QUESTIONNAIRE

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mohammed Shebeer A, a fourth semester student of LEAD College of Management,
Dhoni, Palakkad. I am undergoing a major project under the title of “A study on
Investment awareness and preference towards various Investment avenues”
With reference to OUR INVESTMENT ENTERPRISE LTD Kochi,

Please put (/) mark in the appropriate columns,

Name:

1. Gender:

Male Female

2. Status

Single Married

3. Educational Qualification

SSLC HSC Degree

P.G Others

4. Occupation

Student self-employed Employee (govt.)

Employee (pvt.) Retired

5.Annual Income

Up to 2 Lakh 2-4 Lakh

4-6 Lakh Above 6 Lakh

6. Average Annual Investment

Below Rs.10,0000K Rs.10,001 — Rs.20,000

Rs.20,001 — Rs.50,000 Rs.50,001 — Rs.1,00,000

Above Rs.1,00,001

7. What percentage of your annual income do you invest?

Up to 5% 6-10%

11-15% 16-20%

Above 20%

8. What are the sources of information about investment avenues?

Newspaper Journal and Magazine

Internet Agents

Television
9. Are you aware of the following investment avenues? (tick)

Safe/Low risk investment avenues High risk investment avenues

Saving Account Equity Share Market

Bank Fixed Deposit Commodity Market

Public Provident Fund

Crowd Funding
Post Office Savings
Traditional Investment avenues
Moderate risk Investment Avenues
Real Estate
Mutual Funds
Gold / Silver
Life Insurance
Chit Funds
Debentures
Precious Objects
Bonds Emerging investment avenues

Virtual Real Estate

Hedge Funds

Private Equity Investments

Balanced Funds
INVESTOR AWARENESS
10 AWARENESS ABOUT COMPANY AND INVESTORS RIGHTS

Level of Awareness Aware % Doubtful % Not %

Aware

a) The company Act-2013 80 0 0% 0 0%

govern the companies
100%
b) You are eligible to receive 55 68.75% 18 22.5% 7 8.75%
interest for delay in refund
of Allotment money

c) You are eligible to receive 63 78.75% 13 16.25% 4 5%

audited report from company

d) Company must start the 72 90% 5 6.25% 3 3.75%

process of issue of shares
only after receipt of
minimum subscription

11 AWARENESS ABOUT STOCK EXCHANGE

Level of Awareness Aware % Doubtful % Not %

Aware
a) The rate of commission 26 32.5% 30 37.5% 24 30%
charged by the broker
for buying and selling of
shares
b) Grievance cell which is 32 40% 43 53.75% 5 6.25%
attached to a stock
exchange for solving
investors problem
c) The fact that Financial 18 22.5% 37 46.25% 25 31.25%
loss of an investor can be
minimized by investors
protection fund
maintained by a stock
exchange
 12 AWARENESS ABOUT SEBI REGULATIONS

Level of Awareness Aware % Doubtful % Not %

Aware
a) SEBI has been given 80 100% 0 0% 0 0%
comprehensive authority to
regulate stock exchange

b) SEBI has introduced a new 72 90% 6 7.5% 2 2.5%

scheme of DEMAT for
solving major problems of
paperwork
c) SEBI has taken proper steps 64 80% 10 12.5% 6 7.5%
to educate the investors
through Recognized Investor
Association & Stock
Exchange

13. How often do you monitor your investment?

Daily weekly

Monthly Occasionally

14. Ranking of criteria for the Investment Decision

CRITERIA

Return

Security

Liquidity

Tax Benefits

Appreciation
15. Kindly rank the following investment according to your preference

Investment Avenues

Government Securities Deposits / Debentures

Insurance Mutual Funds

Primary Share Market Land & Buildings

Secondary Share Market Gold / Silver

Bank Deposits Others

16. Rank the following major purpose of investments

Purpose of Investment

Future Savings Meet out Emergency Situation

Children’s Higher Education Capital Appreciation

Others

17.What is the extent of risk would you like to take?

High Medium Low

18. Preference of securities in terms of the following criteria? (Rank the following)

I. RETURN

A. FIXED B. VARIBALE

Govt Securities Shares

Bank Deposits Mutual Funds

Insurance Chit Funds

Preference Shares Floating Rate Bonds

Loans / Bonds Others

II. SECURITY

Government Securities Land

Insurance Gold / Silver

Bank Deposits Mutual Funds

Shares Others

19. Investment preference for tax planning (Rank the following)

Tax Planning

NSC PPF

Mutual Funds Infrastructure Bonds

20. Rank the investment of potential for Appreciation / Growth (ranking of growth
. potential among these investment schemes)

Growth Potential

Primary Share Market LIC Schemes

Secondary Share Market Land, Gold & Silver

Mutual Funds Others

21.Which of these provisions do you need to boost up your investment?

Extra incentive Additional bonus

High rate of interest Tax Concession

High Retirement Benefits

22.What are the problems faced by you as an investor?

Uncertainty of Return Instability in Market Trend

Lack of Proper Control Lack of Information

All Off These

23. What is the level of knowledge you have about the current stock market?

High medium Low

26.Give Suggestions
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