2. Who founded the famous Wall Street Journal? A) Charles Dow and Edward Jones B) Peter Dimond C) George Marshall D) Dale Moortensen Answer: A) Charles Dow and Edward Jones
3. Which Financial Services giant is known as the Thundering Herd? A) Goldman Sachs B) JP Morgan Chase C) Merill Lynch D) Lehman Brothers Answer: C) Merill Lynch
4. What term became popular after the newspaper report of Watergate Scandal in the year 1973? A) Money Laundering B) Havala C) Money Hoarding D) Red Herring Answer: A) Money Laundering
5. Name the person who introduced the 'Double Entry' book keeping concept? A) Lucas Pacioli B) Henry Fayol C) Richard stone D) Franco Modigliani Answer: A) Lucas Pacioli
6. Name the term used for depreciating a company's intangible assets? A) Amortization B) Depreciation C) Nominalization D) None of the Above Answer: A) Amortization
7. This term is derived from the Greek word 'Oikanomia' means "House Management". What is it? A) Finance B) Hotel Management C) Economics D) None of the above Answer: C) Economics
8. Name the first Indian woman CEO of a Foreign Bank? A) TariniVaidya B) NainaLalKidwai C) IndraNooyi D) ChandaKochhar Answer: A) TariniVaidya
9. He is the pioneer in mutual fund industry and often referred as the Father of Index Fund investing. He created the first S&P 500 Index fund. Identify this famous person? A) John Bogle B) James Tobin C) Lawrence Klein D) Herbert Simon Answer: A) John Bogle
10. Name India's largest Mutual Fund scheme which had a troublesome run and make the investors unhappy? A) US-64 UTI B) Open Ended Scheme C) Index Scheme D) US-69 UTI Answer: A) US-64 UTI
11. Name this famous personality who founded Pratichi Trust with the use of his Nobel Prize money? A) AmartyaSen B) HargobindKhurana C) V S Naipaul D) VenkatramanRamakrishnan Answer: A) AmartyaSen
12. Currency trivia. In India where is the Paper for the currency manufactured? A) Security Paper Mill,Hoshangabad, MP B) Currency Paper Mill, Khadagvasla C) Imperial Paper Industry, Pimpri D) None Answer: A) Security Paper Mill
13. What do you call when a firm's actual bank balance is greater than the balance shown in the firm's book? A) Payment Float B) Overfull State C) Flooding Phenomenon D) High Tide Firm Answer: A) Payment Float
14. Which word was derived from the French word Bougette meaning 'Little Bag'? ** Chocolate Question Answer: Budget
15. What is known as the working balance in foreign currency maintained by a bank in Country X with its correspondent bank in Country Y to facilitate delivery or receipt of currencies? A) Vostro Account B) Nostro Account C) Alien Account D) None Answer: B) Nostro Account
16. In 1921 the three Presidency Banks in India named Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras were amalgamated to form which other Bank? A) Bank of Baroda B) Reserve Bank of India C) State Bank of India D) Central Bank Answer: C) State Bank of India
17. Which is India's first Credit Rating Agency set up jointly by LIC, GIC, UTI, ICICI and Asian Development Bank in January 1988? A) CRISIL B) ORG Marg C) Nielson D) CNX Answer: A) CRISIL
18. What does NASDAQ stands for? A) National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations B) National Association for Software Dealing in Automated Quotations C) National Association in Security Dealing by Automated Quotation D) National Association of Software Dealers Automated Quotations Answer: A
19. Which exchange sports the tagline ' The world Invests in us‘ A) LSE B) NYSE C) DowJones D) BSE Answer: B) NYSE
20. The first Stock Market in the world? A) NYSE, USA B) Antwerp, Belgium C) BSE, India D) Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japan Answer: B) Antwerp, Belgium
21. Who is the newly appointed IMF chief? A) ChrisitneLagarde B) Pascal Lamy C) Jeff Immelt D) Strauss Kahn Answer: A) Christine Lagarde
22. Write the name of the country and stock exchanges whose flag has been displayed.
23. Answers: Brazil: Bovespa Germany: DAX/ Deutsche Borse Hong Kong: Hang Seng/ Hong Kong Stock Exchange
24. Kindly identify the gentleman, and the position he holds. Answer: Ben Bernarke, Chief , Federal Bank
25. Kindly identify the gentleman and the name of the organization of which he is the chairman. Answer: N C Jha, Chairman, Coal India Ltd.
26. Kindly identify the gentleman and the name of the regulatory body he heads. Answer: U K Sinha, SEBI Chief
