Market Basics Knowledge

What is a Stock Exchange?
How many Exchanges are there in India?
What is an Index?
How does one execute an order?
Why does one need a broker?
What is a contract note?
What is a book-closure/record date?
What is the difference between book closure and record date?
What is a no-delivery period?
What is an ex-dividend date?
What is an ex-date?
What is a Buy Back?
What is a settlement cycle?
What is a rolling settlement?
What is short selling?
What is an auction?
Is there a separate market for auctions?
What happens if the shares are not bought in the auction?
What is bad delivery?
What are company objections?
What should one do with company objections?
Who has to replace the shares in case of company objections?
How does transfer of physical shares take place?