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The base year of the BSE Sensex is:

  1. A.1950-51
  2. B.1978-79
  3. C.1993-94
  4. D.2011-12

Correct answer

B. 1978-79

Explanation

The correct answer is B, 1978-79. The Sensex was compiled backwards to 1978-79 and that year was given a base value of 100, so the index number states how many times the market value of its thirty constituents has grown since then. Option A, 1950-51, is the base year long used for national income series, not for a share index, and it is a favourite distractor because students remember it from the national income chapter. Option C, 1993-94, and option D, 2011-12, are base years used at different times for the Index of Industrial Production and the wholesale and consumer price series, which is exactly why they appear here. Remember the pair: Sensex 1978-79 with base 100, Nifty 50 with 3 November 1995 as its base date and base value 1000.

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Q1.Indian EconomyAsked in: Delhi · 7 Dec 2020, Shift 2Easy

In which of the following years was the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) established by the government of India to protect the interests of investors in securities and to promote and regulate the securities market?

  1. A.1992
  2. B.1999
  3. C.1987
  4. D.1985
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Correct answer: A. 1992

SEBI first appeared in April 1988 as an administrative arrangement with no legal powers, and it became a statutory regulator when the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act was passed in 1992; the words quoted in the question are taken from the preamble of that Act, which speaks of…

Q2.Indian EconomyEasy

Which is the oldest stock exchange in Asia?

  1. A.National Stock Exchange
  2. B.Bombay Stock Exchange
  3. C.Calcutta Stock Exchange
  4. D.Madras Stock Exchange
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Correct answer: B. Bombay Stock Exchange

It was founded in 1875 as the Native Share and Stock Brokers’ Association, grew out of brokers meeting under a banyan tree in Bombay, and is the oldest stock exchange in Asia; it now stands on Dalal Street and its benchmark index is the Sensex.

Q3.Indian EconomyEasy

How many companies make up the BSE Sensex?

  1. A.20
  2. B.30
  3. C.50
  4. D.100
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Correct answer: B. 30

The Sensex, or Sensitive Index, of the Bombay Stock Exchange is built from thirty large, well established and actively traded companies drawn from the main sectors of the economy, and it is weighted by free-float market capitalisation.

Q4.Indian EconomyMedium

The money market in India is regulated by which authority?

  1. A.SEBI
  2. B.The Reserve Bank of India
  3. C.The Ministry of Corporate Affairs
  4. D.IRDAI
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Correct answer: B. The Reserve Bank of India

The money market deals in short-term funds of up to one year, through treasury bills, commercial paper, certificates of deposit and call money, and the Reserve Bank regulates it as part of its control over credit and liquidity.

Q5.Indian EconomyMedium

An appeal against an order passed by SEBI lies to:

  1. A.The High Court of the state concerned
  2. B.The Securities Appellate Tribunal
  3. C.The National Company Law Tribunal
  4. D.The Reserve Bank of India
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Correct answer: B. The Securities Appellate Tribunal

A person aggrieved by an order of SEBI may appeal to the Tribunal, which is provided for by the SEBI Act itself, and from the Tribunal a further appeal lies to the Supreme Court on a question of law.