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Q8·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2025

Indian Stock Market & Options Trading

EconomyFinancial Markets & InstrumentsStatement-basedHardCurrent-affairs-linked

Question

Consider the following statements: I. India accounts for a very large portion of all equity option contracts traded globally thus exhibiting a great boom. II. India's stock market has grown rapidly in the recent past even overtaking Hong Kong's at some point of time. III. There is no regulatory body either to warn the small investors about the risks of options trading or to act on unregistered financial advisors in this regard. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Options

a

I and II only

Answer
b

II and III only

c

I and III only

d

I, II and III

Explanation

Statements I and II are correct. Statement III is incorrect.

India has seen a massive surge in derivatives trading, and its market capitalization recently overtook Hong Kong's. However, SEBI actively regulates the market, frequently issuing risk disclosures regarding F&O trading and penalizing unregistered finfluencers.

SEBI's mandate explicitly includes investor protection and regulating derivative market risks.

Answer: (a).

Question details

Year

2025

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q8

Subject

Economy

Sub-topic

Financial Markets & Instruments

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Hard

Nature

Current-affairs-linked

Source hint

SEBI Equity Derivatives F&O Risk Disclosures 2024

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