NISM Series XIII: Common Derivatives Certification

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If you’re planning to appear for the NISM Series XIII: Common Derivatives Certification Exam, you’re already on the path to deepening your understanding of India’s derivatives market—a key segment of the financial industry. This exam is not just a regulatory requirement for certain market roles; it’s also a crucial step for anyone looking to build serious expertise in equity and currency derivatives trading.

Whether you’re a student of finance, a working professional in capital markets, or an aspiring trader, preparing thoroughly for this certification can make a real difference. And the best part? You don’t have to do it alone or rely solely on heavy textbooks. With the right strategy and tools, you can streamline your preparation and walk into the exam room with confidence.


Why the NISM Series XIII Certification Matters

The NISM (National Institute of Securities Markets) Series XIII certification focuses on equity and currency derivatives—two instruments widely used for hedging, speculation, and arbitrage in India’s capital markets. The certification is mandatory for professionals working with members of stock exchanges dealing in derivatives segments, especially if they’re involved in trading, clearing, or settlement.

Passing this exam not only ensures regulatory compliance but also enhances your employability in stock broking firms, investment advisory services, trading desks, and financial institutions.

The syllabus includes a variety of critical topics:

  • Basics of derivatives
  • Trading strategies using futures and options
  • Clearing, settlement, and risk management
  • Legal and regulatory framework

It’s a comprehensive course that requires not just understanding the theory but also applying it in real-world scenarios. That’s where mock tests can help tremendously.


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Here are 150 sample MCQs to help you prepare for the NISM Series XIII: Common Derivatives Certification Examination.

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1. If participant buy 10 lot of single bond futures at Rs. 99, then contract value _________.

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2. Which of the following has higher credit risk?

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Insurance companies are allowed to participate in interest rate futures only for _____.

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4. __________ net worth shall be computed as liquid assets less initial margin and extreme loss margin payable at any point in time.

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5. Traditionally, the _______ serves the function of production-consumption in international trade.

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A trader feels that INR should depreciate against USD in next few months. What currency futures trade will be profitable to him if his views comes correct?

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Guidance Notes on Accounting for Derivatives Contract recognise following type of hedging for hedge accounting: ____________.

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According to the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957, what is the minimum age for an individual to become a trading member?

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9. A trader shorted a future at ₹1,000. Price rose to ₹1,050. The loss is:

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For the open positions on last trading day, the seller must notify the Clearing Corporation his intention to deliver by the close of ____

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11. In an interest rate swap, the floating leg is typically tied to:

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12. The interest rate on ______ is the benchmark for determining the interest rate on other debt instruments.

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If the annual interest rate is 5% and the dividend yield on a stock is 2%, what is the six-month futures price of a stock currently trading at Rs 500 in the spot market?

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14. What is the settlement method for USDINR futures?

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15. Following derivatives contracts are traded only on Exchanges?

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16. Credit spread is the price of ___________.

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17. A company, which is due to receive a payment in a foreign currency on a future date, enters into a forward transaction with a bank agreeing to sell the foreign currency and receive a predetermined quantity of domestic currency. This is an example of Hedging.

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Identify the contract which is cleared and settled bilaterally

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19. Initial margin requirements shall be based on 99% _________ over a one day time horizon.

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20. Which category of market participants seeks to reduce risk exposure?

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21. The ____________ model was developed by William Sharpe in 1978.

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22. Option buyer faces ________ risk and option seller faces __________ risk.

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23. The price which option buyer pays to option seller to acquire the right is called as ___________.

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24. A speculator's aim in derivatives is to:

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25. The minimum net worth required for a Clearing Member is:

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26. Usually, income from Exchange traded derivatives is treated as _________.

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Margins across the various clients of a member are collected on a gross basis

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28. SEBI-registered brokers can introduce DMA facility to their clients after obtaining permission from respective ____________.

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Daily Mark to market settlement of Exchange traded interest rate future contract is __________.

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30. Which of the following is the last trading day for cash settled 10-year bond futures?

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31. As a trader you believe EURUSD will move from 1.58 to 1.44 in next 2 months. Which of the following would you do to execute this view using currency futures contract of EURINR and USDINR?

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32. For equity derivatives, carrying cost is the interest paid to finance the purchase less (minus) dividend earned.

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33. What is “Impact cost” in the context of an index?

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34. The futures hedge is simultaneously exposed to both basis risk and yield curve spread risk.

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A company expects to receive USD 100,000 in 2 months. Current USDINR is 83.40. To hedge, it sells USD futures at 83.60. If INR appreciates to 83.00 at expiry, what is the profit?

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36. Margins in 'Futures' trading are to be paid by _______.

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37. A penalty or suspension of registration of a stock broker from derivatives exchange/segment under the SEBI (Stock Broker) Regulations, 1992 can take place if _______________.

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A Professional Clearing Member of derivatives segment _______

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39. Securities Transaction Tax (STT) in case of Sale of an option in securities is payable by_______.

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40. Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a forward contract?

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The lot size for EURINR futures contract is

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42. In case of Clearing Member default, which funds are used first?

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If 1 year interest rate is 2% in USA and 10% in India, and USDINR is at 44, what is the expected 6 month future rate?

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44. Interoperability of clearing corporation framework is allowed all the products
available in the Indian securities markets, EXCEPT:

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45. Which of the following qualifies as Liquid Assets for margin?

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Execution of Power of attorney by the client in favor of stockbroker is _____

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47. A calendar spread contract in index futures attracts ___________.

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48. Usually, income from Exchange traded derivatives is treated as _________.

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49. ______ specifies how to convert the payment period into year fraction.

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50. Consider a scenario in which USDINR was quoting as 63.40/63.42 and EURUSD as 1.1450 / 1.1453 in the morning and by the day end USDINR moves to 63.10/63.12 while EURUSD moves to 1.1420/1.1422. What would best describe the movement of currency during the day ?

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51. The computation of turnover is a very important factor as the applicability of _________ is determined on the basis of turnover.

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52. The initial margin amount is large enough to cover a one day loss that can be encountered on ________ of the days.

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You expect GBP/USD to rise from 1.63 to 1.68. How should you trade GBP/INR & USD/INR futures?

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54. Derivative transactions before FY 2005–06 were considered:

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55. When the index future is used to hedge against the market risk on a portfolio, then it can be called as a cross hedge.

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56. What is the settlement method for 91-day bill futures?

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57. The margins shall be collected /adjusted from the _________ assets of the member on a real time basis.

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Person goes short in a GBPINR futures contract at Rs.99.75 and on expiry GBPINR reference rate is Rs. 100.75, he will ________?

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59. A Buy or a Sell order(s) which is/ are lying unmatched in the order book are known as
________________.

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60. The _______ deviation is calculated using the Exponential Weighted Moving Average (EWMA).

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61. The investor has the right to demand prepayment on specified dates before maturity in case of _______.

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62. Assume you are an exporter, and you want to sell USD that you have received as
export remittance. The bank quotes a price of 75.10 / 75.12 for USDINR. At what price
can you sell one unit of USD?

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Rahul 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 ABC futures contract = 100 shares) ?

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64. Operational risks include losses due to ____________.

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

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66. Which of the following is true about put options?

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Limitation of Interest Rate Derivatives for Hedgers is mainly due to ____

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68. The ___________ has a strong international presence and second-largest and second-most traded currency in the international markets.

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Insurance companies are allowed to participate in interest rate futures only for _____.

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70. Which Greek indicates the impact of time decay on an option?

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71. A covered call strategy involves:

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72. A person has invested USD 100,000 in US equities with a view of appreciation of US stock market. In next one year, his investments in US equities appreciated in value to USD120,000. The investor decided to sell off his portfolio and repatriate the capital and profits to India. At the time of investing abroad the exchange rate was 44.5 and at the time of converting USD back into INR, he received an exchange rate of 46. How much is the return on investment in USD and in INR respectively?

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___ is the process of computing open positions and determining mark to market margins

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74. Which of these best defines basis in futures trading?

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75. If an option is exercised, the STT is applicable on:

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76.  Which of the following is a non-deliverable forward (NDF)?

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77. The purpose of interest rate swaps is to:

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78. If a member has payable obligation towards pay-in as well as margins, then ________.

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79. Maximum loss for a short straddle is:

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80. You are the owner of a 15 million portfolio with a beta 1.0. You would like to insure your portfolio against a fall in the index of magnitude higher than 10%. Spot Nifty stands at 9000. Put options on the Nifty are available at three strike prices. Which strike will give you the insurance you want?

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81. Government securities & T-Bills can be considered as _________ of collateral deposits given to clearing corporation by its members.

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82. Nifty and Sensex originally followed which methodology?

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83. If an Option has a high Gamma, what can be said about Option’s Delta?

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A call option gives the buyer the right to buy the underlying at market price

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85. A put option becomes profitable when:

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86. Which act empowers SEBI to regulate securities markets?

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87. Gaurav Buys USD-INR 16 contracts (1 lot= USD 1000) at Rs. 49.25 per unit. If tick size is Re.0025 how much he will gain or lose if there is upward movement of 10 ticks?

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88. In India, currency futures are regulated by:

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89. When the forex strike rate increases, the put option premium _______.

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90. Which one of the following statements is FALSE?

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What is the net payoff for Ms. Sakshi, who purchased a Rs 21.50 strike call option for Rs 0.20, if the underlying bond price closes at Rs 21.70 on the expiry date?

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When a client defaults in making payments in respect of a daily settlement, the contract is closed out. The amount not paid by the client is adjusted against the ___

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How are proprietary positions calculated for a Trading Member?

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94. Which is the most active currency pair in the world?

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95. Margin money in futures contracts is meant to:

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A naked position involves holding an equivalent position in the underlying asset

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97. What should the affected stock exchange do to restore normalcy of operations during an outage?

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98. If implied volatility increases, which of the following increases in value?

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99. SEBI was established under which year’s Act?

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100. Find out the Intrinsic value of a CALL option of ABC. Spot is Rs 2000. Strike is Rs 2020.

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101. The difference between option premium and intrinsic value is __________.

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102. Which one is true about SEBI’s regulation on derivatives?

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103. The relationship between bond price and yield to maturity is _______.

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A ________ order is classified as price related condition.

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105. The difference between option premium and intrinsic value is __________.

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106. _______ is the price that is used to compute the price range for the opening trade on any trading day.

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You sold one XYZ Stock Futures contract at Rs. 278 and the lot size is 1,200. What is your profit (+) or loss (-), if you purchase the contract back at Rs. 265?

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Assume that on 1st December 2020, USD-INR spot was at 45, premium for January 2021 maturity put option at strike of 45.5 is INR 0.54/0.55 and premium for January 2021 maturity call option at strike of 45 is INR 0.71/0.72. A client executes a trade wherein he buys put at a strike of 45.5 and sells a call at a strike of 45. On expiry the RBI reference rate is 44.75. How much net profit/loss did the client make per USD?

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109. An institution buys a put option on 10Y G-Sec at strike 98. If price falls to 96, what is the intrinsic value?

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110. The counterparty risk in exchange-traded derivatives is borne by:

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111. State whether TRUE or FALSE: Impact cost is low when the liquidity in the system is poor.

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112. A Trading Member has two Clients: Client A and Client B. Client A has net Long Position of 12 and Client B has net Short Position of 10. What is the net position for the Trading Member?

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113. Which of the following is NOT an example of a derivative?

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Assume that the one-year interest rate is 1% in US, 2% in UK and 7% in India. If current GBPINR spot rate is 91.60, what would be the one-year future rate of GBPINR?

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115. Which user is at the lowest level in the heirarchy of trading firm?

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116. The yield to maturity amortizes the capital gain or loss at redemption over the bond's life and adds it to the _______.

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117. Which of the following is true?

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Which of the following segments of market participants are allowed to trade in currency futures?

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A defaulting member's clients’ positions could be transferred to ____________ by the Clearing Corporation.

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120. Which organization guarantees financial settlement in derivatives?

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121. A person has invested INR 100,000 in an Indian corporate bond for a year giving a
return of 16% in one year. The person plans to use the proceeds from the maturity of
corporate bond to fund his son's education on US. At the time of investing in the
corporate bond, USDINR spot rate was 70 and one year premium was 4%. The person
decides to hedge currency risk using USDINR one year futures. At the end of one year,
how many USD can this person remit to his son.

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122. Position limit for EURUSD at trading member level is?

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Consider a scenario in which USDINR was quoting as 63.40/63.42 and EURUSD as 1.1450/1.1453 in the morning and by the day end USDINR moves to 63.10/63.12 while EURUSD moves to 1.1420/1.1422. What would best describe the movement of currency during the day?

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The market value of one contract is 2,000 times the quoted price and the market price is 106.10, the face value of 200,000. Compute the market value.

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125. A trader sells a future and buys the same stock. He is:

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An importer takes a long position in USDINR futures contract at a price of 53 by buying 20 lots. At the  expiry, the settlement price is 54.3. how much profit or loss did the importer make?

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127. Market risk or systematic risk can be reduced by using index derivatives.

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128. A penalty or suspension of registration of a stock broker from derivatives exchange/segment under the SEBI (Stock Broker) Regulations, 1992 can take place if _______________.

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129. A Buy or a Sell order(s) which is/are lying unmatched in the order book are known as ________________.

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At 11 am RBI announced the credit policy and a deduction in interest rates. Generally such a step will lead to ______ of rupees

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Regulations on buying and selling of T bills and T bond futures for NRIs and FII investors?

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132. Unsystematic risk can be reduced by portfolio diversification.

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133. The most traded currency pair is:

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134. Which of these is true about a European Option?

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135. The current yield cannot be considered as true return because it does not consider the ________.

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136. Order lying unmatched in the system is called _____________.

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All the 50 stocks of NSE NIFTY index are equally weighted while calculating the index.

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138. What is the Base Minimum Capital requirement specified by the SEBI for only
Proprietary trading without Algorithmic trading (Algo)?

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139. An option is _________, if on exercising it, the option buyer gets positive cash flow.

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140. Interoperability of clearing corporation framework is allowed for all the products available in the Indian securities markets, EXCEPT: __________.

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141. In India, index derivatives are available on:

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142. Clearing members are responsible for:

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143.  What best describes a derivative?

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144. Bearish Vertical Spreads can be implemented by the use of _________.

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145. RBI guideline on Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2019 permit _______________ to participate in interest rate derivatives contract.

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146. Total number of derivatives contracts outstanding is called __________

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147. On the derivative exchanges, all the orders entered on the Trading System are at prices exclusive of brokerage.

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148. Which of the following instruments is used for hedging index exposure?

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149. Convenience return for a commodity is likely to be different for different people, depending on the way they use it.

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

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