QUESTION BANK – FINANCIAL MARKETS & INSTITUTIONS

MMS- SEM3 FINANCE BATCH.

1. What is a financial system? What are its major constituents?

2. What are financial instruments? What are their characteristic features?
3. State the features of a financial system.
4. What are the financial markets? How are they classified?
5. What are financial services? Give examples.
6. ‘Money market is a market for purely short-term funds’. Comment
7. What is the Indian Financial System?
8. The Indian financial system can be broadly classified into the organized financial
system and the unorganized financial system.
9. Distinguish between the term organized financial system and unorganized financial
system.
10. Distinguish between a primary market and a secondary market.
11. What is a monetary market?
12. What are the deficiencies in the Indian financial system?
13. What is a financial instrument? What are its features?
14. What do you mean by the term financial institutions? Classify the different types of
financial institutions operating in different sectors.
15. Differentiate between the equity market and debt market.
16. What do you mean by scheduled commercial banks?
17. Write short notes on:
Book Building
Credit Rating
Debt Securitization
E-Commerce
Factoring
Depository
Credit Card
Underwriting
Loan Syndicating
Bill Discounting
18. What is a financial market? Where is it located?
19. What are the different types of functions financial markets perform?
20. Distinguish between a primary market and a secondary market.
21. What do you mean by primary market? What are the different
22. Write short notes on BSE and NSE.
23. Discuss the constitution and organization of SEBI
24. Discuss the objectives and regulatory approach of SEBI.
25. What are the powers, scope, and functions of SEBI
26. Discuss the role of RBI as a monetary authority.
27. Discuss the role of RBI as a regulator and supervisor of financial system
28. What are the financial instruments?
29. What are the different types of money market instruments?
30. What is a commercial paper?
31. What is the structure of the banking system in India?
32. Give a comparative analysis of different phases of growth of the Indian banking
sector.
33. What are the commercial banks?
34. What are co-operative banks?
35. What is the difference between public sector and private sector banks?
36. What is a financial system? Discuss the components of a formal a financial system.
37. Discuss the types of financial markets and their inter-relationship.
38. What are the characteristics and functions of financial markets?
39. ‘A market-based financial system is preferable over a bank-based system.’ Comment
critically.
40. ‘A financial system is a well-integrated system whose parts interact with each
other.’Explain.
41. Explain the structure of Mutual Funds
42. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of mutual funds
43. Describe the terms Portfolio, Asset Allocation, Diversification, Rupee cost Averaging ,
Market Capitalisation, Sectoral Funds, ELSS, Hybrid Funds, Index Funds, Active and
Passive funds .
44. Describe features of T Bills, C.D, Commercial Bill markets, Call and Notice market,
FIMMDA, MIBOR, Commercial Papers.
45. Discuss about Objectives of a commercial bank.
46. What is Investment Banking?Listing formalities, Stages of IPO?
47. What are Financial Intermediaries and their role
48. What Bonds? Discuss its characteristics.
49. Explain the different types of bonds.
50. Differentiate between primary market and secondary market.
51. Write a note on the inverse floater.
52. Discuss the Inverse Relationship Between Bond Prices and Bond Yields
53. What is Foreign Exchange?
54. Define the term Market Structure?
55. What is the term of Exchange Rate?
56. Define Foreign Direct Investment?
57. What is Foreign Institutional Investors?
58. Explain the concept of Foreign Exchange Market Structure.
59. Explain the concept of Risk Management in Foreign Exchange Market.
60. Illustrate the concept of Exchange Rate Determination.
61. Illustrate the concept of Foreign Capital.
62. Examine the Central Bank Intervention in Foreign Exchange Market.