Business Studies

Financial Markets

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The following was not the objective of setting up the Bombay Stock Exchange:

Enabling shorter settlement cycles and book entry settlements

To conform to international standards

To provide an efficient and transparent market for trading in equity, debt instruments, derivatives and mutual funds

To ensure active trading and safeguard market integrity through an electronically driven exchange

✅ Correct Option: 1

The objectives of BSE include providing an efficient and transparent market for equity, debt, derivatives and mutual funds, ensuring active trading and market integrity through an electronic exchange, and conforming to international standards. Enabling shorter settlement cycles and book entry settlements is an objective of NSE, not BSE.

2026: 31 May Shift 1

Mr Menon is a financial consultant working as a freelancer. He said "Financial markets facilitate easy purchase and sale of financial assets". Identify which function of the financial market he was referring to:

2026: 12 May Shift 1

Match List-I with List-II

List-I (Money Market Instruments)	List-II (Associated keywords)
(A) Treasury Bill	(I) An instrument used by the companies for bridge financing
(B) Commercial Paper	(II) Zero coupon bond
(C) Call Money	(III) Used for inter-bank transactions to maintain cash reserve ratio
(D) Certificate of Deposit	(IV) Used during periods of tight liquidity

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2026: 31 May Shift 1

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-I (Instruments of money market)	LIST-II (Explanation)
A. Treasury Bill	I. Unsecured, negotiable, short term instruments in bearer form, issued by commercial banks and financial institutions.
B. Commercial Paper	II. Short term unsecured promissory note, negotiable and transferable by endorsement and delivery with a fixed maturity period used for bridge financing.
C. Call Money	III. An instrument of short term borrowing by the Government of India.
D. Certificate of Deposit	IV. Short term finance repayable on demand, with a maturity period of one day to fifteen days.

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2026: 20 May Shift 1

Arrange the following in the correct order of the working of the Demat System.

(A) An account opening form and documentation (PAN card details, photograph, power of attorney) may be completed.

(B) If shares are applied in a public offer, simple details of DP and demat account are to be given and the shares on allotment would automatically be credited to the demat account.

(D) A Depository Participant (DP), either a bank, broker, or financial services company, may be identified.

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2026: 31 May Shift 1

The following constitute functions of the stock exchange:

A. Contributes to economic growth

B. Pricing of securities

C. Safety of transactions

D. Restricting equity cult

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2022: 6 Oct Shift 1

Rohit has 500 shares of Ruchi Soya Ltd. Ruchi Soya further issued 1,00,000 equity shares and offered Rohit to buy 1 more equity share for every 5 shares held by him. Identify the method of floatation

The following was not the objective of setting up the Bombay Stock Exchange:

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