Law of Consumer Protection: Multiple Choice Questions with answers: Part 1

Vande Matram! These are some MCQs on Laws of Consumer Protection in India. Please note them all for your exams.

1. __________ was part of ancient culture of India and formed the core of its administration.

Options:

a) Consumer protection               

b) Consumer betrayal

c) Monopoly of business to harass consumers

d) No protection for consumers

Ans. a) Consumer protection

2. As in Europe, in India also the origin of the Consumer Movement was in the form of __________

a) Consumer syndicate

b) Consumer Co-operatives

c) Consumer trust

d) Individual Consumer

Ans. b) Consumer Co-operatives

3) ___________ was the basic law of ancient India and the same was strengthened with provisions to protect consumers.

a) Manusmiti

b) Parashar Smriti

c) Kautilya's 'Arthasasthra'

d) Dharmshastra

4) In Ancient India, Sale of commodities was organised in such a way that general public

a) was crying for high prices

b) capping on the highest rates

c) including too much taxes

d) was not put to any trouble.

Ans. d) was not put to any trouble.

5) In ancient India, if high profits (for the ruler) put general public in trouble, then that trade activity was ______________.

a) continued

b) slowed down

c) stopped immediately.

d) not specified

Ans. c) stopped immediately.

6) For traders, profit limit was ___________ in ancient India.

a) not fixed

b) to be fixed

c) depending upon demand

d) depending upon supply

Ans. b) to be fixed

7) Even for services _____(i)___ was prescribed in rules for the protection of _____(ii)_____ were given in ancient India.

a) (i) timely response (ii) consumer interest

b) (i) no timely response (ii) consumer’s trouble

c) (i) timely response (ii) consumer’s trouble

d) (i) no timely response (ii) consumer interest

Ans. a) (i) timely response (ii) consumer interest

Explanation: e.g. of service providers are sculpturist, carpenter, tailor, washerman. etc. Thus, for a washerman, it was said that he should return washed clothes in a given time period, i.e., light coloured ones in five days, blue dark coloured in 6 days and silken, woollen or embroidered in 7 days. Failing this they had to pay fine.

8) In ancient India, the Superintendent of Commerce was ________.

a) earning a lot from bribe from traders

b) not responsible for high gains of traders

c) not appointed by the ruler

d) to supervise weights and measures

Ans. d) to supervise weights and measures

8) In ancient India, for shortfall in weight measuring,__________.

a) sellers were encouraged to earn more by this practice

b) sellers were fined heavily

c) no one was caring for consumers

d) none of these

Ans. b) sellers were fined heavily

9) In ancient India, weights and measures used in trade were manufactured ------(i)------ and inspected -----(i)------.

a) (i) only by the official agency responsible for standardization, (ii) yearly

b) (i) by anyone, (ii) every four months

c) (i) only by the official agency responsible for standardization, (ii) every four months

d) (i) by anyone, (ii) never

Ans. c) (i) only by the official agency responsible for standardization, (ii) every four months

10) In ancient India, sellers passing off inferior products as superior were fined _______ times the value of articles thus sold.

a) two

b) four

c) six

d) eight

Ans. d) eight

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