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Match the words

Pair each term with what it actually means.

49 rounds · your answers are never saved or sent anywhere

  1. Match them up

    Five words your report uses

    Closed
    Settled
    Written-off
    000 in the accounts grid
    Dispute

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Credit scores, decoded · Your report is free — go and read it

  2. Match them up

    Five words this whole shelf runs on

    EEE
    Sovereign backing
    Lock-in
    Liquidity
    Quarterly reset

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Deposits and the small savings shelf · PPF: the account you cannot empty

  3. Match them up

    Five words from the parking-spot question

    Sweep-in fixed deposit
    Liquid mutual fund
    Premature withdrawal penalty
    DICGC cover
    Making charges

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Emergency funds · Where to keep it

  4. Match them up

    Six words this whole course turns on

    UAN
    EPS
    Continuous service
    Gratuity
    Tier I
    Annuity

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From EPF, NPS and the retirement machine · NPS: two tiers, one locked box

  5. Match them up

    Five clauses, five meanings

    What each clause does to a bill.

    Waiting period
    Sub-limit
    Co-payment
    Room-rent cap
    Moratorium

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Health insurance, decoded · The clauses that shrink a payout

  6. Match them up

    Four words this lesson turns on

    Marginal slab
    Rebate 87A
    Marginal relief
    Standard deduction
    Cess

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From How income tax actually works · The rebate, and the relief above it

  7. Match them up

    Five biases, five tells

    What each bias feels like from the inside.

    Loss aversion
    FOMO
    Recency
    Anchoring
    Herding

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Money and your head · Five biases that spend your money

  8. Match them up

    Four words this lesson turns on

    Nominee
    Heir
    Intestate
    Probate

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Nominee vs heir: who actually gets your money · The receiver is not the owner

  9. Match them up

    Six words the agreement turns on

    Security deposit
    Lock-in period
    Notice period
    Inventory annexure
    Registration Act, 1908
    Model Tenancy Act, 2021

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Renting in India, decoded · The agreement, and the 11-month mystery

  10. Match them up

    Six words the broker's app never explains

    Demat account
    Trading account
    Depository Participant
    DP charges
    Securities Transaction Tax
    Annual maintenance

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Every account type, and which one you need · Demat and trading are not bank accounts

  11. Match them up

    Four things worth knowing cold

    UPI PIN
    Collect request
    1930
    cybercrime.gov.in

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From UPI and payment fraud · The one rule that defeats most of them

  12. Match them up

    Five lines off a contract note

    Brokerage
    STT
    Stamp duty
    GST
    Contract note

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From What a share actually is · What a trade actually costs

  13. Match them up

    Four words this lesson turns on

    Barter
    Legal tender
    A ₹500 note
    UPI

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From What money actually is · From barter to UPI

  14. Match them up

    Five lines, and what each one actually does

    The job each line on the slip does.

    Basic
    HRA
    EPS
    EPF
    Gratuity

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Your first payslip, line by line · What each line is

  15. Match them up

    Five words the brochure hopes you skip

    Carpet area
    Super built-up area
    RERA
    Encumbrance certificate
    Occupancy certificate

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Buying a home without getting played · The paperwork that does the protecting

  16. Match them up

    Five card words worth owning

    Interest-free window
    Minimum due
    Cash advance
    No-cost EMI
    Utilisation

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Credit cards without the trap doors · EMIs, rewards, and when a card is worth it

  17. Match them up

    Five words the offer letter uses without explaining

    What each term actually is on this ₹6 lakh offer.

    CTC
    Gross salary
    In-hand
    Gratuity provision
    Salary annexure

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Your offer letter, decoded · What a ₹6 lakh CTC actually pays you

  18. Match them up

    Five words worth carrying out of this course

    Making charges
    HUID
    916
    Counterparty
    Custodian

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Gold, and the honest way to own it · ETFs, digital gold, and who owes you

  19. Match them up

    The five words the formula runs on

    Least of three
    Metro, for HRA
    The rent test
    Salary, in this formula
    Landlord’s PAN

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From HRA: the rent money the taxman leaves alone · The least-of-three formula

  20. Match them up

    Four returns that are not the same return

    Nominal return
    Post-tax return
    Real return
    Purchasing power

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Inflation, and why ₹100 shrinks · Real returns: the sum almost nobody does

  21. Match them up

    Two versions of the same no

    What each move actually does.

    The three-week "let me see"
    The no on the same day
    "You are careless with money"
    "I am not able to do this"
    A smaller amount, given as a gift

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Money and family · Saying no without ending the relationship

  22. Match them up

    Six words a scheme document uses

    NAV
    Expense ratio
    Exit load
    Riskometer
    SID
    KIM

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Mutual funds, decoded · NAV, the invisible fee, and the riskometer

  23. Match them up

    Five terms the regime choice runs on

    Default regime
    Form 10-IEA
    Break-even
    Section 80CCD(2)
    Cess

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Old regime vs new regime · Default, switching, and the fine print

  24. Match them up

    The script, line by line

    What is actually true, behind each line the caller uses.

    "You are under digital arrest"
    "Do not leave this video call"
    "Speaking to family makes you a party"
    "Transfer it to prove your innocence"
    "Send it to an RBI verification account"

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From The scams actually happening in India · The digital arrest call

  25. Match them up

    Six terms from the fine print

    Rider
    Claim settlement ratio
    Waiver of premium
    Grace period
    Free look
    Section 45

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Term insurance: the cheapest big promise · Riders, and what a settlement ratio really says

  26. Match them up

    Five words around a will

    Probate
    Executor
    Attesting witness
    Registration of a will
    Plain-paper will

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Wills and succession: who inherits what · A valid will, and what happens after

  27. Match them up

    Four terms this lesson turns on

    Simple interest
    Compound interest
    Compounded annually
    Rule of 72

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Compounding · Interest on interest

  28. Match them up

    Five words the branch conversation uses

    Margin
    Collateral
    Co-borrower
    Vidya Lakshmi
    Interest subvention

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Education loans, eyes open · What the bank can ask for

  29. Match them up

    Five words the ladder is built from

    What each rung of the ladder is for.

    Buffer
    Health cover
    Term cover
    Expensive debt
    Section 80D

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From First salary: the order of operations · The ladder, and why it is in that order

  30. Match them up

    Five words that decide who is who

    What each word means inside an HUF.

    Karta
    Coparcener
    Member
    Partition
    2005 amendment

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From HUF: one family, one extra taxpayer · Karta, coparceners, members — who is who

  31. Match them up

    Six words the pitch skips

    Benefit illustration
    Premium allocation charge
    Fund management charge
    Reduction in yield
    Lock-in
    Surrender value

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Insurance is not an investment · The illustration, decoded

  32. Match them up

    Five flags, and what each one is telling you

    Approved in minutes, almost no checks
    Wants your contacts or gallery
    Less arrives than was sanctioned
    Repayment due in days
    No named lender behind the app

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Loan apps and recovery harassment · How the trap closes

  33. Match them up

    The three pipes, and two words that go with them

    SIP
    STP
    SWP
    NAV
    Exit load

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From SIP, STP, SWP: money on autopilot · STP and SWP: the other two pipes

  34. Match them up

    Six documents, six jobs

    What each document actually does.

    TDS
    Form 16 Part A
    Form 16 Part B
    Form 26AS
    AIS
    TIS

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From TDS, Form 16 and AIS: where your tax went · 26AS, AIS, and the mismatch drill

  35. Match them up

    Four words this method turns on

    Take-home pay
    Needs
    Wants
    50/30/20

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Budgeting that survives real life · A method that holds in Indian households

  36. Match them up

    Five clauses that decide a senior claim

    Waiting period
    Sub-limit
    Co-payment
    Room-rent cap
    Moratorium

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Your parents' money, and yours · Cover for parents, before the year it is needed

  37. Match them up

    Five words that decide who may say what

    Investment Adviser
    Research Analyst
    Education
    Advice
    Survivorship

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From How to judge anyone giving money advice · The test

  38. Match them up

    Five terms a freelancer needs cold

    Section 194J
    Section 44ADA
    Section 44AD
    Advance tax
    Form 26AS

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Freelance and gig income: the tax rulebook · Advance tax, and invoicing like an adult

  39. Match them up

    Four words the sanction letter uses

    EMI
    Amortisation
    Tenure
    Principal

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Home loans: the 20-year arithmetic · What an EMI is made of

  40. Match them up

    Five words on a motor policy

    IDV
    Deductible
    No-claim bonus
    Liability section
    Own-damage section

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Motor insurance: the cover the law asks for · IDV, the deductible and the bonus

  41. Match them up

    Five words this lesson leans on

    Equity
    Debt
    Gold
    Property
    Correlation

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Risk, diversification and real returns · Asset classes, and separate baskets

  42. Match them up

    Who is who inside a trust

    What each role actually does.

    Settlor
    Trustee
    Beneficiary
    Instrument of trust
    Specific trust
    Discretionary trust

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Trusts and family wealth: what a trust is · Three roles, and a split down the middle

  43. Match them up

    Name to definition

    Match each category to what it commits the fund to.

    Liquid Fund
    Short Term Fund
    Credit Risk Fund
    Gilt Fund
    Dynamic Term Fund

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Debt funds: two risks, not one · What the category name commits a fund to

  44. Match them up

    Six words on a GST invoice

    Aggregate turnover
    GSTIN
    Input tax credit
    CGST + SGST
    IGST
    SAC code

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From GST for freelancers · Rates, invoices and input tax credit

  45. Match them up

    Five words from the guarantee chapter

    What the Act does with each term.

    Surety
    Principal debtor
    Co-extensive (s.128)
    Continuing guarantee (s.129)
    Rights on payment (s.140)

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Standing guarantor: what the signature says · Your report, and how the exit works

  46. Match them up

    Four prices and what they really are

    What each item actually costs.

    A ₹60,000 phone at nineteen
    ₹300 a day on delivered food
    The tag price
    Opportunity cost
    Why age changes the answer

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Net worth and the maths behind money · What a purchase actually costs

  47. Match them up

    Who hears what

    What each forum deals with.

    RBI Ombudsman
    Insurance Ombudsman
    SCORES
    Consumer commission
    1930 and cybercrime.gov.in

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From The ombudsman and the consumer court · Three ombudsmen, three sectors

  48. Match them up

    Words on the auto-debit screen

    e-mandate
    Additional factor of authentication
    Pre-transaction notification
    Opt-out
    Withdrawal

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Buy now, pay later — and the debits you forgot · The permission you gave once

  49. Match them up

    Where would you look?

    Match the question to the required disclosure that answers it.

    Money moving to insiders
    Something happened in March
    What could end this company
    Did the auditor find fraud
    How often did the board meet

    Drag each meaning up or down until it sits beside the term it belongs to.

    From Reading an annual report · The list that has to be there