AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION ON CONSUMER AWARENESS ABOUT EGOLD AND E-SILVER IN NATIONAL SPOT EXCHANGE LTD. 1.

QUESTIONNAIRE

1) Name:__________________ 2) Age: a)Less than 20 b)21 30 3) Gender: a)Male 4) Education: a) SSLC 5) Marital status: a) Single 6) Occupation: a)Government 7) Monthly income: a) 15000 b) 15000 - 25000 c) 25000-35000 d) above 35000 b)Female b) HSC b)Married b)Private c)Business d)Others specify (--------) c) Diploma d) UG e) PG c)31 40 d)41 50 e)above 51

8) Assume that you are given with RS 100,000 in which asset class will you invest? a)Capital Market(share market) h) Mutual fund i) Insurance b)Government bond j) Business c)Physical gold g)Private finance d)Bank

Deposits e) Corporate Bonds f) Real Estate Investments

9) Rate the Risk involved in various Assets? Highest Risky Neither Risky Risky nor Riskless Riskless Highly Riskless

Asset Classes Capital market (share market) Government bond

Physical gold Real estate Private finance Bank Deposits Corporate Bonds Mutual fund Business

10) Why you invest in various assets classes? Rate the following features? Neither Parameters Highly satisfied Satisfied Satisfied nor Dissatisfied For Risk Reduction For Easy Liquidity For Appreciation To Diversify Investment For Tax benefit For safety Dissatisfied Highly Dissatisfied Rank

11) Assume that you are given with RS 200,000 in which asset class will you invest?

a)Capital Market(share market) Deposits e) Corporate Bonds i) Insurance h) Mutual fund

b)Government bond j) Business

c)Physical gold

d)Bank

f) Real Estate Investments

g) Private finance

12) From which media source, you came to know about financial products? a) Print media b)Television c)Internet d)Magazine e)Friends

13) For what reason do you purchase gold and silver? a)Investment b)Jewellery c)Mortgage d)General uses

14) Assume that you are given with RS 300,000 in which asset class will you invest? a)Capital Market(share market) h) Mutual fund i) Insurance b)Government bond j) Business c)Physical gold g) Private finance d)Bank

Deposits e) Corporate Bonds f) Real Estate Investments

15) Are you aware of E-gold and E-silver Products? a) Yes if yes proceed b) No Go to question no.20

16) How did you know about e-gold and e-silver? a) Advertisement b)Friends c)Relatives d)Stock Broker e)Jewellery shop

17) Have you purchased E-gold and E-silver? a) Yes b) No

18) How many times do you change E-gold into physical gold? a) Less than 5 times b) 5to10 times c) More than 10 times

19) Which companies E-gold and E-Silver product you mostly purchase? a) NSE E-gold b) Kotak E-gold c) UTI E-gold d)Others(___________)

20) Assume that you are given with RS 400,000 in which asset class will you invest? a)Capital Market(share market) h) Mutual fund i) Insurance b)Government bond j) Business c)Physical gold g) Private finance d)Bank

Deposits e) Corporate Bonds f) Real Estate Investments

21) Rank the following features of E-gold and E-silver?

Features Risk reduction

Rank

Liquidity Appreciation Diversified investment Storage Ease in quantity purchase Purity Tax benefit 22) In your lifetime investment, which asset paid highest return rank and rate them?

Asset Classes Capital market(Share market) Government bond Physical gold Real estate Private finance Bank Deposits Corporate Bonds E-Gold E-Silver Mutual fund Business

Rank It

Rating Required: Highest to lowest 5 4 3 2 1

Capital market (Share market) Government bond Physical gold Real estate Private finance Bank deposits Corporate bonds E-Gold E-Silver Mutual fund Business

23) What kind of Return we can expect from various asset classes?

High Risk/High Return Capital market Government bond Physical gold Real estate Private finance Bank deposits Corporate bonds E-Gold

High Risk/Low Return

Neutral

Low Risk/High Return

Low Risk/Low Return

E-Silver Mutual fund Business

24) Assume that you are given with RS 500,000 in which asset class will you invest? a)Capital Market(share market) Deposits e) Corporate Bonds h) Mutual fund i) Insurance b)Government bond j) Business c)Physical gold g) Private d)Bank finance

f) Real Estate Investments

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