QUESTION 1

Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives:

I 

Annual Cost Saving                                         Rs. 4,00,000

Useful life                                                         4 years

Cost of the Project                                             Rs. 11,42,000

The Pay back period would be -

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2 years 11 months Correct Answer

Ii  

There are 4 investments -

  X Y Z U
The standard deviation is 37,947 44,497 42,163 41,997
Expected net present value (Rs.) 90,000 1,06,000 1,00,000 90,000

Which investment has the highest risk?

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U Correct Answer

Iii  The Spot Rate Of The US Dollar Is Rs. 65.00/USD And The Four Month Forward Rate Is
65.90/USD. The Annualized Premium Is -

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4.2% Correct Answer

Iv  A Stock Is Currently Sells At Rs. 350. The Put Option To Sell The Stock Sells At Rs. 380 With A
Premium Of Rs. 20. The Time Value Of Option Will Be

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Rs. 0 Correct Answer

V  An Investor Owns A Stock Portfolio Equally Invested In A Risk Free Asset And Two Stocks.If One
Of The Stocks Has A Beta Of 0.75 And The Portfolio Is As Risky As The Market, The Beta Of The
Stock In Portfolio Is -

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2.25 Correct Answer

Vi  You Are Given The Following Information: Required Rate Of Return On Risk Free Security 7%;
Required Rate Of Return On Market Portfolio Of Investment 12%; Beta Of The Firm 1.7. The Cost
Of Equity Capital As Per CAPM Approach Is -

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16.3% Correct Answer

Vii  The Following Statement Is True In The Context Of Rupee-Dollar Exchange Rate With Ri
Denoting Interest Rate In India And Ru Denoting Interest Rate In The US.

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Rupee will be at forward premium if ru  > ri Correct Answer

Viii  The Following Is Not A Systematic Risk.

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Business Risk Correct Answer

Ix  The Following Statement Is True: (If ‘R’ Denotes The Correlation Coefficient)

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r = -1 implies full diversification of securities in a portfolio Correct Answer

X  The Following Is Not A Feature Of Capital Market Line:

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Diversification can minimize the individual portfolio risk. Correct Answer

QUESTION 2 (a)
ABC Ltd. has a capital budget of Rs. 2 crore for the year six independent proposals.
 Proposal Investment (Rs.) NPV (Rs.)

I 8,500,000.00 5,000,000.00

II 3,500,000.00 2,600,000.00

III 6,000,000.00 2,000,000.00

IV 4,000,000.00 2,500,000.00

V 6,000,000.00 5,000,000.00

VI 8,000,000.00 (2,500,000.00)

On the basis of the above information answer the following questions;

Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives

I  If The Projects Are Divisible In Order To Maximize The NPV, Then The Following Projects Would
Be Selected-

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I,II,IV and V Correct Answer

Ii  If The Projects Are Indivisible In Order To Maximize The NPV, Then The Following Projects
Would Be Selected-

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I,II and V Correct Answer

QUESTION 2 (b)
A firm has an investment proposal, requiring an outlay of Rs. 40,000. The investment proposal is
expected to have 2 years' economic life with no salvage value. In year 1, there is a 0.4 probability
that cash inflow after tax will be Rs. 25,000 and 0.6 probability that cash inflow after tax will be Rs.
30,000. The probabilities assigned to cash inflows after tax for the year 2 are as follows:

The Cash inflow year 1 Rs. 25,000   Rs. 30,000  

The Cash inflow year 2   Probability   Probability
  Rs. 12,000 0.2 Rs. 20,000 0.4
  Rs. 16,000 0.3 Rs. 25,000 0.5
  Rs. 25,000 0.5 Rs. 30,000 0.1
The Firm uses a 12% discount rate for this type of investment.
(12% Discount factor 1 year 0.8929  
  2 year 0.7972)  
On the basis of the above information answer the following questions;
Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives:

I  The Expected NPV Of The Project Would Be (Used Decision Tree Path) –

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Rs.2523.8 Correct Answer

Ii  What Net Present Value Will The Project Yield If The Worst Outcome Is Realized?

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Rs 8111(negative) Correct Answer

Iii  What Is The Probability Of Occurrence Of This NPV Above?

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8% Correct Answer

QUESTION 3 (a)
A Mutual Fund made an issue of 10,00,000 units of Rs. 10 each on 01.01.2016. No entry load was
charged. It made the following investments after incurring initial expenses of Rs. 2 lacs.

Particulars Rs.
50,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 100 each @ Rs. 160 80,00,000
7% Government Securities 8,00,000
9% Debentures (unlisted) of Rs. 100 each 5,00,000
10% Debentures (Listed) of Rs. 100 each 5,00,000
Total 98,00,000

During the year, dividends of Rs. 12,00,000 were received on equity shares, interest on all types of
debt securities was received as and when due. At the end of the year, equity shares and 10%
debentures are quoted at 175% and 90% of their respective face values. Other investments are
quoted at par.

On the basis of the above information answer the following questions;

Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives:

I  The Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Unit Given That The Operating Expenses During The Year
Amounted To Rs. 5,00,000 Would Be

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Rs.11.35 Correct Answer

Ii  If The Mutual Fund Had Distributed A Dividend Of Rs. 0.90 Per Unit During The Year To The Unit
Holders, Then The NAV Would Be

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Rs.10.45 Correct Answer

QUESTION 3 (b)
You are given the following information about 3 funds, Tanni (All Equity Fund), Manni (Equal Debt
and Equity Mix) and Danni (High Debt Low Equity Fund) –

Particulars Tanni Manni Danni

Average return 25% 18% 12%
standard Deviation 10% 5% 3%
Correlation with 0.30 0.70 0.50
Market

The Risk Free Return is 5% and the Return on Market Portfolio is 16% with a standard deviation of
4%.
On the basis of the above information answer the following questions;

Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives:

I  Total Gain Under Fama’s Net Selectivity For Fund Tanni Is

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(7.5%) Correct Answer

Ii  The Unsystematic Risk Of Fund Danni Would Be-

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1.875% Correct Answer

QUESTION 4 (a)
An investor has invested Rs. 10,00,000 in four securities A, B, C and D the details of which are as
follows:

Security Amount Invested (Rs.) Beta

A 2,50,000 0.500
B 3,00,000 1.400
C 1,60,000 0.900
D 2,90,000 1.300
 Total 10,00,000  

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) bonds carries an interest rate of 9% and NIFTY yields 15%.
On the basis of the above information answer the following question:
Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives:

I  What Would Be The Expected Return?

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0.1539 Correct Answer

Ii  If Investment In Security C Is Replaced By RBI Bonds, What Is The Corresponding Change In
Expected Return?

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0.1453 Correct Answer

QUESTION 4 (b)
The following details are given about stocks X and Y. An analyst prepared ex-ante probability
distribution for the possible economic scenarios and the conditional returns for the two stocks and
the market index as shown below:

Economic Scenario Probability X Y Market

Growth 0.4 25 20 18
Stagnation 0.3 10 15 13
Recession 0.3 -5 -8 -3
 
The risk free rate during the next year is expected to be around 9%. The following additional
information is known:
  X Y Market
Standard Deviation % 12.46 12.03 8.89
Covariance with the market 106.20 106.69 

On the basis of the above information answer the following question;

Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives:

I  The Expected Returns Of X, Y And The Market Using The Probability Distribution Would Be

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X = 11.5; Y =10.1 and the market = 10.2 Correct Answer

Ii  The Expected Returns Of X And Y Under CAPM Would Be

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Expected Return of Security X = 10.61% Expected Return of Security Y = 10.62% Correct Answer

QUESTION 5 (a)
The following information pertaining to two securities is given:

  Securities
A B
Ltd. Ltd.
Spot Price (Rs.) 4,550 360
Dividend expected (Rs.) 50 20
Divided receivable in (months) 2 3
Recommended Action: Sell Spot, Buy Buy Spot Sell
Futures Futures
Risk free interest rate may be taken as 9% p.a.

e0.015 = 1.0151
1

e0.225 = 1.0227
55

e0.045 = 1.046
03

e0.03 = 1.0304
55
 
On the basis of the above information answer the following questions;

Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives:

I  The 6 Months' Theoretical Forward Prices Of Securities Of A Ltd. And B Ltd. Would Be

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For A Ltd. = 4,707.91 & B Ltd.= 356.126 Correct Answer

Ii  If There Is No Dividend Expected For Securities A Ltd. And B Ltd. The Theoretical Forward Prices
Are-

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For A Ltd. = Rs.4759.4 & B Ltd.= Rs.376.57 Correct Answer

QUESTION 5 (b)
The equity share of VCC Ltd., is quoted at Rs. 210. A 3-month call option is available at a premium
of Rs. 6 per share and a 3-month put option is available at a premium of Rs. 5 per share. The strike
price in both cases is Rs. 220.

On the basis of the above information answer the following questions;

Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives

I  If The Share Prices On The Exercise Days Are Rs. 210 And 240, The Net Offs To The Call Option
Holder:

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Rs.(-6) and Rs.14 Correct Answer

Ii  If The Share Prices On The Exercise Days Are Rs. 220 And 230, The Net Offs To The Put Option
Holder:

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Rs.(-5) and Rs.(-5) Correct Answer

Iii  At What Exercise Price Call Option Is Gainful?

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More than Rs. 226 Correct Answer

Iv  At What Exercise Price Put Option Is Gainful?

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Less than Rs. 215 Correct Answer

QUESTION 6 (a)
Answer the following questions.

Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives:

I  One Year US Nominal Interest Rate Is 3%, One Year Indian Nominal Interest Rate Is 8%. The
Current Spot Rate Is Rs.64.50. The Expected Spot Rate One Year Hence:

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Rs.67.63 Correct Answer

Ii  

Consider the following rates:

S (INR/USD) =0.154

S(USD/GBP)=0.6564

What is the exchange rate between INR and GBP?

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0.0101 Correct Answer

QUESTION 6 (b)
JB ltd. an American Company will need £ 3,00,000 in 180 days. In this connection, the
following information is available:
Spot rate £1=
$2.00
180 days forward rate of £ as of today = $
1.96
Interest rates are as
follows:
  U.K US
180 days deposit rate % 4.50 5.00
180 days borrowing rate % 5.00 5.50
 
The Company has forecast the spot rates 180 days hence as follows:
Rate Probability
$ 1.91 25%
$ 1.95 60%
$ 2.05 15%
 
 
On the basis of the above information answer the following questions;
Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives:

I  Interest And Principal On $ Loan After 180 Days Under Money Market Hedge Is

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$ 6,05,741 Correct Answer

Ii  Expected Dollar Under No Hedge Option Would Be

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$5,86,500 Correct Answer