Weekly Quiz #1

No correct answers received till 2nd march. So i'm putting the answers.

A1. April 1993.
A2. National Exchange for Automated Trading.
A3. NSE.IT Ltd.
A4.finvarsity (www.finvarsity.com)
A5. NCDEX.
A6. National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL).
A7. NSE's Certification in Financial Markets (NCFM).
A8. Dr. R H Patil
A9.Fifty.
A10. NSE and CRISIL.

Happy QZiNG

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Hey guys to make this blog more interactive, from now onwards I'll be putting a quiz set each week and wait for answers from you. All those who mail in maximum correct answers will be listed along with the answers.

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First on here's quiz on NSE India. Lets see if you can crack it.
Mail in your answers to qzing.co.nr@gmail.com by saturday 28th Feb.
Winners along with answers to be notified on Sunday 1st March.

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THE NSE INDIA QUIZ.

1. When was NSE given recognition as a stock exchange?

2. The Capital Market segment of NSE offers a fully automated screen based trading system, knownas NEAT system. what is the full form of NEAT ?

3. Name the 100% technology subsidiary of NSE,which was incorporated in October1999 to provide thrust to NSE’s technology edge, concomitant with its overall goal ofharnessing latest technology for optimum business use.

4. NSE.IT also offers an e-learning portal, dedicated to the finance sector. What is it called ?

5.Name the NSE promoted comodities exchange?

6.To promote dematerialization of securities NSE joined hands with UTI and IDBI to set up thefirst depository in India called the?

7.Taking into account international experience and the needs of the Indian financial markets, National Stock Exchange introduced in 1998 a facility for testing and certification. Name the same ?

8.Who was the first MD of NSE ?

9.The NSE's Nifty is an index composed of how many stocks?

10.S&P CNX Nifty is owned and managed by India Index Services and Products Ltd. (IISL), which is a joint venture between ?

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Sunday Quiz

1.Name the dope tainted cyclist who was stripped of his 2006 tour de France title for using synthetic testosterone to fuel his spectacular comeback win.
Ans : Floyd Landis.

2. Who was the only golfer in PGA history to make a hole-in-one on a Par-4 when he did it in 2001?
Ans : Andrew Magee.

3. Name the first cricketer who bagged 10 wickets in a Test innings.
Ans : Jim Laker.

4. Who was tennis star Monica Seles playing in the 1993 Citizen’s Cup Tournament in Hamburg, Germany, when she was stabbed in the back by a spectator?
Ans : Magdalena Maleeva

5. Who was the first NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season?
Ans : George Yardley

6. How many cows does it take to supply the NFL with enough leather to make one years’ worth of footballs?
Ans : 3000.

7. Name the two American swimmers who registered the first official tie in Olympic history in the 100-meter freestyle at the 1984 Olympics. Both recorded a time of
55.92.
Ans : Nancy Hogshead and Carie Steinseifer

8. Terrell Owens was involved in a controversialcommercial that aired as an opening segment for a Monday Night Football game. The commercial had Owens and which “Desperate Housewives” star in a sexually suggestive situation?
Ans : Nicolette Sheridan

9. This cricketer (in the pic) played for South Africa when Rhodesia was still playing in the SA domestic competition. He played in England after South Africa was exiled from International Cricket. He actually qualified to play for England in the '80s, but was not chosen. Who is he?                                                                                                                                   Ans: Mike Procter

10.Name the US athlete who was “about a week” pregnant when she broke the world 200-meter record at the 1984 Olympics?
Ans : Valerie Brisco-Hooks