Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (ICSE) · Mathematics
Chapter: Chapter 3 — Chapter 3: Shares and Dividends
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is face value? [1]
(A) A share's original printed value
(B) The current market price
(C) The dividend amount
(D) The company's total profit
2. What is market value? [1]
(A) The current buying/selling price of a share
(B) The original printed value
(C) The dividend amount only
(D) The company's total profit
3. How is dividend calculated? [1]
(A) Percentage × face value
(B) Percentage × market value
(C) Face value ÷ market value
(D) Market value - face value
4. What is the dividend on a ₹100 face value share at 10%? [1]
(A) ₹10
(B) ₹100
(C) ₹1
(D) ₹1000
5. What are two sources of investment returns? [1]
(A) Dividends and capital gains
(B) Only dividends
(C) Only capital gains
(D) Neither
6. What is a capital gain? [1]
(A) An increase in share price
(B) A decrease in share price
(C) The dividend amount
(D) The face value
7. Why understand shares and dividends? [1]
(A) To grasp basic investment concepts
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
8. What do companies raise through shares? [1]
(A) Capital
(B) Only debt
(C) Only taxes
(D) Nothing
9. What is face value? [1]
(A) A share's original printed value
(B) The current market price
(C) The dividend amount
(D) The company's total profit
10. What is market value? [1]
(A) The current buying/selling price of a share
(B) The original printed value
(C) The dividend amount only
(D) The company's total profit
11. How is dividend calculated? [1]
(A) Percentage × face value
(B) Percentage × market value
(C) Face value ÷ market value
(D) Market value - face value
12. What is the dividend on a ₹100 face value share at 10%? [1]
(A) ₹10
(B) ₹100
(C) ₹1
(D) ₹1000
13. What are two sources of investment returns? [1]
(A) Dividends and capital gains
(B) Only dividends
(C) Only capital gains
(D) Neither
14. What is a capital gain? [1]
(A) An increase in share price
(B) A decrease in share price
(C) The dividend amount
(D) The face value
15. Why understand shares and dividends? [1]
(A) To grasp basic investment concepts
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
16. What do companies raise through shares? [1]
(A) Capital
(B) Only debt
(C) Only taxes
(D) Nothing