NISM Currency Derivatives - 3
NISM Currency Derivatives - 3
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Q 1. Which of the following statement best describes the guidelines for brokers advertising their business in a public media?
A broker can advertise his business if he is having trading license for more than 5 years
A broker can advertise his business as long as it is advertised in a print media
A broker cannot advertise his business unless approved by SEBI
A broker cannot advertise his business unless approved by Exchange
Q 2. A person sells ten lots of USDINR April futures contract at 66.50 and squared off his position after INR appreciated by 100 ticks. What will be the profit or loss on this trade ?
Profit of Rs. 250
Loss of Rs. 250
Profit of Rs. 2500
Loss of Rs. 2500
Q 3. Identify the appropriate strategy for a BULLISH view on USDINR and trade objective of zero cash outgo.
Sell USDINR Call option
Sell USDINR Put option
Buy USDINR Call option
Buy USDINR Put option
Q 4. In OTC market, one month USDINR is quoting at 65.25/65.50 and futures for same maturity is quoting at 66.00/66.10. Which of the following describes possible arbitrage trade and profit per USD if the arbitrage trade is carried till maturity ?
Buy USDINR in OTC and sell in futures , 40 paise
Buy USDINR in OTC and sell in futures , 50 paise
Buy USDINR in OTC and sell in futures , 55 paise
Buy USDINR in OTC and sell in futures , 75 paise
Q 5. It is expected that the volatility can increase. Will this generally lead to an increase in option premium?
Yes
No
Q 6. The local currency of a country which has a managed float has depreciated in the past few weeks. Which of the below options could be a suitable measure to reduce this depreciation of currency. (Assume everything else remaining the same)
Reduce the Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) holding in the stock markets
Increase the Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) holding in the stock markets
Take strong steps to reduce the inflow of foreign capital in the country
None of the above
Q 7. What is the initial deposit that is required to initiate a currency futures position called?
Initial Margin
Initial Capital
Portfolio Margin
Account opening margin
Q 8. Which of these conditions have to be satisfied for an AD category 1 bank to become a trading and clearing member on any of the recognized currency futures exchange ?
Made net profit for last 2 years
Made net profit for last 3 years
Made net profit for last 4 years
Made net profit for last 5 years
Q 9. Who first recommended introduction of exchange traded currency futures in India ?
SEBI RBI Technical committee
SEBI internal committee
Ministry of Commerce
Committee on Fuller Capital Account Convertibility
Q 10. As a trader you believe USDJPY will move from 90 to 95 in the next one month. You are a trader based in India where there is no trading in USDJPY. Therefore which of the following would you do to execute this view using currency future contracts of J
Short JPYINR and Long USDINR
Short USDINR and Long JPYINR
Short JPYINR
Long JPYINR
Q 11. GDP growth higher than expected would have what type of impact on currency of a large developed country? (Assuming everything else remaining same)
The currency will depreciate
The currency will appreciate
There will be no impact
Q 12. In managed float, countries have controls on flow of capital and central bank intervention is a common tool to contain sharp volatility and direction of currency movement - True or False ?
True
False
Q 13. Internationally for most of the currency pairs, the base currency is _____ .
INR
GBP
EUR
USD
Q 14. Which of below options best describes the rules for reporting the closing of a position by a trading member to the exchange ?
A TM has to identify whether the position is his or of his client at the time of initiating the position.
A TM has to identify whether the position is his or of his client at the end of the day.
A TM has to identify whether the position is his or of his client, half an hour before the market closing.
A TM has to identify whether the position is his or of his client within one hour of initiating the position.
Q 15. Who is/are allowed to trade in currency futures ?
Corporate not having exposure to foreign currency
FIIs
NRIs
All of the above