Famous Scams (e.g., Harshad Mehta, Ketan Parekh) MCQs September 11, 2025 by u930973931_answers 50 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe 1. The Harshad Mehta scam took place in which year? (A) 1987 (B) 1992 (C) 1997 (D) 2001 2. Harshad Mehta was popularly known as: (A) Big Bear (B) Big Bull (C) Market King (D) Scamster 3. The Harshad Mehta scam involved manipulation of: (A) Stock prices (B) Mutual funds (C) Insurance policies (D) Real estate deals 4. Harshad Mehta scam mainly exploited loopholes in: (A) Insurance sector (B) Banking system (C) Corporate governance (D) Foreign trade 5. The total value of the Harshad Mehta scam was approximately: (A) ₹1,000 crore (B) ₹3,000 crore (C) ₹5,000 crore (D) ₹10,000 crore 6. The Ketan Parekh scam surfaced in which year? (A) 1992 (B) 1997 (C) 2001 (D) 2005 7. Ketan Parekh was known as the: (A) Ice Bull (B) IT Bull (C) Big Bear (D) Market Wizard 8. The Ketan Parekh scam mainly involved which sector? (A) Real estate (B) Banking (C) IT and Telecom stocks (D) Oil & Gas stocks 9. Which stock exchange was most affected by Ketan Parekh’s scam? (A) BSE (B) NSE (C) Calcutta Stock Exchange (D) London Stock Exchange 10. The UTI scam was linked with which scamster? (A) Harshad Mehta (B) Ketan Parekh (C) Nirav Modi (D) Subrata Roy 11. The Enron scandal took place in which country? (A) UK (B) USA (C) India (D) Japan 12. The Enron scandal was exposed in: (A) 1998 (B) 2000 (C) 2001 (D) 2003 13. Which auditing firm collapsed due to the Enron scandal? (A) PwC (B) Deloitte (C) Arthur Andersen (D) Ernst & Young 14. Enron was primarily involved in: (A) Oil (B) Energy (C) Real estate (D) Telecom 15. The Enron scandal was mainly due to: (A) Insider trading (B) False accounting practices (C) Banking fraud (D) Insurance fraud 16. The Satyam scam is also called: (A) India’s Big Bull scam (B) India’s Enron (C) India’s Ponzi (D) India’s Housing scam 17. The Satyam scam was exposed in which year? (A) 2005 (B) 2007 (C) 2009 (D) 2011 18. Who was the chairman of Satyam Computers during the scam? (A) Ketan Parekh (B) Harshad Mehta (C) Ramalinga Raju (D) Nirav Modi 19. The Satyam scam was worth nearly: (A) ₹1,500 crore (B) ₹4,000 crore (C) ₹7,000 crore (D) ₹14,000 crore 20. The Satyam scam involved manipulation of: (A) Stock market (B) Mutual funds (C) Company accounts (D) Bank loans 21. Nirav Modi was involved in which scam? (A) Bank fraud (B) Stock scam (C) Mutual fund scam (D) Insurance scam 22. The Nirav Modi scam was linked to which bank? (A) ICICI Bank (B) Punjab National Bank (C) State Bank of India (D) Bank of Baroda 23. The approximate value of the Nirav Modi scam was: (A) ₹5,000 crore (B) ₹8,000 crore (C) ₹11,000 crore (D) ₹14,000 crore 24. Vijay Mallya was accused of: (A) Insider trading (B) Tax fraud (C) Bank loan default (D) Insurance scam 25. The Sahara scam was linked with: (A) Real estate (B) Chit funds (C) Depositors’ money (D) Banking 26. Who was the chairman of Sahara Group during the scam? (A) Subrata Roy (B) Nirav Modi (C) Ramalinga Raju (D) Harshad Mehta 27. The Saradha scam was related to: (A) Telecom (B) Real estate (C) Chit fund (D) Banking 28. The Saradha scam mainly took place in which Indian state? (A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra (C) West Bengal (D) Karnataka 29. The Ponzi scheme is named after: (A) Harshad Mehta (B) Ketan Parekh (C) Charles Ponzi (D) Subrata Roy 30. Charles Ponzi operated his scam in: (A) USA (B) UK (C) France (D) Italy 31. The Commonwealth Games scam in India occurred in: (A) 2005 (B) 2007 (C) 2010 (D) 2012 32. The 2G spectrum scam involved loss of: (A) ₹50,000 crore (B) ₹1 lakh crore (C) ₹1.76 lakh crore (D) ₹2 lakh crore 33. The Coalgate scam was related to: (A) Iron ore (B) Coal block allocations (C) Oil (D) Telecom 34. The fodder scam was exposed in which state? (A) Bihar (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) West Bengal (D) Tamil Nadu 35. The main accused in the fodder scam was: (A) Ramalinga Raju (B) Lalu Prasad Yadav (C) Subrata Roy (D) Vijay Mallya 36. The Chit Fund scam in West Bengal is also known as: (A) Sahara scam (B) Saradha scam (C) Satyam scam (D) Enron scam 37. The Banking Regulation Act was tightened after which scam? (A) Harshad Mehta scam (B) Nirav Modi scam (C) Satyam scam (D) Sahara scam 38. The Ketan Parekh scam was worth approximately: (A) ₹500 crore (B) ₹1,000 crore (C) ₹1,500 crore (D) ₹2,500 crore 39. The Harshad Mehta scam case was later investigated by: (A) SEBI (B) RBI (C) CBI (D) All of the above 40. The 2008 Satyam scam shook which sector the most? (A) IT sector (B) Banking sector (C) Telecom sector (D) Real estate sector 41. The NSEL scam was worth nearly: (A) ₹2,000 crore (B) ₹3,500 crore (C) ₹5,600 crore (D) ₹10,000 crore 42. The 2G scam involved irregularities in allocation of: (A) Banking licenses (B) Spectrum licenses (C) Coal mines (D) Oil blocks 43. The term “pump and dump” is linked to which scamster? (A) Harshad Mehta (B) Ketan Parekh (C) Charles Ponzi (D) Nirav Modi 44. The Enron scandal led to the introduction of: (A) Basel norms (B) Sarbanes-Oxley Act (C) Dodd-Frank Act (D) Glass-Steagall Act 45. The Harshad Mehta scam directly affected which index? (A) Sensex (B) Nifty (C) Nasdaq (D) Dow Jones 46. Which scam led to reforms in SEBI regulations in India? (A) Harshad Mehta scam (B) Ketan Parekh scam (C) Sahara scam (D) Saradha scam 47. The Global Trust Bank collapsed after: (A) Nirav Modi scam (B) Ketan Parekh scam (C) Harshad Mehta scam (D) Sahara scam 48. Which scam involved diamond merchant Nirav Modi? (A) Spectrum scam (B) Banking fraud (C) Mutual fund scam (D) Real estate scam 49. The Satyam scam was exposed through: (A) Whistleblower (B) Media leaks (C) Confession letter (D) SEBI report 50. The Saradha scam was an example of a: (A) Ponzi scheme (B) Insider trading (C) Stock manipulation (D) Banking fraud