1. What is the term for a market in which prices are rising consistently over time?
Bear Market
Bull Market
Stagnant Market
Volatile Market
2. Who is the founder of Amazon?
Bill Gates
Jeff Bezos
Elon Musk
Steve Jobs
3. What does GDP stand for in economics?
Gross Domestic Product
Gross Domestic Product
Global Development Plan
Gross Demographic Projection
4. What is the largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization?
London Stock Exchange
Tokyo Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
5. Which company was the first to reach a $1 trillion market capitalization?
Amazon
Apple
Microsoft
Google
6. What is a bond in financial terms?
A share in a company
A fixed income security
A type of loan
A stock index
7. Which famous investor is nicknamed the “Oracle of Omaha”?
Peter Lynch
George Soros
Warren Buffett
Charlie Munger
8. What does the term ‘liquidity’ refer to in finance?
High interest rates
Ease of converting an asset into cash
Total market value
Debt-to-equity ratio
9. Which Nobel laureate in economics introduced the concept of behavioral economics?
Milton Friedman
Daniel Kahneman
Paul Krugman
Amartya Sen
10. What does ESG stand for in investment terms?
Economic Sustainability Goals
Environmental, Social, and Governance
Equity, Stocks, and Growth
Earnings, Savings, and Gains
11. What is the primary goal of monetary policy?
Increase unemployment
Boost exports
Control inflation and stabilize the economy
Reduce public spending
12. What is the term for a company’s first public sale of stock?
Initial Public Offering (IPO)
Stock Split
Dividend Declaration
Secondary Offering
13. Who is known as the “father of modern economics”?
John Maynard Keynes
Adam Smith
David Ricardo
Milton Friedman
14. What does the acronym P/E stand for in stock analysis?
Profit to Equity
Price to Earnings
Portfolio Estimate
Price Efficiency
15. What is the primary purpose of a central bank?
Distribute profits
Regulate the nation’s money supply
Increase competition among banks
Set international trade policies
16. Who developed the concept of comparative advantage in international trade?
Adam Smith
Alfred Marshall
David Ricardo
John Stuart Mill
17. Which economist is famous for the book “The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money”?
Friedrich Hayek
John Maynard Keynes
Thomas Malthus
Joseph Schumpeter
18. What is the process of spreading investments across various financial instruments called?
Diversification
Speculation
Leverage
Capitalization
19. What is the name of the index that tracks the top 30 companies on the Bombay Stock Exchange?
NIFTY 50
Sensex
Dow Jones
FTSE 100
20. Who is credited with the invention of the credit card?
Henry Wells
Frank McNamara
Frank X. McNamara
J.P. Morgan
21. What does the term “bull market” signify in stock trading?
Declining stock prices
Rising stock prices
Stable stock prices
Volatile stock prices
22. Which country is home to the NASDAQ stock exchange?
United Kingdom
United States
Japan
Germany
23. Who is known as the “Oracle of Omaha” for his investment strategies?
Peter Lynch
Warren Buffett
George Soros
Carl Icahn
24. What is the meaning of “liquidity” in financial terms?
Ease of converting assets to cash
Total debt a company holds
Rate of inflation
Stock market volatility
25. What does GDP stand for in economics?
Gross Domestic Product
Global Debt Payment
General Distribution Plan
Government Development Policy
26. What is a “hedge fund” primarily used for?
Issuing government bonds
Providing personal loans
Reducing financial risk
Creating stock indices
27. What is the term for a market with declining stock prices?
Bull market
Bear market
Neutral market
Volatile market
28. Who founded Microsoft Corporation?
Bill Gates and Paul Allen
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Jeff Bezos
29. What does the “FICO” score represent?
Annual income
Tax payment history
Creditworthiness
Net worth
30. What is the primary purpose of a mutual fund?
Pooling money from investors to buy securities
Issuing loans
Tracking stock indices
Setting market prices
31. What is India’s largest stock exchange by market capitalization?
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
National Stock Exchange (NSE)
Calcutta Stock Exchange
Delhi Stock Exchange
32. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Economics?
Amartya Sen
Raghuram Rajan
Manmohan Singh
C. Rangarajan
33. What does “Make in India” aim to promote?
Manufacturing in India
Importing products
Exporting raw materials
Tourism in India
34. Which Indian company became the first to reach a market capitalization of $200 billion?
Infosys
Reliance Industries
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Adani Enterprises
35. What is the Indian equivalent of the Federal Reserve in the USA?
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
State Bank of India (SBI)
Ministry of Finance
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
36. What is the name of India’s Goods and Services Tax portal?
GST Corporation
GSTN (Goods and Services Tax Network)
GST Board
GST Forum
37. What is the term used for India’s rural employment guarantee program?
Skill India Mission
MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act)
Startup India
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
38. Which index tracks the top 50 companies on the National Stock Exchange of India?
NIFTY 50
Sensex
Bankex
CNX IT
39. Which Indian city is considered the financial capital of the country?
Mumbai
Delhi
Bangalore
Kolkata
40. What is the term for the first sale of a company’s stock to the public?
Stock split
Initial Public Offering (IPO)
Market launch
Bonus issue
41. Which Indian government initiative focuses on promoting entrepreneurship among women and marginalized groups?
Digital India
Stand-Up India
Skill India
Startup India
42. What does the term “blue-chip stock” refer to?
Newly listed companies
Shares of large, financially stable companies
Stocks with high risk
Penny stocks
43. Which Indian economist served as the Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Kaushik Basu
Raghuram Rajan
Arvind Subramanian
Amartya Sen
44. What is the purpose of India’s Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) scheme?
Encourage gold imports
Offer a paper alternative to physical gold investments
Promote gold mining
Support jewelers
45. Which of these indices represents the top-performing small-cap stocks in India?
NIFTY Smallcap 100
Sensex 30
Bank NIFTY
NIFTY Midcap 50
46. What does the term “bull market” signify in stock trading?
A period of rising stock prices
A period of declining stock prices
A market crash
A market correction
47. Which Indian bank is known as the first commercial bank of India?
Bank of Hindustan
Punjab National Bank
State Bank of India
Bank of India
48. What is the term for a company’s profits that are distributed to its shareholders?
Share buyback
Dividend
Capital gains
Equity return
49. What is the primary role of SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)?
Regulate the securities market in India
Manage foreign exchange
Control inflation
Print currency notes
50. Which Indian city is home to the headquarters of the Reserve Bank of India?
New Delhi
Mumbai
Chennai
Kolkata
