Global Indices - Test your General Knowledge - XXXII

1. Which clearing house is the wholly owned subsidiary of NSE?

a. National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd. (NSCCL)
b. India Index Services & Products Ltd. (IISL)
c. Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL)
d. None of the above

2. Bombay Stock Exchange has SENSEX as its one of the major indices. What does
SENSEX stands for?
a. SENSor IndEX
b. SENSitive indEX
c. SENSitive EXchange
d. Sensitive Stocks

3. In which year NSE launched Currency Derivatives?

a. 2009
b. 2008
c. 2003
d. 2006

4. Which is the principal stock exchange of Switzerland?

a. Swiss Exchange
b. Stockholm Stock Exchange
c. Electronic Share Information
d. Santiago Stock Exchange

5. There are three exchanges in China among them are Hong Kong Stock Exchange and
Shanghai Stock Exchange. Which is the third one?
a. Hong Kong Futures Exchange
b. Tokyo Stock Exchange
c. Shenzhen Stock Exchange
d. Osaka Securities Exchange

6. Which is the largest Stock exchange in the world in terms of dollar value of its listed
companies’ stocks?
a. NYSE
b. Chicago Stock Exchange
c. Ftse
d. Stockholm Stock Exchange

7. How many indices exist in the ‘Sector Series’ (indices representing several sectors such
as FMCG, capital goods) of Bombay Stock Exchange?
a. 10
b. 11
 c. 13
d. 9

8. Recently Dow Jones crashed 1000 points on an intraday trade what was this crash called?
a. Flash Crash
b. Black Tuesday
c. Black Monday
d. Mini Crash

9. Which was the first Indian company to list on NYSE?

a. ICICI Bank
b. Wipro
c. Tata Motors
d. Infosys

10. What is the full form of SEBI?

a. Stock Exchange Bureau of India
b. Stock Exchange Board of India
c. Securities Exchange Bureau of India
d. Securities and Exchange Board of India

11. CAC 40 is the prominent stock index of which country?

a. Germany
b. France
c. US
d. Japan

12. What is Dollex-30?

a. Dollar Version of Nifty
b. Dollar Version of BSE-200
c. Dollar Version of BSE Sensex
d. Dollar Version of BSE-100

13. What is full form of NEAT which is the online trading system of the National Stock
Exchange?
a. Nation’s Exchange for Automated Trading
b. National Exchange for Automated Trading
c. Nationwide Exchange for Automated Trading
d. None of the Above

14. Which is the oldest exchange in Asia?

a. National Stock Exchange
b. Hong Kong Stock Exchange
c. Bombay Stock Exchange
d. Tokyo Stock Exchange

15. On which date did the Sensex surge by a record 2110.79 points in a day?
a. May 18, 2009
 b. January 8, 2008
c. October 30, 2006
d. March 30, 1992

Answers
1. a   2. b   3. b   4. a   5. c   6. a   7. b   8. a   9. a   10. d   11. b   12. c   13. b   14. c   15. a

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1. NASDAQ stands for…

a. National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
b. National Stocks Data and Automated Quotes
c. North American Securities Data and Automated Quotations
d. Nation Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation

2. What does NYSE stands for?

a. New York Shares Exchange
b. New York Stock Exchange
c. New York Sugar Exchange
d. New York Securities Exchange

3. When was BSE Sensex index launched?

a. 1986
b. 1980
c. 1978
d. 1989

4. S&P CNX Nifty is a well diversified 50 stock index accounting for how many sectors?
a. 22
b. 5
c. 15
d. 10

5. Xetra is the electronic securities trading system based in

a. India
b. China
c. Germany
d. USA

6. Who is the regulator of financial services industry in UK?

a. Bank of England
b. Securities Exchange Commission
c. Federal Reserve System
d. Financial Services Authority (FSA)
7. Which will be the first foreign company to issue IDR’s (Indian Depository Receipt)?
a. Citibank
b. Standard Chartered Bank
c. Deutsche Bank
d. HSBC

8. What is market capitalization?

a. Share Price multiplied by number of shares outstanding
b. Value of shares of the company held by Foreign investors
c. Value of shares held by the promoters of the company
d. Value of shares in the company held by the public

9. How many stocks does Nifty Index comprise of?

a. 30
b. 100
c. 500
d. 50

10. Funds which invest only in stocks comprising an index and gives returns commensurate
with the index return are called
a. Index Funds
b. Active Funds
c. Dormant Funds
d. None of the above

11. Nifty Index is used in

a. Derivatives
b. Index Funds
c. Exchange traded funds (ETFs)
d. All the above

12. How many stocks does Hang Seng index comprise of?
a. 35
b. 43
c. 30
d. 50

13. National Commodity Clearing Limited (NCCL) is the joint venture between which
companies?
a. NSE and MCX
b. MCX and NCDEX
c. NSE and NCDEX
d. BSE and NCDEX

14. How many stocks does DAX index comprise of?

a. 100
b. 30
 c. 50
d. 40

15. Which was the first company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange?
a. Citigroup
b. Ford Motor
c. Bank of New York
d. General Electric

Answers
1. a   2. b   3. a   4. a   5. c   6. d   7. b   8. a   9. d   10. a   11. d   12. b   13. c   14. b   15. c

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1. Name the company in the news, which formed a search committee to select the successor
to the current chairman.
a. TATA Group
b. Infosys
c. Wipro
d. Ruia Group

2. Who is the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bharti Infratel

a. Mr.L.N.Gupta
b. Dr. Gitesh K Shah
c. Devender Singh Rawat
d. V Narayanan

3. Who has been named brand ambassador of the upcoming Airtel Champions League
Twenty20 by the tournament's official broadcaster and commercial partner ESPN Star
Sports.
a. Salil Ankola
b. Bobby Deol
c. Shahrukh Khan
d. Amitabh Bachchan

4. Who has received the Voice and Data Telecom Person of the Year 2010 award.
a. Anil Sardana
b. Anil Sharma
c. Jayant Dua
d. Gopal D

5. Natrajan Chandrasekaran has been ranked as India’s best CEO according to FinanceAsia
magazine. He is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which of the following companies
a. Infosys
b. Wipro
 c. Arcelor Mittal
d. TCS

6. Which of the following business tycoons has been selected for the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences fellowship
a. Ratan Tata
b. Sunil Mittal
c. Lakshmi Mittal
d. Rahul Bajaj

7. The new police commissioner of Pune has said she will place special emphasis on the
"fitness and preparedness" of staff deployed to respond to terrorist threats in the city,
which was rocked by the February 13 blast at the German Bakery, claiming 17 lives.
Who is she.
a. Meeran Borwankar
b. Malini Shinde
c. Letika Saran
d. Kiran Bedi

8. Taufik Hidayat is associated with which of the following sports

a. Billiards
b. Badminton
c. Basketball
d. Snooker

9. Who authored Johnny gone Down

a. Karan Bajaj
b. Amitav Ghosh
c. Kiran Desai
d. Salman Rushdie

10. What does CBDT stand for

a. Cabinet Board of Direct Taxes
b. Central Board of Direct Taxes
c. Center Board of Direct Taxes
d. Consulting Board of Direct Taxes

11. Who is the President of International Federation of Company Secretaries (IFCS)

a. G. Nizamuddin
b. Keyoor Bakshi
c. Zafar A. Khan
d. Saquib Javed

12. Who is the governor of Maharashtra

a. Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
b. R.S Gavai
 c. S.C. Jamir
d. S.M. Krishna

13. We make the things that make India proud is the punchline of which of the following
companies
a. Philips
b. Voltas
c. LG
d. L&T

14. Which of the following cities in Scotland is also known as the Granite City
a. Aberdeen
b. Dundee
c. Edinburgh
d. Glasgow

15. Which of the following actresses has agreed to be India's national green ambassador to
initiate eco-friendly campaigns in India
a. Deepika Padukone
b. Preity Zinta
c. Priyanka Chopra
d. Sushmita Sen

Answers
1. a   2. c   3. d   4. a   5. d   6. a   7. a   8. b   9. a   10. b   11. b   12. a   13. d   14. a   15. c

Test your General Knowledge - XXIX

1. Who is the winner of the Hungarian Grand Prix

a. Michael Schumacher
b. Mark Webber
c. Nicolas Prost
d. Adrien Tambay

2. Who was presented the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2006. The Jnanpith Award is the
highest literary award in India.
a. Ravindra Kelekar
b. Umashankar Joshi
c. U. R. Ananthamurthy
d. C. Narayanareddy

3. Who is the new Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Prudential Life Insurance
a. Rajesh Menon
b. Nagesh Alai
 c. S Bakshi
d. D. A. Prasanna

4. He was a former Editor in Chief of leading Malayalam daily Malayala Manorama. He

launched many publications such as the women’s magazine Vanitha in Malayalam and
Hindi, the English magazine The Week, the farmer’s magazine Karshakasree, children’s
magazines Balarama, Amar Chitra Katha and Kalikudukka in Malayalam and Magic Pot
in English and encyclopedic Manorama Yearbook in Malayalam, English, Hindi, Tamil
and Bengali. He passed away on August 1st 2010. Name him.
a. K. M. Oommen
b. Cash Reverse Ratio
c. Basava Premanand
d. K M Mathew

5. Who is the new Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)
a. Gopal Das
b. Kuldeep Goyal
c. Amit Shankar
d. B S Nagesh

6. An American stand-up comedian, television host and actress, she has been a judge on
American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season. Recently she quit
the show. Name her.
a. Jennifer Lopez
b. Kara DioGuardi
c. Ellen DeGeneres
d. Paula Abdul

7. Well-known International Newsweek magazine, owned by The Washington Post Co., has
been sold to an American businessman who has been active in education, government,
industry, and publishing. Name him
a. Rupert Murdoch
b. Sidney Harman
c. Brian Gruseke
d. Bill Lane

8. Who is the 12th President of India

a. Pratibha Patil
b. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
c. K. R. Narayanan
d. Hamid Ansari

9. Who authored Around the World in Eighty Days

a. DBC Pierre
b. Charles Dickens
c. Jules Verne
d. Michael Palin
 10. Which is the smallest union territory of India
a. Daman and Diu
b. Lakshadweep
c. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
d. Andaman and Nicobar

11. Who owns the Dainik Bhaskar group of newspapers

a. Raghav Bahl
b. Samir Jain
c. Jagran Prakashan
d. Ramesh Chandra Agarwal

12. _________ is the national sport of India

a. Hockey
b. Cricket
c. Volleyball
d. Baseball

13. Which of the following cities in the US is popularly known as the city of skyscrapers
a. Los Angeles
b. New York
c. Philadelphia
d. Dallas

14. What does AAFI stand for

a. Amateur Athletics Federation of India
b. All Athletics Federation of India
c. All Football Federation of India
d. Associated Athletics Federation of India

15. The Commonwealth games 2010 will be held in

a. Toronto
b. Melbourne
c. Manchester
d. N.Delhi

Answers
1. b   2. a   3. c   4. d   5. a   6. c   7. b   8. a   9. c   10. b   11. d   12. a   13. b   14. a   15. d

Test your General Knowledge - XXVIII

1. Who has been ranked the most trusted name in India in a list compiled by popular
magazine Reader's Digest.
a. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
b. Ratan Tata
 c. Lakshmi Mittal
d. Narayan Murthy

2. Who is the Chairman of the Expert Committee on National Film Awards

a. Dilip Kumar
b. Shyam Benegal
c. Amitabh Bachchan
d. Anupam Kher

3. Who has been reappointed as Prime Minister of Mauritius

a. Angidi Chettiarb
b. Raouf Bundhun
c. Paul Berenger
d. Navinchandra Ramgoolam

4. What does CRR stand for

a. Cyclic Reserve Ratio
b. Cash Reverse Ratio
c. Cash Reserve Ratio
d. Cyclic Reverse Ratio

5. Who authored Catch 22

a. Ernest Hemmingway
b. James Baldwin
c. Joseph Heller
d. Jack London

6. Which of the following politicians has been arrested by CBI in Shorabuddin Case
a. Suresh Mehta
b. Amit Shah
c. Narendra Modi
d. Keshubhai Patel

7. Who is India’s new home secretary

a. Dhirendra Singh
b. G K Pillai
c. SM Krishna
d. Anand Sharma

8. Lee Trevino is associated with which of the following sports

a. Basketball
b. Football
c. Golf
d. Billiards

9. Who was known as the Morning Star of Indian Renaissance

a. Bipin Chandra Pal
b. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
 c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. Ram Mohan Roy

10. Which was the first country to issue stamps

a. Great Britain
b. Greece
c. Germany
d. Guyana

11. Right to Information (RTI) was passed in the year

a. 2001
b. 2005
c. 2003
d. 2006

12. Federation cup is associated with which of the following games

a. Archery
b. Badminton
c. Chess
d. Golf

13. _______ is the largest fresh water lake in India

a. Dal Lake
b. Wular Lake
c. Surinsar Lake
d. Mansar Lake

14. Who is the founder of Nirma group

a. Jagdish Khattar
b. Jyoti Naik
c. Karsanbhai Patel
d. Brijmohan Lall Munjal

15. Who founded the Indian Express in 1936

a. Ramnath Goenka
b. Ramesh Gelli
c. Ramesh Chandra Agarwal
d. M.S.Banga

Answers
1. a   2. b   3. d   4. c   5. c   6. b   7. b   8. c   9. d   10. a   11. b   12. a   13. b   14. c   15. a

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