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Question # 4

A situation in which an owner of more than 50% of voting shares can elect the entire board of directors is known as

A.

Distributed voting

B.

Cumulative voting

C.

Straight voting

D.

Discretionary voting

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Question # 5

Minimum number of independent directors on the board of Asset Management Company is

A.

50%

B.

60%

C.

75%

D.

66.67%

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Question # 6

Under flexible exchange rates a small open economy should

A.

lose control of its monetary policy

B.

be insulated from its trading partners' inflation

C.

tend to experience the inflation of its trading partners

D.

find that changes in its interest rates match changes in its trading partner's interest rates

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Question # 7

RBI has stated that KYC of banks should incorporate the following elements __________.

A.

Customer Acceptance policy

B.

Customer identification procedure

C.

Monitoring of transactions

D.

All of the above

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Question # 8

Duration of National Savings Certificate is

A.

5 years

B.

6 years

C.

7 years

D.

10 years

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Question # 9

The interest payable for a housing loan outside India is not allowed as a deduction U/S 24 (1) while computing the income from house property?

A.

True

B.

FALSE

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Question # 10

PTA stands for

A.

Parent Teacher Association

B.

Preferential Trading Area

C.

Preferential Transportation Assembly

D.

Payment Trade Ambit

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Question # 11

The operatives Guidelines for Banks on Mobile Transactions in India were issued

A.

2008

B.

2009

C.

2010

D.

2011

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Question # 12

Which of the following statement is/are true?

A.

I and II

B.

I,II and III

C.

I,III and IV

D.

All statements are true

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Question # 13

Which of the following is / are demand liabilities?

A.

Cash Certificates

B.

Gold deposits

C.

Current deposits

D.

All of the above

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Question # 14

Narrow Banking refers to

A.

Banking activity in which Banks invest their funds in high risk securities in order to earn more profit.

B.

Banking activity in which Banks generally accept deposits and invest in short term & risk free assets.

C.

Banking activity in which Banks do all type of financial activities viz. long term financing, insurance business apart from general Banking

D.

In this Bank operate in a narrow operational area

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Question # 15

P Ltd sets the target to produce 1000 tones of steel during the next six months to recover the cost but there is a possibility that due to strikes and lockouts the targeted output may not be archived. What type of risk is associated with the production process?

A.

Pure Risk

B.

Speculative Risk

C.

Liability Risk

D.

All the above

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Question # 16

Benefit of investing in a share is /are

A.

Earning a dividend

B.

Capital appreciation

C.

Getting bonus shares

D.

All of the above

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Question # 17

Your client Mr. Singhania expressed his intention to write his will in his own handwriting such a will which is wholly in the handwriting of the testator is renown as:

A.

Nuncupative will

B.

Holograph will

C.

Sham will

D.

Manuscript will

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Question # 18

Income from which trust is added to the beneficiary’s taxable income?

A.

Private trust

B.

Charitable

C.

Religious

D.

None of the above

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Question # 19

Money Laundering:

A.

is itself a crime and it is built upon another crime

B.

is not itself a crime but is built upon a crime

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Question # 20

A copy of the rules & regulations of the society, certified to be correct copy by not less than_____________ of the members of the governing body shall be filled with the MOA

A.

Five

B.

Four

C.

Three

D.

Two

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Question # 21

GDP refers to ..............

A.

Market value of all final goods and services produced within the country during a year.

B.

Net value of final goods and services produced in domestic economy each year

C.

Production from Pvt. and Public Sector during the year

D.

None of the above

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Question # 22

Which of the following is true for written down value method of calculating depreciation?

A.

The depreciation charge remains uniform throughout the year.

B.

Depreciation charged in initial years is less than straight line method.

C.

The depreciation charge reduces throughout the life of the asset.

D.

None of the above

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Question # 23

During inflationary period, nominal interest rates are ________ than real interest rates.

A.

Lower

B.

Equal

C.

None of the all

D.

Higher

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Question # 24

Comprehensive Wealth Management addresses

A.

Life Planning

B.

Investment Planning

C.

Estate Planning

D.

All of the above

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Question # 25

Deduction under section 80C shall be allowed:

A.

from the gross total income of the individual or HUF

B.

from the income from long-term capital gain

C.

from the gross total income other than long-term capital gain from any asset and short-term capital gain on shares sold through recognized stock exchange

D.

from the gross total income other than long-term capital gain

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Question # 26

Which of the following statement(s) is /are true about financial risk?

A.

I and II

B.

II and III

C.

I and III

D.

All of the above

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Question # 27

The demand for insurance tends to be inelastic because of

A.

Statutory requirements

B.

Financial prudence

C.

Business transaction requirements

D.

All of the above.

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Question # 28

What do you mean by ‘Mortgage’?

A.

To Sell

B.

To pledge

C.

Type of installment credit

D.

None of the above

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Question # 29

Fixed Annuity and Variable Annuity respectively provide:

A.

Un Guaranteed returns & Guaranteed returns

B.

Guaranteed Returns &Very Low Returns

C.

Very low returns and Unguaranteed Returns

D.

None of the above

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Question # 30

Income which accrue or arise outside India from a business controlled from India is taxable in case of:

A.

Resident only

B.

Not ordinarily resident only

C.

Both ordinarily resident and not ordinarily resident

D.

Non resident

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Question # 31

Under the efficient market hypothesis, which of the following term best describes the movement of stock prices?

A.

Statistical.

B.

Random.

C.

Diverse.

D.

Predictable.

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Question # 32

In Islamic Banking, Anything permitted by Shariah is called:

A.

Israf

B.

Halal

C.

Haram

D.

Hibah

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Question # 33

Amit an industrialist wants to buy a flat in a housing society presently costing Rs. 35,00,000/- after 6 years. The cost of the house is expected to increase by 15% pea for the first 3 years and by 10% in the remaining years. Amit wants to start a SIP with monthly contributions in Birla Front Line Equity Mutual Fund to pay for the down payment of the house which would be 25% of the house value at that time. You as a CWM expect that the fund would give ROI of 14% p.a. compounded monthly in the next 10 years. Please advise Amit the monthly SIP amount starting at the beginning of every month for the next 6 years to fulfill his goal of buying the Flat he desires.

A.

63422.72

B.

65185.55

C.

16537.56

D.

15883.32

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Question # 34

Mr. Sachdeva is working as a regional head in a Pharmaceutical Company in New Delhi. He has a annual income of Rs. 10,00,000. His current expenses are Rs. 5,00,000 and he will be retiring in next ten years . The inflation rate for the foreseeable future is expected to be 5%. He assumes that his post retirement expenses will be 70% of his last year expenses of his service and they will increase at inflation rate and paid at the beginning of each year.

On his retirement he plans to leave his current rented apartment and shift into a another apartment located in NCR . The current price of the bungalow is Rs. 24 lakh which is estimated to increase in line with inflation rate. A ten year government security paper fetches 10% interest rate, which will remain constant for the forthcoming period. He is in good health and expects to live for twenty years after retirement.

As a CWM you are required to calculate the amount Mr. Sachdeva needs to save at the end of ten years on an annual basis so that he can pay his post retirement expenses as well as to buy the apartment.

A.

Rs 467000

B.

Rs 510000

C.

Rs 493000

D.

Rs 475000

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Question # 35

Vinod joined on 01/01/90 in ABC Ltd. and retired on 01/01/2007.Employee paid leave encashment of Rs. 4,00,000/-. His last drawn salary is Rs. 25000/-. His last 10 months average salary is 23500/-. He availed 150 days leave during the service. What will be his taxable leave salary amount?

A.

4,00,000

B.

2,35,000

C.

2,82,000

D.

1,65,000

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Question # 36

How much amount should be invested by Mr. Batra today to get a maturity value of Rs. 90,368.50 after 6 years, if available ROI is 10% and compounding is Quarterly for first 2 years, Half Yearly for next 2 years and Monthly for last 2 years?

A.

Rs. 55535

B.

Rs. 50000

C.

Rs. 49000

D.

Rs. 51585

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Question # 37

Shruti has invested Rs. 12000 for 8 years at the rate of interest of 6%. What amount she will get after 8 years if amount is compounding annually for the first 5 years and semi annually for the last 3 years?

A.

19803.43

B.

19174.92

C.

18976.24

D.

19203.46

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Question # 38

Dinesh took a housing loan of Rs. 25,00,000/- for 15 years in 2010 at a ROI of 11.75% per annum compounded monthly. Calculate the total interest and principle paid by him in the 2014 and 2016.

A)

B)

C)

D)

A.

Option A

B.

Option B

C.

Option C

D.

Option D

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Question # 39

A zero coupon bond of Rs 10,000 has a term to maturity of seven years and a market yield of 9 percent at the time of issue. What is the issue price? What is the duration of the bond? What is the modified duration of the bond?

A.

Rs. 5470/-, 7 years, 6.422

B.

Rs. 6380/- 6 years, 7.368

C.

Rs. 5470/-, 7 years, 5.364

D.

Rs. 6380/-, 6 years, 6.897

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Question # 40

Vishal is working with Amex Ltd since October 1, 1997. He is entitled to a basic salary of Rs. 6,000 pm.Dearness Allowance is 40% of Basic Salary for retirement benefits. He retired from his job on December 1,2010 (4 months before the end of F.Y 2010-11) and shifted to his village. He is entitled to the following benefits at the time of retirement. Gratuity = Rs. 98,000. Pension from December 1, 2008 = Rs. 2,000 per month. Payment from recognized PF = Rs. 3,00,000. Encashment of earned leave for 150 days = Rs. 36,000. He was entitled to 40 days leave for every completed year of service. He got 50% of his pension commuted in lump sum w.e.f March 1, 2011 and received Rs. 1,20,000 as commuted pension. Vishal contributes Rs. 900 per month to RPF to which his employer contributes an equal amount. What will be the amount of un-commuted pension for Vishal that will form part of his total income for the A.Y. 2011-12?

A.

NIL

B.

Rs 1000

C.

Rs 4000

D.

Rs 7000

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Question # 41

From the following data on mutual funds, Calculate the Sharpe Ratio.

Risk free return is 8%.

A.

0.78,1.08,0.55

B.

0.78,1.05,0.59

C.

0.98,1.33,0.75

D.

0.71,1.11,0.55

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Question # 42

You have a choice between 2 mutually exclusive investments. If you require a 15% return, which investment should you choose?

A.

Project A, because it has a smaller initial investment

B.

Project B, because it has a higher NPV

C.

Project A, because it has the higher internal rate of return

D.

Either one, because they have the same profitability indexes

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Question # 43

Ms. Sonali Briganza is 22 years old. She is currently earning a salary of Rs.5,00,000/- per annum and saves 20% of her salary every year. If her salary increases by 10% every year and she is able to get a return of 11% p.a. compounded annually throughout her investment horizon what would be the corpus of funds available at her age 58.?

A.

119056000

B.

117056000

C.

129056000

D.

139056000

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Question # 44

An individual has recently purchased a house worth Rs. 40 lakh for self-occupation by availing housing loan of Rs. 28 lakh at 9.25% p.a. rate of interest. The tenure of loan is 18 years. He has Rs. 12 lakh financial assets at present. He is expected to save annually Rs. 2 lakh which he invests on a quarterly basis beginning a quarter from now in an instrument which is expected to provide return of 9% p.a. What would be his net worth five years from now? The value of the house which is for consumption purposes is not considered in the net worth so arrived.

A.

Rs. 2.83 lakh

B.

Rs. 18.82 lakh

C.

Rs. 6.68 lakh

D.

Rs. 7.36 lakh

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Question # 45

Suresh is an employee of a private company in Mumbai. He draws an amount of Rs 36,000pm as basic salary. He also receives Rs 8000 as HRA. He has taken a house on rent from 1st October and pays Rs 10,000pm as rent for his house accomodation. What would be the taxable HRA?

A.

Rs 19,200

B.

Rs 76,800

C.

Rs 57,600

D.

Rs 96,000

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Question # 46

Michael estimates opportunity cost of investment to be 10.5% compounded annually. Which of the following is the best proposal?

A.

Receive Rs. 5,500/- at beginning of each year for 15 years

B.

Receive Rs. 5,500/- at the end of each year for 19 years

C.

Receive Rs. 45,000/- today

D.

Receive Rs. 1,20,000/- at the end of 10 years

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Question # 47

Mr. Shikar wants to invest his savings in an account that pays an interest rate of 9.25% p.a. compounded annually at different ages of his son whose current age is 4 years. Please calculate for him the Future Value of these investments when his son turns 18.

A.

2177626

B.

2379057

C.

2797057

D.

3379057

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Question # 48

Mr. Aakash Jain has invested Rs. 85,000/- @ 6% p.a. in a bank deposit on 15th May 2007. After 10 years of investment rate of interest changes to 8 % p.a. computed half yearly. Further after 5 years rate of interest again changes to 7% p.a. compounded quarterly. After further 3 years rate of interest again changes to Rs. 7% pa compounded monthly. What will Mr. Jain get after 23 years (14th May 2030) assuming the date of commencement is now?

A.

Rs. 4,05,421/-

B.

Rs. 3,77,476/-

C.

Rs. 3,93,355/-

D.

Rs. 3,85,324/-

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Question # 49

The Portfolio consists of two securities, X and Y in the ratio of 70:30. Given that

and covariance between them is 16%, what is the portfolio risk?

A.

13.77%

B.

8.04%

C.

Nil

D.

25%

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Question # 50

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

A.

Only (i)

B.

Only (i) & (ii)

C.

Only (i) & (iii)

D.

All of the above

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Question # 51

Vinod Khanna, aged 27 years, is having a policy of Rs. 15 Lac sum assured and is paying premium of Rs. 14,800/- . The cash surrender value of this policy is at the end of previous year was Rs. 35,000. It is estimated that by this year end, the cash surrender value of this policy would be Rs. 40,000/-. Bonus under this old policy is Rs. 10,000/-.

There is another term insurance policy of Rs. 15 Lac Sum Assured is available to Vinod at Rs. 4,200/- per annum. If rate of interest is 8 % then first calculate the CPT of existing and new policy respectively and then advise Vinod if it is better to continue this policy or to discontinue it?

A.

2.59 ,2.88.Continue this policy

B.

2.45,3.35.Continue this policy

C.

3.91 ,2.79.Discontinue this policy

D.

3.13 ,2.97.Disontinue this policy

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Question # 52

The probability distribution of the rate of return on a stock is given below:

What is the standard deviation of return?

A.

5.69

B.

5.46

C.

7.9

D.

9.4

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Question # 53

Mr. Ravi aged 28 years is a marketing professional who earns a salary of Rs. 50000 p.m. He is very concerned about his retirement expenses. For the same he has started saving Rs. 6000 p.m. regularly in a bank fixed deposit paying an interest of 9.5% p.a. since the age of 23.

At the age of 38, he is thinking of buying a house on his retirement which is 25 years away.

He has estimated that the price of the house at his retirement will be Rs. 4000000. Calculate the amount of retirement corpus accumulated by him and the extra savings he has to make at the age of 38 in order to purchase the house? (Inflation rate = 3% p.a.)

A.

Rs. 32617751 &Rs. 9281

B.

Rs. 20036777 &Rs. 6870

C.

Rs. 32617751 &Rs. 3281

D.

Rs. 20036777 &Rs. 3500

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Question # 54

Mr. Kadam is entitled to a salary of Rs. 25000 per month. He is given an option by his employer either to take house rent allowance or a rent free accommodation which is owned by the company. The HRA amount payable was Rs. 5000 per month. The rent for the hired accommodation was Rs. 6000 per month at New Delhi. Advice Mr. Kadam whether it would be beneficial for him to avail HRA or Rent Free Accommodation. Give your advice on the basis of “Net Take Home Cash benefits”.

A.

Avail HRA

B.

Rent Free Accomodation

C.

Both are Beneficial

D.

None of the Above

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Question # 55

Find out the taxable value of perquisite from the following particulars in case of an employee to whom the following assets held by the company were sold on 1.8.2012.

The assets were put to use by the company from the day they were purchased.

A.

Rs. 82,170

B.

Rs. 92,850

C.

Rs. 48,800

D.

Rs. 53,000

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Question # 56

You own 3 scripts with their market value at

Calculate the CAGR of portfolio.

A.

5%

B.

10.26%

C.

1.64%

D.

11.16%

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Question # 57

Pankaj is an employee of a private company in Jabalpur. He draws an amount of Rs 36,000pm as basic salary. He also receives Rs 8000 as HRA. He has taken a house on rent from 1st October and pays Rs 10,000pm as rent for his house accomodation. What would be the taxable HRA?

A.

Rs. 96,000

B.

Rs 19,200

C.

Rs 76,800

D.

Rs 57,600

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