loans not classed as capital market transactions?Funds borrowed from money markets are typically used for what?In a debt market, borrowers agree to repay the lender the loan amount plus what?Which of these is not one of the four main types of derivative contract?Derivative products are mainly used for what purpose?Which market trades instruments derived from an underlying asset such as stocks or commodities?Which participant belongs to the non-depository part of financial markets?The scale of price changes over a unit of time is called what?Soft commodities refer to goods of what kind?Which market provides standardized forward contracts for trading at a future date?Which authority regulated Indian capital issues before SEBI?Under which Act did the pre-SEBI regulator derive its power?How many SEBI board members come from the Reserve Bank of India?What is the core aim in SEBI's preamble regarding investors?Which group is among the three that SEBI has to serve in the market?Which of these is a power vested in SEBI?The National Stock Exchange of India was incorporated in which year?The set-up of the NSE followed recommendations of which committee?With which segment did NSE begin operations in June 1994?The NSE equities segment began trading in which month and year?What was NSE the first exchange in India to introduce?The NSE derivatives segment started operations in which year?The NIFTY 50 index had a base value of how much?NSE EMERGE is a platform for listing which kind of firms?In which Indian city is the National Stock Exchange based?NSE International Exchange is headquartered in which place?What did NSE launch in 2023 so non-profits could raise money from the public?Details of a proposed share offering are given to buyers in which document?Market capitalization is share price multiplied by what?An IPO is typically underwritten by whom?After an IPO, shares traded freely in the open market are known as what?Which is a division of the capital market?Banks raise funds for lending by taking what from savers?A developed money market lets banks avoid borrowing from where in an emergency?A deposit in U.S. dollars at a bank outside the United States is called what?Federal funds are usually lent for what period?