Questions about Mutual Funds:
Ques. The pattern of investment of a mutual fund is oriented fixed income yielding securities under
(a) Growth fund scheme
(b) income fund scheme
(c) balanced fund scheme
(d) money market mutual fund scheme
Ques. This fund is one that is available for subscription all through the year.
(a) Open end fund
(b) Closed end fund
(c) Growth fund
(d) Income fund
Ques. What is ‘Mis-selling’ of Mutual Funds?
1. Mis-selling takes place when mutual funds are sold without telling the likely returns.
2. When agents sell the products without telling investors what are the risks involved in investing in mutual funds.
3. When agents invest somebody’s money in mutual funds without their knowledge, it is called mis-selling.
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Only 3
(d) All 1, 2 and 3
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Ques. This fund is open for subscription only during a specified period.
(a) Open end fund
(b) Closed end fund
(c) Growth fund
(d) Income fund
Ques. The company which actually deals with the corpus of the mutual fund is called
(a) sponsor company
(b) trustee company
(c) asset / wealth management company
(d) mutual fund company
Ques. What is a mutual fund?
(A) A type of collective investment scheme that pools money from many investors and invests it in stocks, bonds or other money market instruments.
(B) It is a subsidiary of a bank or financial company created specially to raise money to be invested in a particular industry, i.e. housing or insurance etc. The money raised thus cannot be invested anywhere else.
(C) When several banks and financial companies come together and create a common pool of money to fund mega infrastructural project like bridges, roads, power plants etc, the common pool is known as Mutual Fund.
(a) Only A
(b) Only B
(c) Only C
(d) All A, B & C
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Ques. The aim of this fund is to provide regular and steady income to investors
(a) Open end fund
(b) Closed end fund
(c) Growth fund
(d) Income fund
Ques. The first mutual fund was established in the:
(a) 1890s
(b) 1920s
(c) 1940s
(d) 1960s
Ques. Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) are an investment option also operated in the mode of .
(a) Mutual Funds
(b) Bond
(c) exchange traded fund
(d) Real Estate
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Ques. These funds are mutual funds that invest in stocks with the potential for long term capital appreciation.
(a) Open end fund
(b) Closed end fund
(c) Growth fund
(d) Income fund
Ques. Stock mutual funds also sometimes called
(a) Open end fund
(b) Closed end fund
(c) Growth fund
(d) Equity fund
Ques. This pools money from investors and invest in different securities
(a) debts
(b) equities
(c) mutual funds
(d) virtual office
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Ques. Mutual fund schemes can be operated by
(a) assets management company
(b) public sector banks
(c) financial institutions
(d) any of these
