_________ is a key determinant indicating availability of banking services for the entire economy.
An investment having market value of Rs. 100 lakhs in the beginning of 2007, a Rs. 200 lakhs value at the end of 2007, and a Rs. 100 lakhs value at the at the end of 2008. Calculate the arithmetic return and time-weighted return?
"Between the four items - Deposits; Borrowings; Reserves & Surplus; and Capital, which would appear last in the balance sheet of a bank?"
If, C=Rs.240 million, I = Rs.20 million, G = Rs.90 million, X = Rs.50 million M = Rs.80 million Calculate the value of GDP?
The arbitrage pricing theory (APT) differs from the single-factor capital asset pricing model (CAPM) because the APT:
Broadly, world over the minimum investable assets for MULTI FAMILY OFFICE SEGMENT is :
Surender the driver causes injuries to a pedestrian by rash driving of car. The injured victim had to spend Rs.1000 in treating his injuries. Surender ‘s act has created liabilities under
From the following data on mutual funds, Calculate the Sharpe Ratio.
Risk free return is 8%.
Mr. Bharat sees a stock with a beta of 1.2 selling for Rs. 25 and price will move up to Rs. 31 by the end of the year. The risk free rate is 6% and the expected market return is 15 %. In this scenario Mr. Bharat would like to know whether the stock is _____________ and so should ___________.
A money back policy for SA of Rs. 100000/-. Matured after 25 years. Survival benefits of 15% each has been paid at the end of 5th , 10th, 15th, and 20th years. Bonus has accrued at Rs. 965/- per Rs. 1000 SA. Interim bonus @ Rs. 25/- per thousand SA is payable. What is the maturity claim amount?
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.
The presence of _____ in financial markets leads to adverse selection and moral hazard problems that interfere with the efficient functioning of financial markets.
Mr. Syelwester Andrews,a Resident Indian, has income derived from rubber plantation in Malaysia.It shall be treated as:
Ram purchased a house in Mumbai in March 2000 for Rs.3,50,000. In April,2011 he entered into an agreement to sell the property to Shyam for a consideration of Rs.19,75,000 and received earnest money of Rs.5,00,000. As per the terms of the agreement, the balance payment was to be made within 30 days of the agreement. If the intending purchaser does not make the payment within 30 days, the earnest money would be forfeited. As Shyam could not make the payment within the stipulated time the amount of Rs.5,00,000 was forfeited by Ram.
Which of the following statement is correct in respect of the above problem? [CII-12-13: 852,11-12: 785,10-11:711,84-85: 125]
Mr. Pradip completed construction of a residential house on 1.4.2011.
Interest paid on loans borrowed for purpose of construction during the 2 years prior to completion was Rs. 40,000. The house was let-out on a monthly rent of Rs. 4,000.
Property was vacant for 3 months.
Compute the income under the head “Income from House Property” for the A.Y. 2012-13.
Given the following data, which one of the options will be monthly premium installment?
Rebate for large sum assured
Upto Rs. 24,999/- No rebate
From Rs. 25,000/- to 49,999/- @ Re 1 per thousand SA
From Rs. 50,000 and above @ Rs. 2 per thousand SA
The markets for funds traded in currencies other than the currency of the trading country are referred to as
Mukesh a 35 years old man is a self employed businessman, engaged in the business of selling medical equipments and plans to retire from his business and hand it over to his children at age of 55, after which he wants to relax and enjoy his retired life. He is now earning around Rs. 4,00,000/- p.a. His life expectancy is another 15 years after retirement. After paying for his expenses he is able to save Rs. 85,000 /- p.a., and regularly invest it in a 6% p.a. investment plan.
Calculate what will be the Mukesh’s total accumulation at his retirement? And if he wants to spend 4,00,000/- per year at beginning and dies at the age of 70 and assuming that he leaves behind Rs. 1,00,000/- as estate, what will be the short-fall in corpus?
According to the dividend-growth model, the valuation of common stock depends on
If a Rs. 100 par value preferred stock pays an annual dividend of Rs. 5 and comparable yields are 10 percent, the price of this preferred stock will be
Deduction under section 80QQB is allowed to an author of a book of literary or artistic or scientific nature who is resident in India to the extent of:
Mr. Rajesh Rawat deposits Rs. 15,000 per month at the end of the month for 6.50 years in an account that pays a ROI of 8.80% per annum compounded quarterly. What will be the amount in the account after 6.50 years.?
X furnishes the following particulars for the compilation of his wealth-tax return for assessment year 2012-13.
The expected return and standard deviations of stock A & B are:
Amit buys Rs.20,000 of Stock A and sells short Rs.10,000 of Stock B using all the Proceeds to buy more or Stock A. The correlation Between the two securities is .35. What are the expected return & standard deviation of Amit’s portfolio?
Akash owns a piece of land situated in Kolkata ( Date of acquisition : March 1, 1983, Cost of acquisition Rs. 20,000/- value adopted by Stamp duty authority at the time of purchase Rs. 45,000/-) On March 30, 2012 the piece of land is transferred for 4 lakh. Find out the capital gains chargeable to tax if the value adopted by the Stamp duty authority is 5.75 lakh. And X files an appeal under the Stamp Act and Stamp duty valuation has been reduced to Rs. 4.90 lakh by the Kolkata High Cout. [CII-12-13: 852,11-12: 785,10-11:711]
Mathematically the Efficient Frontier is the intersection of the Set of Portfolios with ....…. Variance and the Set of Portfolios with ……. Return.
Mr. D'suza is a operations manager in a private company college in Hyderabad. During the previous year 2011-12, he gets the following emoluments:
He gets Rs. 17,500 as reimbursement from his employer in respect of medical expenditure incurred on treatment of his wife in a private clinic. Besides, he gets Rs.12, 300 as reimbursement from the employer in respect of books and journals purchased by him in discharging his official work.
He contributes 11% of his salary to statutory provident fund to which a matching contribution is made by the employer. During the year, he spends Rs.17, 000 for maintaining a car for going to the college. Determine his net income under the head salaries.
Smt. Rajalakshmi owns a house property at Adyar in Chennai. The municipal value of the property is Rs. 5,00,000, fair rent is Rs. 4,20,000 and standard rent is Rs. 4,80,000. The property was let-out for Rs. 50,000 p.m. up to December 2010. Thereafter, the tenant vacated the property and Smt. Rajalakshmi used the house for self-occupation. Rent for the months of November and December 2010 could not be realized in spite of the owner's efforts. She paid municipal Texas @12% during the year. She had paid interest of Rs.25,000 during the year for amount borrowed for repairs for the house property. Compute her income from house property for the A.Y. 2012-13.
What is the portfolios standard deviation if you put 25% of your money into stock A which has a standard deviation of 15% and rest into stocks B which has a standard deviation of 10%. The correlation coefficient between the returns of the stocks is .75.?
Mr. Munjal has got her daughters son admitted to a dental college today, where he has to pay a fee of Rs. 1.5 Lac today i.e. at the time of admission. Then Rs. 1.75 lacs after 1 year, Rs. 2.5 lacs after 2 years and Rs. 3.25 lacs after 3 years. He wants to set aside the amount required today itself in the form of a Bank FDR.So how much he needs to put aside today if ROI is 8% for 1 year, 8.5% for 2 years and 9% for 3 years, all compounded Quarterly?
Michael estimates opportunity cost of investment to be 10.5% compounded annually. Which of the following is the best proposal?
Pranoy is entitled to a basic salary of Rs. 5,000 p.m. and dearness allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month, 40% of which forms the part of the retirement benefits. He is also entitled to HRA of Rs. 2,000 p.m. He actually pays Rs. 2,000 p.m. as rent for a house in Delhi. Compute the taxable HRA.
Urban land means land situated in area not being more than ………………from local list of local authority as notification in official Gazette
The legal heir of the deceased who receives family pension is allowed a standard deduction from such family pension received to the extent of:
A 12 year annual annuity of Rs. 10000 will begin 8 years hence (the first payment occurs at the end of 8 years). What is the present value of this annuity if the discount rate is 14 percent?
Mr. Sushil, is 35 years old and working as a physician in a private hospital. He will retire at the age of 60. He is saving Rs. 30,000/- p.a. at the end of every year for past 5 years and will continue to save the same up to his retirement @ 7% p.a. His annual expenditure is Rs. 3,00,000/-. Life expectancy of Mr. Sushil is 75 years. On retirement, rate of interest is expected to be 6%. Calculate on retirement how much he can spend per annum if he leaves Rs. 5,00,000/- as estate for next generation?
The probability distribution of the rate of return on ABC stock is given below:
What is the standard deviation of return?
Find out the taxable value of perquisite from the following particulars in case of an employee to whom the following assets held by the company were sold on 1.8.2012.
The assets were put to use by the company from the day they were purchased.
A salaried individual, aged 45 years, was awarded a car of market value Rs. 6,50,000 by his credit card company in a draw on 20th December 2012. There was no TDS by the company. He has total income from salary of Rs. 8,45,000 in the previous year 2012-13. He saved a total of Rs. 1,80,000 under different investment instruments eligible for exemption u/s 80C and Rs. 25,000 was paid by him on 5th January, 2013 towards his health insurance policy. Find his tax liability for AY2013-14.
Vinod joined on 01/01/90 in ABC Ltd. and retired on 01/01/2007.Employee paid leave encashment of Rs. 4,00,000/-. His last drawn salary is Rs. 25000/-. His last 10 months average salary is 23500/-. He availed 150 days leave during the service. What will be his taxable leave salary amount?
Mahesh earns 1,20,000 pa. He has total debt of Rs. 2,00,000 and have two dependants. Interest rate is 7%, and assumes 80% of his pre-death salary is the estimated requirement to maintain his family after paying the loan. Calculate the life insurance cover needed under multiple approach method.
From the data given below, calculate the premium of a policy of Rs. 5 lac, for all the mentioned age groups?
Alok a 28 years old person has joined SABH on 1/07/2006. His monthly salary (net salary) after deduction is payable Rs. 22500/. His monthly expenses details are as follows:
Assume Alok takes a flat on rent from 01 /07/2006. On 01 /07/2006 he has cash in hand Rs. 1450/-. He starts paying insurance premium from October @ Rs. 2500/- pm. His investments in Mutual fund SIP are Rs. 3000/- pm for a 6 month period. What will be his cash in hand on 31/03/2007.?
A stock earns the following returns over a five year period:
What is the standard deviation of returns for the stock?
Mr. Chopra runs a Garment Factory, he is very concerned about his retirement and wants you to help him out in planning for it. His Current annual expenses are Rs. 12,00,000 which would be rising at an annual rate of 8% pre- retirement and 2% post retirement. His current age is 50 years and he wants to work till the age of 65. The expected life expectancy in his family is 75 years. Calculate the monthly contribution he must make till his retirement if the pre- retirement returns are 12% p.a. compounded monthly and post-retirement returns are 8% pea compounded annually.?
You are considering investing in a following bond:
Your income tax rate is 34 percent and your capital gains tax is effectively 10 percent. Capital gains taxes are paid at the time of maturity on the difference between the purchase price and par value. What is your post-tax approximate yield to maturity on this bond?
During the PY 2009-10 a Kariwala Charitable Trust earned an income of Rs. 7 lakh out of which Rs.5 lakh was received during the PY 2009-10 and the balance Rs. 2 lakh was received during the PY 2011-2012.In order to claim full exemption of Rs. 7 lakh in the PY 2009-10:
Pankaj is an employee of a private company in Jabalpur. He draws an amount of Rs 36,000pm as basic salary. He also receives Rs 8000 as HRA. He has taken a house on rent from 1st October and pays Rs 10,000pm as rent for his house accomodation. What would be the taxable HRA?
Roger deposits Rs. 10,00,000 in a bank account on 1st March 2005 and another Rs. 5,00,000 on 1st March 2011. He wants to withdraw all of this money with interest on 1st March 2015. If the account pays ROI of 11% P.A. compounded quarterly what amount can he withdraw from this account?
According to the capital asset pricing model, fairly priced securities have __________.
Shruti has invested Rs. 12000 for 8 years at the rate of interest of 6%. What amount she will get after 8 years if amount is compounding annually for the first 5 years and semi annually for the last 3 years?
P Ltd sets the target to produce 1000 tones of steel during the next six months to recover the cost but there is a possibility that due to strikes and lockouts the targeted output may not be archived. What type of risk is associated with the production process?
Mohan is a manager in ABC Co. Ltd. His family consists of his wife and child. It is assumed that his family needs a minimum of Rs. 10,000 per month to maintain current standard of life in unfortunate case of demise of Mohan. The interest rate is 6% pa. Calculate how much insurance is required under income replacement method?
Mr. John purchased a house in Mumbai in March 2010 for Rs.12,50,000. In April,2011 he entered into an agreement to sell the property to Mr. Akram for a consideration of Rs.19,75,000 and received earnest money of Rs. 50,000. As per the terms of the agreement, the balance payment was to be made within 30 days of the agreement. If the intending purchaser does not make the payment within 30 days, the earnest money would be forfeited. As Mr. Akram could not make the payment within the stipulated time the amount of Rs.50000 was forfeited by John. Subsequently John sold the house in June, 2011 for Rs.2130000. He paid 2% brokerage on sale of the house. Calculate the capital gains chargeable to tax for the assessment year 2012-13. [CII-12-13: 852,11-12: 785,10-11:711]
Dhruv contributes Rs. 25,000 every year starting from the beginning of the 4th year from today till the begning of 12th year in the account that gives a ROI of 11.40% p.a. compounded half yearly. Calculate the Present Value of his contribution today.
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.?
Ashish owns three stocks & has estimated the following joint probability distribution of returns:
Calculate the portfolio’s expected return & standard deviation if Ashish invests 20% in stock X, 50% in stock Y & 30% in stock Z. Assume that each security is completely uncorrelated with the return of other securities.
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?
Calculate the death claim amount if the assured dies in the 25th year of the policy. Money back policy with SA of Rs. 50000. Term is 25 years. Survival benefits of 10% each paid at the end of 5th , 10th, 15th, and 20th years. Accrued bonus of Rs. 500 per thousand of SA.Interim bonus of Rs. 75 per 1000 of SA.
Given the following information:
What is the expected return and standard deviation of the portfolio if 50% of funds invested in each stock? What would be the impact if the correlation coefficient were 0.6 instead of 0.2?
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%?
Savitri is 30 years old. She saves Rs. 14,000/- p.a. (year end) in FD 8.75% p.a. compounded annually until she retires at age 58. Her life expectancy is 80 years. What would be her corpus at the time of retirement? What is the fixed amount she can withdraw at the beginning of each year, until age 80, in case she wishes to exhaust the whole corpus? Inflation is 5%.
The principle of _____________ ensures that an insured does not profit by insuring with multiple insurers
X’s stock declined by the same percentage as the NIFTY on Mad Monday in October 2008. X was the victim of what type of risk?
The following information regarding the equity shares of M/s V Ltd. is given
Calculate the EPS of M/s V Ltd. according to the traditional approach
Rate of 15% pea compounded annually will be equal to ---------------- % per month.
Mr. Subhash Bansal, a marketing manager is employed with IMFB limited. He took an advance of Rs. 1,20,000 against the salary of Rs. 30,000 per month in the month of March 2007. The gross salary of Mr. Adhikari for the assessment year 2007-08 shall be:
Sudesh Haldia is employed at Delhi as Store Manager in one of the Retail Companies. The particulars of his salary for the previous year 2006-07 are as under:
The actual rent paid by him is Rs. 2,000 p.m. for an accommodation at Noida till 31-12-2006.From 1-1-2007 the rent was increased to Rs. 4000 p.m. Compute the taxable HRA?
A businessman sold Rs. 85 lakh value of unlisted securities on 20th December 2012. These shares were acquired in April 2008 for Rs. 20 lakh. He invested Rs. 40 lakh from these proceeds in February 2013 in his first residential house to avail benefit under Section 54F of the Income-tax Act, 1961. What approximate amount of bonds specified under Section 54EC should he purchase and by what date so as to make his capital gains liability almost “Nil” towards these transactions? Cost inflation index for FY 2008-09: 582, 2012-13: 852.
Tushar owns a piece of land situated in Patna (Date of acquisition: March 1, 1983, Cost of acquisition Rs. 20,000/- value adopted by Stamp duty authority at the time of purchase Rs. 45,000/-) On March 30, 2012 the piece of land is transferred for 4 lakh. Find out the capital gains chargeable to tax if the value adopted by the Stamp duty authority is 5.60 lakh. And X does not challenges it under the Stamp Act. However, he claims before the Assessing Officer that Rs. 5.60 lakh is more than the fair market value of the land. The assessing Officer refers it to the valuation Officer who determines Rs. 6.10 lakh as fair market value. [CII-12-13: 852,11-12: 785,10-11:711]
Management has recently announced that expected dividends for the next three years will be as follows:
For the subsequent years, 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?
Portfolio A had a return of 12% in the previous year, while the market had an average return of 10%. The standard deviation of the portfolio was calculated to be 20%, while the standard deviation of the market was 15% over the same time period. If the correlation between the portfolio and the market is 0.8, what is the Beta of the portfolio A?
The probability distribution of the rate of return on a stock is given below:
What is the standard deviation of return?
What is the exemption criteria U/S 10(10) (ii) of the IT Act, 1961 for any gratuity received by a seasonal employee?
Mukul purchased a flat on 1-4-1996 for Rs. 10,00,000/-. He sells the same flat on 1-10-2006 for Rs. 25,00,000/-. Please calculate the Indexed Cost of Acquisition on which capital gain would be calculated. (The CII of year 1995-96 is 281, for year 1996-97 is 305, for year 2005-06 is 497 and for year 2006-07 is 519).
Vikash owns a piece of land situated in Delhi ( Date of acquisition : March 1, 1983, Cost of acquisition Rs. 20,000/- value adopted by Stamp duty authority at the time of purchase Rs. 45,000/-) On March 30, 2012 the piece of land is transferred for 4 lakh. Find out the capital gains chargeable to tax if the value adopted by the Stamp duty authority is 5.60 lakh. And X does not challenges it under the Stamp Act. However, he claims before the Assessing Officer that Rs. 5.60 lakh is more than the fair market value of the land. The assessing Officer refers it to the valuation Officer who determines Rs. 5.25 lakh as fair market value. [CII-12-13: 852,11-12: 785,10-11:711]
A Family consists of karta, his wife four sons and their wires and children and its income is Rs. 1000000 if by family arrangement income yield property is settled on karta his wife and sons & daughter in law than tax liability would be
Manmeet a 29 years old person has joined Met Life on 1/07/2011. His monthly salary (net salary) after deduction is Rs. 45000/. His monthly expenses details are as follows:
Assume Manmeet has taken his flat on rent from 01/07/ 2011. On 01/07/2011 he has cash in hand Rs.15000. What will be his cash in hand on 31/03/2012?
Mr. M is an employee of Z Ltd. His basic pay is Rs.24,000 p.a., Dearness Allowance Rs.12,000 p.a; Medical Allowance (fixed) Rs.10,000 p.a.; Conveyance Allowance Rs.6,000 p.a.; Professional Tax deducted from his salary Rs.1,000 p.a.; Free lunch provided during office hours valued at Rs.12,000 for a 300-working day year; free education for two children in a school owned and maintained by the employer – school tuition fee for both the children is estimated at Rs.18,000 p.a.
What is Net Income of Mr. M and examine whether he is a specified or non-specified employee?
An individual has recently purchased a house worth Rs. 40 lakh for self-occupation by availing housing loan of Rs. 28 lakh at 9.25% p.a. rate of interest. The tenure of loan is 18 years. He has Rs. 12 lakh financial assets at present. He is expected to save annually Rs. 2 lakh which he invests on a quarterly basis beginning a quarter from now in an instrument which is expected to provide return of 9% p.a. What would be his net worth five years from now? The value of the house which is for consumption purposes is not considered in the net worth so arrived.
You own 3 scripts with their market value at Start of year end of year (3rd) total growth.
Calculate the CAGR of portfolio.
Azhar aged 30 is a disciplined investor. He has started depositing Rs. 25,000 every year in an account that pays a return of 9% every year. He plans to increase his contribution by Rs. 5000 every year till his age 50. Calculate the amount he would be having in his account at this age.?
Sachin aged 35 years is married and is working as a manager in M/s Birla Mill Ltd. His most likely retirement age is 60 years. His present salary is Rs. 3,00,000/- pa. His self-maintenance expenses are 30,000/- per year. Life insurance premium paid is 15,000/-. Income tax & professional tax amount to Rs. 20000/-. Rate of interest assumed for capitalization of future income is 8%. Calculate Sachin’s HLV to recommend adequate insurance cover
Ram deposits Rs. 12,500 in an account that pays a ROI of 20% pea compounded annually on 5th. Of March 2010. Calculate the date on which the balance in his account would be Rs.35,338/-.
Mr. Bose runs his Handicrafts business. His net proceeds after deducting both the business expenses and living expenses are Rs. 6,00,000 p.a, which will increase at the rate of 5%. He is a bachelor and don’t intend to start any family in future either. Since he don’t have any family obligations, he wants to sell off his business after ten years and buy a home in foothills of Himachal.
He expects to sell the business for a good amount and put 40% of the proceeds in buying the house and setting up a retirement corpus with the rest of amount to pay off his post retirement expenses. He is philanthropic by nature and thus want to save the net revenues from his business to form a charitable hospital for poor people living in Himachal. His current living expenses are Rs. 4,00,000 p.a which will increase in line with inflation. Inflation rate is 3% and interest rate prevailing is 6%.
As a CWM you are required to calculate:
R purchased a house property for Rs. 26,000 on 10-5-1962. He gets the first floor of the house constructed in 1967-68 by spending Rs. 40,000. He died on 12-9-1978. The property is transferred to Mrs. R by his will. Mrs. R spends Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 26,700 during 1979-80 and 1985-86 respectively for renewals/reconstruction of the property. Mrs. R sells the house property for Rs. 11,50,000 on 15-3-2007, brokerage paid by Mrs. R is Rs. 11,500. The fair market value of the house on 1-4-1981 was Rs. 1,60,000. Find out the amount of capital gain chargeable to tax for the assessment year 2007-08.
Compute Gross Total income and amount of loss allowed to be carried forward to next year:
Sonia works at the post office. She deposits Rs. 1000 on every birthday into a retirement plan which paid an interest rate of 8% from the age of 20 years until she retired. If she had Rs. 260000 in her retirement plan when she retired, at what age did she retire?
Mr. Ravi aged 28 years is a marketing professional who earns a salary of Rs. 50000 p.m. He is very concerned about his retirement expenses. For the same he has started saving Rs. 6000 p.m. regularly in a bank fixed deposit paying an interest of 9.5% p.a. since the age of 23.
At the age of 38, he is thinking of buying a house on his retirement which is 25 years away.
He has estimated that the price of the house at his retirement will be Rs. 4000000. Calculate the amount of retirement corpus accumulated by him and the extra savings he has to make at the age of 38 in order to purchase the house? (Inflation rate = 3% p.a.)
Rhona has a daughter Zena five years old. She wants to plan for Zena’s education and has found out that she would be requiring 2,75,000 at her age 18 and another 4,50,000 on her age 25. She also wants to have Rs. 10,00,000 for Zena’s Marriage which she expects at the age of 28. She wants to deposit the entire amount for these expenses today in an account that pays a ROI of 15% per annum compounded annually. What would this amount be?
Shri Ganjarwala Charitable Trust (Regd.) submits the particulars of its income/outgoing for the previous year 2009-2010 as below:
The trust spends Rs 2,77,500 during the previous year 2009-2010 for charitable purposes. In respect of Rs 5,20,000, it has exercised its option to spend it within the permissible time-limit in the year of receipt or in the year, immediately following the year of receipt.
The trust spends Rs 2,00,000 during the previous year 2009-2010 and Rs 1,00,000 during the previous year 2010-2011.
Compute the tax payable on the income of the trust.
Given the following diversified mutual fund performance data, which fund has the best risk adjusted performance if the risk free rate of return is 5.7%
Mr.Rajesh ,35 years old sole business consultant of “Oriental Décor Import”California , USA. He arranges Indian Handicraft Products in India as per “Oriental Décor Import” orders. He earns 5% commission on goods purchased by “Oriental Décor Import”. The “Oriental Décor Import” has invited him in USA for inauguration of their 21 chain stores In USA and Europe and he has to expect to say long for providing Indian Handicraft Product Training to all staffs of the Company working in different chain stores. As a Chartered Wealth Manager he comes to you to plan his journey in such a manner so that he can get maximum tax benefits in the assessment Year 2010–11 from the residential status point of view. In the year 2008–09 was present in India only 80 days. What is the latest date when he can afford to leave India to get maximum tax benefits in the said assessment year?
Under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, where the employee employed in a seasonal establishment is deemed to be in continuous service for such period if he actually worked for not less than __________% of the number of days on which the such establishment was in operation during such period.
Suresh a 30 years old person has joined ABHG on 1/07/2006. His monthly salary (net salary) after deduction is payable Rs. 20500.His monthly expenses details are as follows:
Assume that Suresh has taken his flat on rent from 01/07/2006. On 01 /07/2006 he has cash in hand Rs. 2450. What will be his cash in hand on 31/03/2007.
The income of any university or other educational institution existing solely for educational purposes and not for the purposes of profit is exempt under clause (iiiad) of Section 10(23C) if the aggregate annual receipts’ of such university or educational institution do not exceed.
If after the partition of an HUF 2 members became partners in 3 firms on behalf of their respective HUFs and they also become partners in a fourth firm. The funds were obtained by means of loans from the other 3 firms. The share incomes of the members from the fourth firm were assessable as their individual income only.
A maximum of _____% of the trade done by a fund house can be routed through a single broker
Total income of an individual including long-term capital gain of Rs. 50,000 is Rs. 1,10,000, the tax on total income shall be:
Markets in which funds are transferred from those who have excess funds available to those who have a shortage of available funds are called
The client behavior is influenced by which of following motivators in order to regulate his needs and wants?
Often burdened with loan and generally both of the spouses work to earn their living. Under which category this type of family falls?
All stock market indexes are most accurately characterized by which of the following statements about the degree to which they co-vary together?
……………………is a gift in the form of a single transfer to the same person of several things of which one is and the others are not burdened by an obligation, the done can take nothing by the gift unless he accepts if fully.
In …………………without delivery possession of the mortgaged property, there mortgager binds himself personally to pay the mortgage money
If POA in respect of in moveable property of value more than ………………….it must be registered
Which one of the following sections of the Transfer of Property Act, defines ’Notice’
The assessed is charged to income-tax in the assessment year following the previous year:
The standard deviation of the returns of a portfolio of securities will be _________ the weighted average of the standard deviation of returns of the individual component securities.
Criminals use ______ to camouflage money flow from criminal activities and pass it off as regular legal money flows.
X Ltd. has failed to remit the tax deducted at source from annual rent of Rs. 6,60,000 paid to Mr. A for its office building. Said rent is —
Difference between coparceners & member is that coparcener can demand partition of an HUF
Who would get the first preference when the property of a deceased person is to be distributed
The interest payable for a housing loan outside India is not allowed as a deduction U/S 24 (1) while computing the income from house property?
Under which of the following steps does the wealth manager develops a SWOT chart for the client
Minimum number of employees in an establishment for it to come under the purview of the Payment of Gratuity act is ______
Which of the following is/are not the statutory objectives of Financial Service Authority(FSA) of UK?
Employees Provident Fund is applicable to firms employing over _______________ employees
A testator sometimes make two wills one relating to his property in his native country and other relating to his property in some foreign country this type of will is called
Indian Inherihence Law permits a married woman to acquire jewellery to worth of?
When there are more than one trustees for a trust the execution can be done by a single trustee instead of jointly
Any amount payable and the amount of refund due under the Income Tax Act,1961 shall be rounded off to the nearest multiple of.......... ?
Vishwajeet wishes to have a lump sum Retirement Fund of Rs. 25,00,000/- in 30 years time. Assuming that he can get 12% returns per annum, compounded annually, what amount he should save every year to reach his target?
The Basel Committee has defined gross income as net interest income and plus net non-interest income and has allowed each relevant national supervisor to define gross income in accordance with the prevailing accounting practices. Accordingly the Reserve Bank of India in the draft guidelines issued on 11.03.2005 for implementation of the new capital adequacy framework has modified the Gross Income definition slightly. The Net Interest Income has been replaced by
In ULIP plans, the returns are dependent on in which the investments are done by the insurance company
Minimum number of independent directors on the board of Asset Management Company is
If the assessed lets out his house to his employer, which in turn allots the same to him as rent free accommodation? How would such house property will be treated as:
The premium on all other riders put together should not exceed _____ of the premium on the base policy
If the slope of the Security Market Line is zero, which of the following is/are true?
While granting a bank license, RBI considers all of the following, except ________."
If there is a loss under the head Income from House property, can it be adjusted against other income under any other Head?
Which portion of his property can a muslim normally be guest according to muslim personal law?
Which annuity provides for regular payments, which stop on the first death among of the covered lives?
Dividend received by a shareholder from an Indian company the whole of whose income is agricultural income shall be treated as:
An AMC must explain the adverse variation between its expense estimates for the scheme on offer and actual expenses for past schemes in________
Mr. Kishan owns a factory producing some small spare parts.Under which policy he can get cover against the claim for paying damages and legal costs arising from any bodily injury or damage in the premises of his property ?
You have Rs.500,000 available to invest. The risk-free rate as well as your borrowing rate is 8%. The return on the risky portfolio is 16%. If you wish to earn a 22% return, you should __________.
In India, the interest rate of a floating rate security is linked to ___________.
Any income chargeable under the based "Salaries" is exempt from tax under Section 10(6)(viii), if it is received by any non resident individual as remuneration for services rendered in connection with his employment in a foreign ship where his total stay in India does not exceed a period days in that previous year.
Mayank an investor buys one share of stock for Rs.500 at the beginning of the first year, and buys another share for Rs.550 at the end of the first year. The investor earns Re.10/- in dividends in the first year and Re.20/- in the second year. What is the time-weighted rate of return if the shares are sold at the end of the second year for Rs.650/- each?
Risk free rate of return is 8%, expected market premium is 15% and Beta of security is 0.80. What is the expected rate of return of the security?
Commutation of pension up to a limit of _______________ is tax exempt in case the gratuity is also received
Total income for assessment year 2007-08 of an individual including long-term capital gain of Rs. 60,000 is Rs. 1,40,000. The tax on total income shall be:
Calculate age nearer birthday, last birthday and next birthday in case where date of proposal was 28-03-2007 and date of birth was 30-09-1969.
Accrued Interest on loan for self occupied property is Rs.110000 till 31 March 2010. Loan was taken for construction on 31/07/2006 and construction completed on 03/04/10. Interest for the year 2010-11 is Rs 22000. Determine what interest shall be allowed u/s 24(b) for AY 2011-12
The possibility that a person’s house will be destroyed due to a natural disaster is an example of ?
Which of the following transaction /transactions is/are an example of the Layering Stage of Money Laundering?
Mr. Sahil has two daughters and is in receipt of education allowance of Rs 200pm for each of them. What would be the taxable allowance in the hands of Mr. Sahil for the full FY.
For calculation of liability of payment of gratuity to an employee on leaving service, the wage to be taken into account is
Which of the following is/are the key issues in retirement planning of self employed/ business class?
A mutual fund that invests in Indian Equities, foreign equities, Indian Corporate Bonds, Indian Government Gilts is subject to the following risks?
How much should one deposit today in a bank account paying interest compounded quarterly if you wish to have Rs. 50000 at the end of 24 months, if the bank pays 8% annually?
Which of the following is / are RBI conditions applicable for banks declaring dividends?
Security A has a standard deviation of 23% and the market has a standard deviation of 18%. The correlation coefficient r between Security A and the market is 0.80. What is the % of the change in Security A can be explained by changes in the market?
The second pillar in the Basel framework seeks to help participants to assess which of the following information?
Which of the following is an inferential data (i.e. data which may not be correctly obtained by simply asking a direct question)?
Which of the following statement best describes the Cash Flow Planning Process?
The approved superannuation fund has to deposit all the contributions received from the employer
Calculate Gross Annual Value where Gross Municipal Value is Rs.120, Fair Rent is Rs.105. Actual rent receivable is Rs.100& Standard Rent is Rs.125
Akash has only compulsory third party policy for his car. He jumped a red light and collided with another car and then with the boundary wall of a nearby house. Damage to his car was of Rs. 17,000/-, damage to other car was of Rs. 15,000/- and damage to the boundary wall of house was of Rs. 15,000. The insurance policy of Akash will pay:
The Motor Vehicle Insurance Policy has inbuilt cover for death/disability of driver/owner caused by accident during the use of the insured motor vehicle up to Rs. __________ in case of car/commercial vehicle and Rs. _________ in case of two wheelers.
Ram is working in Rashid Enterprises, a proprietorship firm.During his working hours Ram was injured seriously. Due to this injury Ram was hospitalized for six months. Ram is the only bread winner of his family. Ms. Rashid, the proprietor of Rashid Enterprises is liable to pay damages to Ram. Under which of the following policy Rashid can protect himself from this liability?
How much should one deposit today in a bank account paying interest compounded quarterly if you wish to have Rs. 10000 at the end of 3 months, if the bank pays 5% annually?
Yash pays health insurance premiums for himself, his wife and his two children aged 13 and 8. Premiums for which of these individuals will qualify as deductible from Yash’s taxable income?
Rakesh owes Rs. 10000 to Haresh who transfers the debt amount to Chirag. Haresh then demands the same from Rakesh, who does not have a notice of the transfer as per section 131 but still pays to Haresh. This payment is invalid &Chirag can sue Rakesh for the debt
Dinesh has opened his PPF account on 19/11/1999, Calculate the amount he can avail as the first withdrawal facility from the details below?
The employer had purchased a car for Rs. 3,00,000 which was being used for official purposes. After 2 year 6 months of its use, the car is sold to R, the employee, for Rs. 1,20,000. The value of this perquisite shall be
Under Motor Vehicles Insurance, liability only policy covers property damage up to Rs. _________, in case of private cars & commercial vehicles, and Rs. ________, in case of two wheelers, although Motor Vehicle Act requires a cover of only Rs. ________.
Which of the following is/are the incorrect pairing in the history of exchange rate regime?
Case: The returns of 2 shares are as follows
Calculate the covariance of returns.
Rajiv buys a growth oriented non dividend paying share for Rs. 200 and 4 years later sells it for Rs. 350. The CAGR is____
The main purpose of the guaranteed insurability rider benefit is to give the policyholder the right to
Find out the effective quarterly rate for 18% per annum compounded half yearly.
If a preferred stock pays an annual Rs. 4.50 dividend, what should be the price of the stock if comparable yields are 10 percent? What would be the loss if yields rose to 12 percent?
Returns on a security held for 5 years by Praveen are:
Find the standard deviation of the security.
What is the minimum number of persons who must subscribe to the memorandum of association?
Manjeet, aged 33 years, is having a policy of Rs. 1 Lac sum assured and is paying premium of Rs. 1,800/- for the last 10 years. The cash surrender value of this policy is at the end of previous year was Rs. 20,000. It is estimated that by this year end, the cash surrender value of this policy would be Rs. 22,900. New term insurance of sum assured of Rs. 80,000 costs Rs. 300/- per annum today as per Manjeet’s age. If rate of interest is 6% then please advise Manjeet if it is better to continue this policy or to discontinue it?
Spot Nifty is at 5000. One month Nifty call with strike price of Rs. 4800 is trading at Rs. 250 per call. An investor buys 100 Nifty calls. At expiry Nifty closes at 5500. Net profit / loss of the investor is Rs. ___.
Which of the following taxes are allowed as deduction while computing the business income?
From the following information:
The Surrender value is 43% of the paid up value and loan is available at 85% of surrender value.
Calculate paid up value, surrender value, and loan value
The beta of stock of Akhil Computers Ltd., is 1.5 and is currently in equilibrium. The required return on the stock is 19% and the expected return on the market is 15%. Suddenly due to a change in economic conditions, the expected return on the market increases to 17%. Other things remaining the same what would be new required rate of return on the stock?
Once the child reaches the vesting age, i.e. the age when the life assurance commences, he or she can claim cash option i.e. he can opt to receive the premium amount paid so far under the policy in case the policy is discontinued. This is possible under:
When cash flows occur at the beginning of each period, it is called as ___________
Mr. Bakshi has invested Rs. 25,000/- @ 5% p.a. in a bank deposit. After 5 years rate of interest changes 6% p.a. computed half yearly. After further period of 2 years rate again changes to 7% p.a. compounded quarterly. After further 2 years rate again changes to Rs. 8% pa compounded monthly. What will he get after 10 years from now ?
Ramesh has invested Rs. 70,000, 30% of which is invested in Company A, which has an expected rate of return of 15%, and 70% of which is invested in Company B, with an expected return of 12%. What is the expected percentage rate of return?
Economists group commercial banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, mutual funds, mutual savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, and finance companies together under the heading financial intermediaries. Financial intermediaries
You are considering investing Rs 1,500 at an interest rate of 5% compounded annually for 2 years or investing the Rs1,500 at 7% per year simple interest rate for 2 years. Which option is better?
In case of a defined benefit plan where the benefit payable is based on the terminal salary, an increase in of 10% of the wages of the employees would increase the contribution to be made by the employer for the benefit by
Any income chargeable under the based “Salaries” is exempt from tax under Section 10(6)(viii), if it is received by any non resident individual as remuneration for services rendered in connection with his employment in a foreign ship where his total stay in India does not exceed a period days in that previous year.
Lokesh purchased a flat on 1-4-1996 for Rs. 10,00,000/-. He sells the same flat on 1-10-2006 for Rs. 25,00,000/-.As a CWM® calculate the Indexed Cost of Acquisition on which capital gain would be calculated. (The CII of year 1995-96 is 281, for year 1996-97 is 305, for year 2005-06 is 497 and for year 2006-07 is 519).
The relevant banking ombudsman for filing a complain regarding credit card with central processing is the one under whose jurisdiction __________________?