Q1:

Question Type: Concept

Question Variety: Text Based
Difficulty: Easy
Expected Time to Solve (in seconds):30
Topic: Business finance and marketing
Concept: Financial markets
Sub Concept: National stock exchange of India
Concept Field: Market segments of NSE

Nation stock provides trading in _______ segments.

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. single
Solution: A
Explanation- National stock exchange is an stock exchange of India that provides trading in
two segments namely Wholesale debt market segment and capital market segments.

Q2:

Question Type: Concept

Question Variety: Text Based
Difficulty: Easy
Expected Time to Solve (in seconds):30
Topic: Business finance and marketing
Concept: Financial markets
Sub Concept: National stock exchange of India
Concept Field: Market segments of NSE

In which of the following segment NSE does NOT provide trading facilities?
A. Capital market segment
B. Wholesale debt market segment
C. Secondary market segment
D. Both A and B
Solution: D
Explanation- National stock exchange provide trading facilities to the investors or facilitates
buying and selling of listed securities in two segments namely capital market segment,
wholesale debt market segment.
Q3:

Question Type: Concept

Question Variety: Text Based
Difficulty: Medium
Expected Time to Solve (in seconds):60
Topic: Business finance and marketing
Concept: Financial markets
Sub Concept: National stock exchange of India
Concept Field: Market segments of NSE

Wholesale debt market segment provides trading platform for _________.

A. All type of financial securities
B. Short-term securities
C. Fixed income securities
D. Flexible income securities
Solution: C
Explanation- NSE provides trading platform in two segments such as wholesale debt market
segment and capital market segment. Wholesale market segment deals with fixed income
securities.
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Q4:

Question Type: Concept

Question Variety: Text Based
Difficulty: Medium
Expected Time to Solve (in seconds):60
Topic: Business finance and marketing
Concept: Financial markets
Sub Concept: National stock exchange of India
Concept Field: Market segments of NSE

Identify the securities that are traded under wholesale debt market segment.
A. T-bills
B. Zero coupon bonds
C. Certificates of deposits
D. All of the above
Solution: D
Explanation- Under wholesale debt market segment, following securities can be traded:
T-bills, floating rate bonds, zero-coupon bonds, state development loans, certificate of
deposits, mutual funds, etc.

Q5:

Question Type: Conceptual

Question Variety: Text Based
Difficulty: Hard
Expected Time to Solve (in seconds):120
Topic: Business finance and marketing
Concept: Financial markets
Sub Concept: National stock exchange of India
Concept Field: Market segments of NSE
Assertion (A): Fixed income securities are traded in wholesale debt market segment of NSE.
Reason (R): It may include mutual funds, zero-coupon bonds, floating rate bonds, etc.
Choose the correct answer from the following code:
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C. (A) is true but (R) is false
D. (A) is false but (R) is true
Solution: A
Explanation- Fixed income securities are traded in wholesale debt market segment of NSE.
It may include mutual funds, zero-coupon bonds, floating rate bonds, etc.

Q6:

Question Type: Concept

Question Variety: Text Based
Difficulty: Medium
Expected Time to Solve (in seconds):60
Topic: Business finance and marketing
Concept: Financial markets
Sub Concept: National stock exchange of India
Concept Field: Market segments of NSE

Identify the incorrect statement.

Codes:
I. Wholesale debt market segment of NSE commenced its operations in 1992.
II. NSE provides trading facilities for fixed income securities under capital market
segment.
III. Commercial paper is traded under wholesale debt market segment of NSE.
IV. Equity is traded under capital market segment of NSE.
Options:
A. Only statement I is incorrect
B. Statement I and II are incorrect
C. Statement II and III are incorrect
D. None of the statements are incorrect
Solution: B
Explanation-Wholesale debt market segment of NSE commenced its operations in 1994.
NSE provides trading facilities for fixed income securities under wholesale debt market
segment.

Q7:
Question Type: Concept
Question Variety: Text Based
Difficulty: Easy
Expected Time to Solve (in seconds):30
Topic: Business finance and marketing
Concept: Financial markets
Sub Concept: National stock exchange of India
Concept Field: Market segments of NSE

In which of the following market segment of NSE, debentures are traded?

A. Capital market segment
B. Wholesale debt market segment
C. Secondary market segment
D. Both A and B
Solution: A
Explanation- National stock exchange provides trading platform for securities such as equity
shares, preference shares, debentures, etc under capital market segment of National stock
exchange.

Q8:

Question Type: Concept

Question Variety: Text Based
Difficulty: Medium
Expected Time to Solve (in seconds):60
Topic: Business finance and marketing
Concept: Financial markets
Sub Concept: National stock exchange of India
Concept Field: Market segments of NSE

Which of the following market segment provides efficient and transparent trading in equity?
A. Capital market segment
B. Wholesale debt market segment
C. Secondary market segment
D. Both A and B
Solution: A
Explanation- Capital market segment of National stock exchange provides transparent and
efficient platform for trading securities such as equity shares, preference shares and
debentures, etc.
Q9:

Question Type: Conceptual

Question Variety: Text Based
Difficulty: Medium
Expected Time to Solve (in seconds):60
Topic: Business finance and marketing
Concept: Financial markets
Sub Concept: National stock exchange of India
Concept Field: Market segments of NSE

Retail government securities are traded under ___________ of NSE.

A. Wholesale debt market segment
B. Capital market segment
C. Retail market segment
D. None of the above
Solution: B
Explanation- Index of any stock exchange is the indicator which indicates the performance
of market securities. It is the barometer to known market behaviour. Nifty is an index of
NSE.

Q10:

Question Type: Conceptual

Question Variety: Text Based
Difficulty: Hard
Expected Time to Solve (in seconds):120
Topic: Business finance and marketing
Concept: Financial markets
Sub Concept: National stock exchange of India
Concept Field: Market segments of NSE

Assertion (A): NSE started its operations with wholesale debt market segment.
Reason (R): Capital market segment deals with the trading of preference shares and
debentures.
Choose the correct answer from the following code:
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C. (A) is true but (R) is false
D. (A) is false but (R) is true
Solution: B
Explanation- NSE started its operations with wholesale debt market segment on 30th June,
1994. Wholesale debt market segment provides platform to trade fixed income securities.
Capital market segment deals with the trading of preference shares and debentures.