NISM Series XIII Mock Test 17

1. Contract cycle expires on _________.

2.

Assuming a base price of 100 and a 1% trading range, what is the permissible opening price for the day?

3. Arbitrageurs lock in a profit by simultaneously entering opposite side transactions in two or more markets.

4. The _________ shall record his reasons for treating any transaction or a series of transactions as suspicious

5.

How are futures contracts on 91 days t-bills settled?

6. Trading/Clearing Members can be in both governing councils of Currency derivatives segment and equity derivatives segment.

7. __________ can be readily computed from the market price of zero-coupon bond.

8. __________ does clearing, settlement and risk management for trades executed on Exchanges.

9. The inter-commodity spread consists of buying futures on one underlying and selling futures on another for the ________.

10.

Hedging for multiple bonds in a portfolio can be done by using _____

11. ______ is defined as coupon divided by bond price.

12. The 'Equity Index Option Premium Account' and the 'Equity Stock Option Premium Account' should be shown under the head _________.

13. Individuals can become members in Currency derivatives segment.

14. An open interest is the total number of contracts traded in a month for an underlying asset.

15. _________ are hybrid assets and derived by combining a bond with derivative product option whose underlying is one of the physical assets.

16. The client is expected to sign on the ____________ of the contract note.

17. The extent and availability of collateral should be factored in while arriving at the fair value of a _______ contract.

18. The ___________ are normally for spot deliveries, and are considered as base rate.

19.

Which of the following derivatives have the largest market size globally?

20.

What term describes a trade that decreases a client’s existing open position in a contract?

21.

With respect to investments, what does Diversification means?

22. _______ involves taking high risk in expectation of desirable profit.

23. The ___________________ of the option is required to pay initial margin for entering into the option contract.

24. __________ assets are segregated as cash component and non-cash component.

25. A trader executes following currency futures trade: buys one lot of USD/INR, sells one lot of JPY/INR. What view has he executed?

26.

For the purposes of determining the expiry of cash settled single Government of India bond futures contracts, identify which of the following constitutes a three quarterly month?

27. The prices or the yields of deliverable bonds do not change during trading hours in case of CTD bonds.

28. Derivative losses can be carried forward for a period of ______ assessment years.

29. Futures markets are designed to solve the problems that exist in the ____________.

30. Which of the following statement is true about market index?

31. What is the final settlement rate in case of 91-day treasury bill?

32.

Which of the following complaints can be taken up by the exchange for redressal?

33.

For interest rate derivatives transactions executed on Indian Stock Exchanges, stamp duty is levied on ____

34. The carry price of the contract changes every day because of the _______.

35. Expiry date i.e. the last trading day will be two business days prior to the Value date / Final Settlement Date.

36.

When using a bullish vertical spread with call options, the trader will typically _____

37. The operating range applicable in the stock futures is _____.

38. On exercise, the _________ gives its holder a positive cash flow.

39. Long hedge is the transaction- when we hedge our position in futures market by going long in cash market.

40. You own a portfolio of various stock for long term but currently you are unsure of the market. The best possible action to safe guard your investments is :

41.

On what basis are treasury bill futures contracts are traded?

42. The amount of asset that has to be delivered under one contract is the _______.

43.

A ____ is where a trader buys a particular month contract ( futures or options ) and sell ( i.e. take an opposite position ) of the same contract of the different month

44. The clearing member's liquid net worth after adjusting for the initial margin and extreme loss margin requirements must be at least Rs. 50 lakhs at all points in time.

45. How many USDINR Futures contracts can be made available for trading at a given time?

46. The price of Base Currency (BC) is expressed in Quoting Currency (QC) in the forex market

47.

What is the specified face value amount for one lot of treasury bill futures that can be traded?

48. A Call Option is said to be In-the-Money if _________.

49. When you sell a PUT option, you expect _________.

50. The market value is Rs 5.74 lakhs and its modified duration is 6.28. If the yield changes by one basis point, the market value will change by _______.