Weekly Quiz

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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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

Sunday Quiz

1. Name the player who won the mens singles badminton gold at the Beijing Olympics.
Ans: Lin Dan

2. What was the amount offered by Manchester City when they bid for AC Milan's Kaka ?
Ans: £243 million

3. Name the Indian who won the junior titles at Wimbledon and French Open in 1970.
Ans: Ramesh Krishnan

4. Which Indian batswoman is currently ranked no. 3 by ICC?
Ans: Mithali Raj

5. Michael Jordan played a total of 15 NBA seasons. How many times did his regular season scoring average dip below 20 point per game (ppg)?
Ans: Never

6.Name the English cricketer who has scored a century in each innigs of a Duleep Trophy game ?
Ans: Kevin Peterson

7. Who was the first sportswoman to win a Padma Shri Award?
Ans: Arati Saha

8.Name the Manipuri woman-boxer who has won four AIBA World Championships.
Ans: Mary Kom

9. During the closing parade of the olympics in what order to the athletes enter the stadium?
Ans: There is no order at the closing ceremony. The flag bearers and country name board bearers enter first in single file. Then the athletes enter, en masse, without distinction of country.

10.Name Yuki Bhambri's sisters who are well-known tennis players.
Ans: Ankita and Sanaa Bhambri