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The probability distribution of the rate of return on ABC stock is given below:

What is the standard deviation of return?

A.

11.40%

B.

12.90%

C.

10.50%

D.

13.50%

The management of Pearls India Shopping Ltd has recently announced that expected dividends for the next three years will be as follows:

For the remaining years, the management expects the dividend to grow at 5% annually. If the risk-free rate is 4.30%, the return on the market is 10.30% and the firm’s beta is 1.40. What is the maximum price that you should pay for this stock?

A.

Rs. 42.39

B.

Rs. 41.38.

C.

Rs. 47.45

D.

Rs. 39.15

Vinod Khanna, aged 27 years, is having a policy of Rs. 15 Lac sum assured and is paying premium of Rs. 14,800/- . The cash surrender value of this policy is at the end of previous year was Rs. 35,000. It is estimated that by this year end, the cash surrender value of this policy would be Rs. 40,000/-. Bonus under this old policy is Rs. 10,000/-.

There is another term insurance policy of Rs. 15 Lac Sum Assured is available to Vinod at Rs. 4,200/- per annum. If rate of interest is 8 % then first calculate the CPT of existing and new policy respectively and then advise Vinod if it is better to continue this policy or to discontinue it?

A.

2.59 ,2.88.Continue this policy

B.

2.45,3.35.Continue this policy

C.

3.91 ,2.79.Discontinue this policy

D.

3.13 ,2.97.Disontinue this policy

Ankur Kalra is 33 years old finance professional. The house hold expenditure of Mr. Kalra is 20,000/- p.m. to maintain his current living standard. He assumes that his living standard will increase 1.5% annually until his retirement at 60. His life expectancy is 70 years. At retirement he needs 75% of his last year’s expenses. Inflation rate for the next 45 years is expected to be 4% p.a.

Calculate how much would Mr. Kalra require in the first year after his retirement, and how much he has to save at end of every year to accumulate this corpus, if the return on investment is 7% p.a.?

A.

Rs. 10,09,656/-, and Rs. 89,508/-

B.

Rs. 7,63, 992/- and Rs. 90,550/-

C.

Rs. 8,26,912/- and Rs. 85470/-

D.

Rs. 9,20,338/- and Rs. 98,862/-

An investor is considering the purchase of a small office building and, as part of his analysis, form the following given data calculate the Net Operating Income (NOI)?

A.

Rs. 2,10,000

B.

Rs. 1,97,500

C.

Rs. 1,93,500

D.

Rs. 1,83,750

You have a choice between 2 mutually exclusive investments. If you require a 15% return, which investment should you choose?

A.

Project A, because it has a smaller initial investment

B.

Project B, because it has a higher NPV

C.

Project A, because it has the higher internal rate of return

D.

Either one, because they have the same profitability indexes

You want to take a trip overseas which costs Rs. 10 lacs. The cost is expected to remain unchanged in nominal terms. You can save annually Rs. 50000 to fulfill the desire. How long will you have to wait if your savings earn an interest rate of 12%?

A.

10.79 years

B.

11.00 years

C.

11.23 years

D.

10.99 years

Ramesh aged 50 could not save for his retirement till date but now decides to save Rs. 50000 per month till his retirement age of 65. He anticipates that the return in the first 5 years would be 13% p.a. next 5 years 10% and in the last 5 years 8% p.a. He wants to accumulate a corpus of Rs. 1.50 Crores till his retirement. Calculate the surplus or shortfall he would have on his retirement.

A.

Surplus 40 Lacs

B.

Shortfall 40 Lacs

C.

Surplus 29 Lacs

D.

Shortfall 15 Lacs

The information about 3 stocks is provided below:

Assuming that the required rate of return on investment is 14%, what maximum price an investor should be willing to pay and Which Stock should he buy?

A.

Rs. 23.15/-, Rs. 47.50/-, Rs.70.45/- , Share C

B.

Rs. 15.29, Rs. 43.71, Rs. 63.64, None

C.

Rs. 15.29, Rs. 22.50, Rs. 49.50, Share B and C

D.

Rs. 16.36, Rs. 49.67, Rs. 69.75, Share B only

What is the present value of the following cash flows,if the Interest rate is 8%?

A.

3668

B.

2962

C.

3961

D.

3962

Which of the following option illustrates an advantage of the probate process?

A.

(i) only

B.

(ii) and (iii)

C.

(ii), (iii) & (iv)

D.

(i), (ii), (iii) & (iv)

Consider two stocks, A and B

The returns on the stocks are perfectly negatively correlated.

What is the expected return of a portfolio comprising of stocks A and B when the portfolio is constructed to drive the standard deviation of portfolio return to zero?

A.

22.24

B.

20.48

C.

19.57

D.

24.62

Saurabh contributes Rs. 10,000 every year starting from the end of the 5th year from today till the end of 12th year in the account that gives a ROI of 7.75% p.a. compounded half yearly. Calculate the Present Value of his contribution today.

A.

39441

B.

39800

C.

42557

D.

36500

You own 3 scripts with their market value at Start of year end of year (3rd) total growth.

Calculate the CAGR of portfolio.

A.

5%

B.

10.26%

C.

1.64%

D.

11.16%

Samantha celebrated her 21st birthday today, her father gave her Rs. 6,25,000/- which is deposited in a account that pays a ROI of 12.25% p.a. compounded monthly. If she wants to withdraw Rs. 7,50,000 on her 31st. Birthday and balance on her 41stBirthday. How much can she withdraw on her 41st. birthday.?

A.

2114431

B.

1364431

C.

4615995

D.

4333264

Mr. Malhotra and Mrs.Malhotra aged 50 and 45 years respectively, both have a life expectancy of 35 years.

You have following information

Calculate the adequate insurance required based on need based approach.

A.

65 lakhs

B.

60 lakhs

C.

54 lakhs

D.

44 lakhs

If the income from a Private Trust originates from a business, then it is normally taxed.

A.

In the hands of beneficiary

B.

In the hands of settler

C.

In the hands of sponsor

D.

In the hands of trustees

Indicate whether the following statement is True or False.

Money launderers often use professional intermediaries to layer their illegal funds. These professional intermediaries include lawyers, company formation agents, accountants and other professionals working in non-financial institutions. A banker is not generally regarded as a professional intermediary because he works in a financial institution.

A.

TRUE

B.

FALSE

A muslim gentleman can leave his will, bequeathing all his properties to someone often than his legal heirs to the extent of…………….

A.

His wish

B.

A small portion

C.

One third

D.

One half

For calculating portfolio risk, we need information for which of the following things?

A.

The weights of each security in the portfolios.

B.

The co-movements between the different securities measured by co-variance.

C.

Both A and B above

D.

None of the above