CBSE Class 10 Financial Markets 2018 Question Paper

The question paper consists of four Sections, A, B, C and D. Section A has 8 questions of 1 mark each, Section B has 10 questions of 2 marks each, Section C has 4 questions of 3 marks each and Section D has 2 questions of 5 marks each.

Section A

1. What is meant by Interest payment ?

(a) Payment by using the lending money.
(b) Payment by using the borrowing money.
(c) Spending the money
(d) None of the above

2. Which of the following is not a security ?

(a) Shares (b) Government Securities
(c) Derivative products (d) Fixed deposit receipts

3. At what rate the securities are issued in the primary market ?

(a) Face value (b) At discount
(c) At premium (d) All of the above

4. NSE is the first exchange in the world to use satellite communication technology for trading. Its trading system called ___

(a) NSCCL (b) NDSL
(c) NEAT (d) BOLT

5. In which option buyer having a right but no obligation ?

(a) Call
(b) Put
(c) Both 
(d) None

6. Which of the following is not a depositary ?

(a) NSDL (b) CDSL
(c) NSCCL (d) None

7. Nifty is a joint venture between _____

(a) NSE and CRISIL
(b) NSE and IISL
(c) NSE and NSCCL
(d) None of the above

8. Which of the following is not true for sale transactions ?

(a) Pay in of fund to clearing corporation
(b) Pay in of securities to clearing corporation
(c) Pay out of fund from clearing corporation
(d) None of the above

Section B

9. Write macroeconomic factors which govern interest rates.

10. Why securities market need regulators ?

11. Why and how companies issue shares to the public ?

12. What is meant by market capitalizations ? How it is calculated ?

13. What is Screen Based Trading System ? Write its advantages.

14. What is the difference between Commodity derivatives and Financial derivatives ?

15. How is a depository similar to a bank ?

16. What are the market and non-market risks involved in mutual fund investment ?

17. Which features of an Annual Report should one read carefully ?

18. What is the difference between Equity shareholders and Preferential shareholders ?

Section C

19. What are the different kinds of issues available in the primary market ?

20. Give brief of the following mutual fund products :

(a) Tax saving funds
(b) Liquid funds
(c) Balanced funds

21. How to analyse a company systematically ?

22. Write formulas and uses of the following Liquidity Ratio :

(a) Current Ratio
(b) Acid Test Ratio
(c) Inventory Turnover Ratio

Section D

23. What is debt instruments ? Write its features.

24. Write in brief about the arbitration, Investor Protection Funds, Auctions and Corporate Actions.