12th Commerce Money Market Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers,12th standard students who want to get full marks in public examination conducted by Tamilnadu government must go through this guide. This is a book back answers all in one page. This guide is separated by chapter wise. One mark two mark and all brief questions are answered on this page

I. Choose the Correct Answer:

Question 1.
The money invested in the call money market provides high liquidity with ________
(a) Low Profitability
(b) High Profitability
(c) Limited Profitability
(d) Medium Profitability
Answer:
(a) Low Profitability

Question 2.
A major player in the money market is the ________
(a) Commercial Bank
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) State Bank of India
(d) Central Bank
Answer:
(a) Commercial Bank

Question 3.
Money Market provides ________
(a) Medium-term Funds
(b) Short-term Funds
(c) Long-term Funds
(d) Shares
Answer:
(b) Short-term Funds

Question 4.
Money Market Institutions are ________
(a) Investment Houses
(b) Mortgage Banks
(c) Reserve Bank of India
(d) Commercial Banks and Discount Houses
Answer:
(d) Commercial Banks and Discount Houses

Question 5.
Risk in the Money Market is ________
(a) High
(b) Market Risk
(c) Low Credit and Market Risk
(d) Medium Risk
Answer:
(c) Low Credit and Market Risk

Question 6.
Debt Instruments are issued by Corporate Houses are raising short-term financial resources from the money market are called ________
(a) Treasury Bills
(b) Commercial Paper
(c) Certificate of Deposit
(d) Government Securities
Answer:
(b) Commercial Paper

Question 7.
The market for buying and selling of Commercial Bills of Exchange is known as a_______ _
(a) Commercial Paper Market
(b) Treasury Bill Market
(c) Commercial Bill Market
(d) Capital Market
Answer:
(c) Commercial Bill Market

Question 8.
A marketable document of title to a time deposit for a specified period may be referred to as a ________
(a) Treasury Bill
(b) Certificate of Deposit
(c) Commercial Bill
(d) Government Securities
Answer:
(b) Certificate of Deposit

Question 9.
Treasury Bills commands _______
(a) High Liquidity
(b) Low Liquidity
(c) Medium Liquidity
(d) Limited Liquidity
Answer:
(a) High Liquidity

Question 10.
Government Securities are issued by agencies such as _______
(a) Central Government
(b) State Governments
(c) Semi-government Authorities
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d) All of the above

II. Very Short Answer Questions

Question 1.
Define the term “Money Market”.
Answer:
According to Crowther, ’’the money market is the collective name given to the various firms and institutions that deal in the various grades of near money”.

Question 2.
What is the commercial bill market?
Answer:
The Commercial Bill is an instrument drawn by a seller of goods on a buyer of goods. A bill of exchange issued by a commercial organization to raise money for short-term needs. These bills are of 30 days, 60 days and 90 days maturity.

Question 3.
What is a CD market?
Answer:
Certificate of Deposits is a short-term deposit instrument issued by banks and financial institutions to raise large sums of money. The Certificate of Deposit is transferable from one party to another. Due to their negotiable feature, they are also known as negotiable certificates of deposit.

Question 4.
What is Government Securities Market?
Answer:
A market whereby the Government or gilt-edged securities can be bought and sold is called the ‘Government Securities Market’.

Question 5.
What are the Instruments of the Money Market?
Answer:

1.  Treasury Bills in the Treasury Market
2. Money at Call and Short Notice in the Call Loan Market
3. Commercial Bills and Promissory Notes in the Bill Market

Now in addition to the above, the following new instruments come into existence:

1. Commercial Papers
2. Certificate of Deposits
3. Inter-Bank participation Certificates
4. Repo Instruments

Question 6.
Explain the two oldest money markets.
Answer:

1. Treasury Bills- These are very popular and enjoy a higher degree of liquidity since they are issued by the Government.
2. Commercial Bills- It is an instrument drawn by a seller of goods on a buyer of goods.

Question 7.
What do you mean by Auctioning?
Answer:
A method of trading whereby merchants bid against one another and where the securities are sold to the highest bidder is known as auctioning.

Question 8.
What do you mean by Switching?
Answer:
The purchase of one security against the sale of another security carried out by the RBI in the secondary market as part of its open market operations is described as ‘Switching’.

III. Short Answer Questions

Question 1.
What are the features of Treasury Bills?
Answer:

1. Issuer
2. Finance Bills
3. Liquidity
4. Vital Source
5. Monetary Management

Question 2.
Who are the participants of the Money Market?
Answer:

1. Government of different countries
2. Central Banks of different countries
3. Private and Public Banks
4. Mutual Funds Institutions
5. Insurance Companies
6. Non-Banking Financial Institutions
7. RBI and SBI
8. Commercial Banks
9. State Governments
10. Public

Question 3.
Explain the types of Treasury Bills.
Answer:
Treasury Bills are issued to the public and other financial institutions for meeting the short-term financial requirements of the Central Government.
Treasury Bills may be classified into three!
They are:

1. 91 days Treasury Bills
2. 182 days Treasury Bills
3. 364 days Treasury Bills

Question 4.
What are the features of a Certificate of Deposit?
Answer:

1. Document of title to time deposit
2. It is unsecured negotiable instruments
3. It is freely transferable by endorsement and delivery
4. It is issued at discount to face value
5. It is repayable on a fixed date without grace days

Question 5.
What are the types of Commercial Bill?
Answer:

1. Demand and Usance Bills
2. Clean bills and documentary Bills
3. Inland bills and Foreign Bills
4. Indigenous Bills
5. Accommodation and supply Bills

IV. Long Answer Questions

Question 1.
Define Money Market and Capital Market. Explain the difference between the Money -Market and Capital Market.
Answer:
(i) Money Market Definition: According to Crowther, “the money market is the collective name given to the various firms and institutions that deal in the various grades of near money.”
(ii) Capital Market Definition: According to Aran K. Datta, capital market may be defined as “a complex of institutions investment and practices with established links between the demand for and supply of different types of capital gains”.

S.No.	Features	Money Market	Capital Market
1.	Duration of Funds	It is a market for short-term loanable funds for a period of not exceeding one year.	It is a market for long-term funds exceeding period of one year.
2.	Supply of Fupds	This market supplies funds for financing current business operations working capital requirements of industries and short period requirements of the government.	This market supplies funds for financing the fixed capital requirements of trade and commerce as well as the long­term requirements of the government.
3.	Deals with Instruments	It deals with instruments like commercial bills (bill of exchange, treasury bill, commercial papers etc.).	It deals with instruments like shares, debentures, Government bonds, etc.,
4.	Money Value	Each single money market instrument is of large amount. A treasury bill is of minimum for one lakh. Each certificate of deposits or commercial paper is for minimum of Rs 25 lakh.	Each single capital market instrument is of small amount. Each share value is Rs 10. Each debenture value is Rs 100.
5.	Role of Major Institution	The central bank and commercial banks are the major institutions in the money market.	Development banks and Insurance companies play a dominant role in the capital market.

Question 2.
Explain the characteristics of Money Market.
Answer:

1. Short-term Funds: It is a market purely for short-term funds or financial assets called near money.
2. Maturity Period: It deals with financial assets having a maturity period upto one year only.
3. Conversion of Cash: It deals with only those assets which can be converted into cash readily without loss and with minimum transaction cost.
4. No Formal Place: Generally, transactions take place through phone, i.e., oral communication. Relevant documents and written communications can be exchanged subsequently.
5. Sub-markets: It is not a single homogeneous market. It comprises of several sub-markets each specialising in a particular type of financing.
6. Role of Market: The components of a money market are the Central Bank, Commercial Banks. Commercial banks generally play a dominant role in this market.
7. Highly Organized Banking System: The Commercial Banks are the nerve centre of the whole money market. They are the principal suppliers of short-term funds.
8. Existence of Secondary Market: There should be an active secondary market for these instruments.
9. Demand and Supply of Funds: There should be a large demand and supply of short-term funds.
10. Wholesale Market: It is a wholesale market and the volume of funds or financial assets traded in the market is very large.
11. Flexibility: Due to greater flexibility in the regulatory framework, there are constant endeavours for introducing new instruments.
12. Presence of a Central Bank: The central bank keeps their cash reserves and provides them financial accommodation in difficulties by discounting their eligible securities.

Question 3.
Explain the Instruments of Money Market.
Answer:

(i) Treasury Bills: Treasury bills are very popular and enjoy a higher degree of liquidity since they are issued by the Government. A Treasury bill is nothing but a promissory note issued for a specified period stated therein. The Government promises to pay the specified amount mentioned therein to the bearer of the instrument on the due date. The period does not exceed a period of one year.

(ii) Certificate of Deposits: Certificate of Deposits are short-term deposit instruments issued by banks and financial institutions to raise large sums of money. The Certificate of Deposit is transferable from one party to another. Due to their negotiable feature, they are also known as negotiable certificate of deposit.

(iii) Commercial Bills: The Commercial Bill is an instrument drawn by a seller of goods on a buyer of goods. It possesses the advantages like self-liquidating in nature, recourse to two parties, knowing exact date of transactions, transparency of transactions etc.,

Question 4.
Explain the features and types of Commercial Bills.
The features of the Commercial Bills are as follows:
Answer:

1. Drawer
2. Acceptor
3. Payee
4. Discounter
5. Endorser
6. Assessment
7. Maturity
8. Credit Rating

Types:

1. Demand and Usance Bills: A demand bill is one wherein no specific time of payment is mentioned. So, demand bills are payable immediately when they are presented to the drawee.
2. Clean Bills and Documentary Bills: Bills that are accompanied by documents of title to goods are called documentary bills. Clean bills are drawn without accompanying any document.
3. Inland Bills and Foreign Bills: Bills that are drawn and payable in India on a person who is resident in India are called inland bills.
4. Indigenous Bills: The drawing and acceptance of indigenous bills are governed by native custom or usage of trade.
5. Accommodation and Supply Bills: Accommodation bills are those which do not arise out of genuine trade of transactions.

Question 5.
What are the features of Government Securities?
Answer:

1. Agencies: Government securities are issued by agencies such as Central Government State Governments, semi-government authorities like local Government authorities.
2. RBI Special Role: RBI takes a special and an active role in the purchase and sale of these securities as part of its monetary management exercise.
3. Nature of Securities: Securities offer a safe avenue of investment through guaranteed payment of interest and repayment of principal by the Government.
4. Liquidity Profile: The liquidity profile of gilt-edged securities varies. Accordingly liquidity profile of securities issued by Central Government is high.
5. Tax Rebate: A striking feature of these securities is that they offer wide-range of tax incentives to investors.
6. Market: As each sale and purchase has to be negotiated separately, the Gilt-Edged Market is an Over-The-Counter Market.
7. Forms: The securities of Central and State Government take such forms as inscribed stock or stock certificate, promissory note and bearer bond.
8. Participants: The participants in Government securities market include the Government sector comprising Central and State Governments
9. Trading: Small and less active, banks and corporate holders who purchase and sell Government securities on the stock exchanges participate in trading.
10. Issue Mechanism: The Public Debt Office (PDO) of the RBI undertakes to issue government securities.
11. Issue opening: A notification for the issue of the securities is made a few days before the public subscription is open.
12. Grooming Gradual: It is the acquisition of securities nearing maturity through the stock exchanges by the RBI.
13. Switching: It is the purchase of one security against the sale of another security carried out by the RBI in the secondary market as part of its open market operations.
14. Auctioning: A method of trading whereby merchants bid against one another and where the securities are sold to the highest bidder.

---

12th Commerce Money Market Additional Questions and Answers

I. A. Choose the Correct Answer

Question 1.
The money market is a market for purely ______
(a) Short-term funds
(b) Long-term funds
(c) Medium-term funds
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) Short-term funds

Question 2
______ deals with the financial assets and securities whose maturity period does not exceed one year.
(a) Money market
(b) Capital market
(c) Stock exchange
(d) Government bonds
Answer:
(a) Money market

Question 3.
Treasury Bills is an example of ______
(a) Capital market
(b) Money market
(c) Stock exchange
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Money market

Question 4
______ is a focal point for Central Bank intervention for influencing liquidity in the company.
(a) Capital market
(b) Money market
(c) Stock exchange
(d) Central Bank
Answer:
(b) Money market

Question 5.
Which is dealt with only those assets which can be converted into cash readily?
(a) Capital market
(b) Money market
(c) Stock exchange
(d) Bank
Answer:
(b) Money market

Question 6.
The issuers of certificate of deposits are ______
(i) commercial banks
(ii) cooperative banks
(iii) private company
(iv) financial institutions
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (i) and (iii)
(c) (i) and (iv)
(d) (ii) and (iii)
Answer:
(c) (i) and (iv)

B. Fill in the blanks:

1. A market for the purchase and sale of Treasury Bills is known as _______
2. Bills which are drawn and payable in India on a person who is resident of India are called _______

Answers:

1. Treasury Bills Market
2. Inland bills

II. Very Short Answer Questions

Question 1.
What is Grooming Gradual?
Answer:
Acquisition of securities nearing maturity through the stock exchanges by the RBI in order to facilitate redemption is described as ‘grooming’.

Question 2.
What is Indigenous Bills ?
Answer:
The drawing and acceptance of indigenous bills are governed by native custom or usage of trade.

Question 3.
What is Liquidity Profile?
Answer:
The liquidity profile of gilt-edged securities varies. Accordingly, the liquidity profile of securities issued by the Central Government is high.

Question 4.
Who are the Participants?
Answer:
The participants in the Government securities market include the Government sector comprising Central and State Governments whose holdings represent a governmental transfer of resources.

Question 5.
What is the Wholesale Market?
Answer:
It is a wholesale market and the volume of funds or financial assets traded in the market is very large.

Question 6.
Who will subscribe to the certificate of deposits?
Answer:
Certificates of deposits are subscribed by individuals, corporations, trusts, associations, and NRIs. It is a document of title to a time deposit.

Question 7.
What are the components of the money market?
Answer:
The components of a money market are the Central Bank, Commercial Banks, Non-Banking Financial Companies, Discount Houses, and Acceptance Houses.

III. Short Answer Questions

Question 1.
What are sub-markets?
Answer:
It is not a single homogeneous market. It comprises several sub-markets each specializing in a particular type of financing. E.g, Call Money Market, Acceptance Market, Bill Market.

Question 2.
Write any three differences between the money market and the capital market.
Answer:

Features	Money Market	Capital Market
Duration of Funds	It is a market for short-term loanable funds for a period of not exceeding one year.	It is a market for long-term funds exceeding period of one year.
Supply of Funds	This market supplies funds for financing current business operations working capital requirements of industries and short period requirements of the government.	This market supplies funds for financing the fixed capital requirements of trade and commerce as well as the long-term requirements of the government.
Deals with Instruments	It deals with instruments like commercial bills (bill of exchange, treasury bill, commercial papers etc.).	It deals with instruments like shares, debentures, Government bonds, etc.,

TN 12th Commerce Guide Book Back Answers
TN 12th Commerce Book Back Answers

---

Unit 1 Management Process

• Chapter 1 Principles of Management
• Chapter 2 Functions of Management
• Chapter 3 Management By Objectives (MBO) and Management By Exception (MBE)

---

Unit 2 Financial Markets – I

• Chapter 4 Introduction to Financial Markets
• Chapter 5 Capital Market
• Chapter 6 Money Market

---

Unit 3 Financial Markets – II

• Chapter 7 Stock Exchange
• Chapter 8 Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

---

Unit 4 Human Resource Management

• Chapter 9 Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
• Chapter 10 Recruitment Methods
• Chapter 11. Employee Selection Process
• Chapter 12 Employee Training Method

---

Unit 5 Elements of Marketing

• Chapter 13 Concept of Market and Marketer
• Chapter 14 Marketing and Marketing Mix
• Chapter 15 Recent Trends in Marketing

---

Unit 6 Consumer Protection

• Chapter 16 Consumerism
• Chapter 17 Consumer Protection
• Chapter 18 Grievance Redressal Mechanism

---

Unit 7 Business Environment

• Chapter 19 Environmental Factors
• Chapter 20 Liberalization, Privatization, and Globalization

---

Unit 8 The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 and The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

• Chapter 21 The Sale of Goods Act, 1930
• Chapter 22 The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

---

Unit 9 Entrepreneurship Development

• Chapter 23 Elements of Entrepreneurship
• Chapter 24 Types of Entrepreneurs
• Chapter 25 Government Schemes for Entrepreneurial Development

---

Unit 10 Company Law and Secretarial Practice

• Chapter 26 Companies Act, 2013
• Chapter 27 Company Management
• Chapter 28 Company Secretary