Stock Indices (Sensex, Nifty, Dow Jones, etc.) MCQs September 11, 2025 by u930973931_answers 50 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe 1. The Sensex is the benchmark index of which stock exchange? (A) NSE (B) BSE (C) NYSE (D) NASDAQ 2. The Nifty 50 index is managed by: (A) BSE (B) NSE (C) RBI (D) SEBI 3. How many companies are included in the Sensex? (A) 30 (B) 50 (C) 100 (D) 500 4. How many companies are included in the Nifty 50? (A) 30 (B) 50 (C) 100 (D) 200 5. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) consists of how many companies? (A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 30 (D) 50 6. Which of the following is an index of the NASDAQ exchange? (A) Nasdaq Composite (B) FTSE 100 (C) Nikkei 225 (D) Hang Seng 7. The FTSE 100 belongs to which country? (A) USA (B) UK (C) Japan (D) Germany 8. The Nikkei 225 is the benchmark index of: (A) China (B) Japan (C) South Korea (D) Hong Kong 9. The Hang Seng index represents the stock market of: (A) Singapore (B) Hong Kong (C) Taiwan (D) Malaysia 10. S&P 500 index represents how many companies? (A) 100 (B) 200 (C) 500 (D) 1000 11. The Sensex was first compiled in which year? (A) 1975 (B) 1986 (C) 1991 (D) 1995 12. Nifty 50 was launched in: (A) 1986 (B) 1991 (C) 1996 (D) 2000 13. The Dow Jones index belongs to: (A) UK (B) USA (C) Japan (D) Germany 14. Which of the following is the oldest stock index? (A) Dow Jones (B) Sensex (C) Nifty (D) Nikkei 225 15. The Nikkei 225 index is calculated by which newspaper? (A) Times of India (B) Financial Times (C) Nihon Keizai Shimbun (D) Wall Street Journal 16. Which index is often called the “barometer of Indian stock market”? (A) Nifty 50 (B) Sensex (C) BSE 500 (D) NSE Midcap 100 17. Which index tracks technology companies in the U.S.? (A) Nasdaq Composite (B) Dow Jones (C) S&P 500 (D) FTSE 100 18. S&P 500 index is maintained by: (A) Standard & Poorâs (B) BSE (C) NSE (D) Reuters 19. The German stock market index is called: (A) DAX (B) FTSE (C) CAC 40 (D) Hang Seng 20. The French stock market index is: (A) DAX (B) CAC 40 (C) FTSE 100 (D) Nikkei 225 21. Which index covers small and medium companies in India? (A) BSE Smallcap (B) Nifty 50 (C) Sensex (D) Dow Jones 22. The Russell 2000 index represents: (A) Large-cap U.S. companies (B) Mid-cap U.S. companies (C) Small-cap U.S. companies (D) Indian companies 23. Which index is considered the benchmark for Hong Kongâs stock market? (A) Nikkei 225 (B) Hang Seng (C) Straits Times Index (D) Dow Jones 24. Which index is considered the benchmark for Singapore? (A) Straits Times Index (B) Hang Seng (C) Nikkei 225 (D) Dow Jones 25. The Dow Jones index is published by: (A) Financial Times (B) Wall Street Journal (C) Reuters (D) Bloomberg 26. Which index tracks the top 100 companies listed on NSE? (A) Nifty 100 (B) Nifty 50 (C) Sensex (D) BSE 500 27. Which Indian index represents the broader market apart from Sensex and Nifty? (A) BSE 500 (B) DAX (C) FTSE 100 (D) Nikkei 225 28. Which is the largest stock index in terms of number of companies in India? (A) Sensex (B) Nifty 50 (C) BSE 500 (D) Nifty 100 29. The Nasdaq-100 includes how many companies? (A) 100 (B) 200 (C) 300 (D) 500 30. Which index measures market volatility in India? (A) VIX (B) Nifty 50 (C) Sensex (D) BSE Midcap 31. Which Indian index tracks the performance of the banking sector? (A) Nifty Bank (B) BSE IT (C) Sensex (D) Nifty FMCG 32. The “Blue Chip” companies in India are generally represented in: (A) Sensex and Nifty 50 (B) BSE Smallcap (C) Nifty Midcap (D) None of these 33. The CAC 40 index represents: (A) UK (B) France (C) Germany (D) Japan 34. The DAX index represents the: (A) German stock market (B) French stock market (C) Japanese stock market (D) Indian stock market 35. The Shanghai Composite index belongs to which country? (A) Japan (B) China (C) Hong Kong (D) Singapore 36. Which index represents top 50 Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong? (A) Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (B) Nikkei 225 (C) Straits Times Index (D) FTSE 100 37. The S&P BSE 100 index includes: (A) 30 companies (B) 50 companies (C) 100 companies (D) 500 companies 38. The Nifty IT index tracks companies in which sector? (A) Banking (B) Information Technology (C) FMCG (D) Pharma 39. The Dow Jones Transportation Average measures the performance of: (A) Oil companies (B) Transport and logistics companies (C) Financial companies (D) IT companies 40. The S&P 500 is considered a benchmark because: (A) It covers large U.S. companies across sectors (B) It tracks only tech stocks (C) It represents only financial firms (D) It covers only small caps 41. Which index was the first stock index of India? (A) Sensex (B) Nifty (C) BSE 500 (D) Nifty 100 42. The Nifty Pharma index includes companies from which sector? (A) IT sector (B) Banking sector (C) Pharmaceutical sector (D) Auto sector 43. Which index tracks the 50 most liquid stocks of NSE? (A) Nifty 50 (B) Nifty Next 50 (C) Nifty 100 (D) Sensex 44. Which index is known as the “fear index”? (A) VIX (B) Sensex (C) Nifty (D) Dow Jones 45. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is also called: (A) DJIA (B) DAX (C) FTSE (D) Nikkei 46. The Straits Times Index represents the stock market of: (A) Hong Kong (B) Singapore (C) Malaysia (D) Japan 47. The S&P BSE Midcap index tracks: (A) Large-cap companies (B) Mid-cap companies (C) Small-cap companies (D) Blue-chip companies 48. The S&P BSE Smallcap index tracks: (A) Large companies (B) Small-cap companies (C) Only banks (D) Only IT companies 49. Which index represents large and mid-sized companies across Europe? (A) Euro Stoxx 50 (B) FTSE 100 (C) DAX (D) CAC 40 50. Which index is a global benchmark for emerging markets? (A) MSCI Emerging Markets Index (B) Dow Jones (C) FTSE 100 (D) Nikkei 225