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प्रश्न
Bharat Express specialises in Courier Services. Its 'wide range of express package and parcel services' help business firms to make sure that the goods are made available to the customers at the right place and at the right time. A state with reason, whether the working capital requirements of 'Bharat Express' will be high or low
उत्तर
The working capital requirements of Bharat Express will be low as organisations dealing in services have shorter operating cycles, i.e. no processing is done in such organisations. Accordingly, they require low working capital.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
State the functions performed by financial market.
Helpequip Ltd. is a company dealing in distribution of medical equipments. The company recently imported 500 units of a diabetes monitoring machine which tests the sugar levels without taking blood samples. For deciding the marketing strategy, the Chief Executive Officer of the company called a meeting of the marketing heads of different zones. In the meeting, Sanjeev, the North Zone marketing head suggested that they need to visit hospitals to explain personally to the hospital staff who would be using the machine since the machine is sophisticated. He also suggested that additional staff may also be recruited for the same.
Rishu, another zonal head, was of this opinion that since a large amount of money had been spent on the purchase of the machines, additional funds were not available for recruiting the personnel as suggested by Sanjeev.
Ankur, a newly appointed zonal head of South Zone, suggested that since the size of the
order was not large, a detailed study of the factors determining the choice of channels of distribution was required before making the right choice.
1) Identify the factors influencing the choice of channels of distribution which were discussed in the meeting.
2) Also, explain the other considerations to be taken care of in each factor identified in part (a).
What are the functions of Financial Market?
Match the pairs :
| Group "A" | Group "B" | ||
| 1. | Private placement | a. | Recurring Deposit |
| 2. | N.S.D.L | b. | Dividend |
| 3. | Overdraft facility | c. | Evidence of deposit |
| 4. | Deposit receipt | d. | Interest |
| 5. | Returns on share | e. | Depository out of India |
| f. | A public company collecting capital privately |
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| g. | Depository in India | ||
| h. | Evidence of ownership | ||
| i. | A private company collecting capital privately |
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| j. | Current account |
PRIMARY MARKET SECONDARY MARKET
Answer the following question.
What is meant by the 'Allocative Function' of Financial Markets?
Select the correct answer from the options given below and rewrite the statement.
____________ is the market for borrowing and lending long term capital required by business enterprises.
Write a word or a term or a phrase which can substitute the following statement.
A market where people trade financial securities and derivatives at low transaction cost
Explain the following term/concept.
Capital market
Study the following case/situation and express your opinion.
Mr. X is the CFO ( Chief Financial Officer ) of PQR Co. Ltd. which is a reputed company in the field of construction business. Often Mr. X has to decide on investing surplus funds of the company for short durations. And at times, he also has to decide the sources from where he can raise funds for short durations.
- Assume on behalf of the company Mr. X has Rs. 5 lakhs and wants to invest for a short period. Should he buy Equity shares or a Certificate of Deposit?
- The company has surplus funds and wants to invest it. However, he needs the money back in 4 months, so should he invest in Treasury Bills or Government Securities?
- Can the company issue a Certificate of Deposit?
Answer in brief.
State any four functions of the financial market.
Match the FUNCTIONS of Financial Markets in Column I with their correct MEANING in Column II
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Allocated Function | (i) | Establish a price for the financial asset through interaction between house-holds and business firms. |
| (b) | Facilitating Price Discovery | (ii) | Easy purchase and sale of financial assets. |
| (c) | Financial Assets Liquidity | (iii) | Mobilization of savings and channelising them into the most productive use. |
Tractors Pvt. Ltd. producing 2,00,000 trucks and generating revenue of Rs. 2,000 crores annually, has recently acquired the world's second largest truck manufacturing company. After this acquisition, Tractors Pvt. Ltd. will become the world's largest truck manufacturer. For financing the acquisition, the company had to arrange about Rs. 1,00,000 crores through debt and equity. ______ function is being performed by the company for arranging the funds through debt and equity.
Full form of IFCI
Study the following case/situation and express your opinion.
| Jack & Jones, a newly incorporated organization wants to raise capital for the first time by issuing equity shares. |
- Should it go for Primary Market or the Secondary Market?
- What will be the issue of equity shares by Jack & Jones called?
Correct the underlined word and rewrite the following:
IPO is offered to existing equity shareholders.
______ market where the company trades shares for the first time.
Distinguish between:
Primary Market and Secondary Market
