Model Question Paper

Subject: SAPM 5th Sem.

Q.1. What are various investment alternatives available in India? Explain.

Q.2. What are various sources of systematic and unsystematic risks?

Q. 3. What are the different tools of investment? Explain.

Q.4. What do you understand by risk? What are the different types of risk?

Q.5. What do you understand by Fundamental analysis? Explain components

of fundamental analysis

Q.6. What is economic analysis? Discuss important economic forces with which
The factors of investment operate.

Q.7. Write the concept of financial derivative. What are differences between forward contract
& future contract?

Q. 8. What do you understand by technical analysis? What are the various types of
Commonly used charts?

Q.9. What do you mean by Efficient Market Hypothesis? Discuss its various forms.

Q.10. Explain portfolio management. Discus the steps of portfolio management.

Q.11. Explain traditional approach to portfolio management.

Q.12. Discuss in detail Markowitz theory of portfolio analysis.

Q.13. Explain Sharpe’s Single index model.

Q.14. Explain Capital Asset Pricing Model in detail.

Q. 15. Explain the Industry Life Cycle with suitable illustrations.

PART B — (5 13 = 65 marks)

11. (a) Discuss different types of Investment.
Or
(b) Explain how will you measure different types of Risks.
Question Paper Code : BS2142
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12. (a) Give an account of various participants in financial market.
Or
(b) Discuss different methods of floating new issues.
13. (a) Discuss the significance of Economic forecasting and Stock Investment
decisions.
Or
(b) Discuss different Applied Valuation Techniques.
14. (a) Make a comparison between Fundamental Analysis and Technical
Analysis.
Or
(b) Explain efficient market theory in detail.
15. (a) Discuss different types of mutual funds.
Or
(b) Discuss the approaches in portfolio construction.
PART C — (1 × 15 = 15 marks)
16. (a) Do you consider SEBI as an effective regulator of capital

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

(Codes/Tables /Charts to be permitted, if any, may be indicated)
Answer ALL questions.
PART A — (10 2 = 20 marks)
1. What are the objectives of Investment?
2. Define Unsystematic Risk.
3. What do you mean by Book building?
4. Distinguish between BSE and NSE.
5. What is Company Analysis?
6. What do you mean by Industry life cycle?
7. What do you mean by Oscillators?
8. What are Trend reversals?
9. Define Portfolio Revision.
10. What is Utility Analysis?
PART B — (5 13 = 65 marks)
11. (a) Discuss different types of Investment.
Or
(b) Explain how will you measure different types of Risks.
Question Paper Code : BS2142
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