Law of Consumer Protection: Multiple Choice Questions with answers: Part 5

 

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

 

Law of Consumer Protection: Multiple Choice Questions with answers: Part 5

 

39. In modern times, it was with the emergence of the laissez-faire economy that the thought of consumer is _______ was widely followed and accepted.

a) pawn

b) queen

c) king

d) bishop

Ans. c) king

40. Donoghue v. Stevenson is the hallmark in the case regarding ________.

a) consumer exploitation

b) consumer protection

c) consumer awareness

d) law of torts

Ans. b) consumer protection

Explanation: The leading case of Donoghue v. Stevenson is taken into account to be the landmark judgment for laws regarding product liability where the manufacturer was accountable for the presence of a snail in the ginger beer bottle. This is the hallmark in the case regarding consumer protection and called for the need for legislation to take care of the customers and protect their interests.

41. The Consumer Protection Act was passed in 1986 and it came into force on __________.

a) 1st July 1987

b) 1st July 1988

c) 1st July 1989

d) 1st July 1990

Ans. a) 1st July 1987

42. The Consumers Protection Act applies to all goods, services, and unfair trade practices unless ______.

a) specifically exempted by the Central Government.

b) specifically exempted by the State Government.

c) specifically exempted by any local body government.

d) specifically exempted by the Indian Penal Code.

Ans. a) specifically exempted by the Central Government.

43. The Consumers Protection Act covers_____________.

a) private sector

b) public sector

c) co-operative sector

d) all of the above

Ans. d) all of the above

44. The Consumers Protection Act provides for the establishment of consumer protection council at the ________________.

a) central level

b) state-level

c) district-level

d) all of the above

Ans. d) all of the above

45. The Consumers Protection Act promotes and protects the rights of consumers and a _________ quasi consumer's grievances and disputes.

a) multi-leveled

b) three-tier

c) uniform

d) none of the above

Ans. b) three-tier

46. The Consumers Protection Act provides statutory recognition to the ______ rights of consumers.

a) six

b) two

c) seven

d) ten

Ans. a) six

47. The introduction of new products in the developing countries was to be asserted in relation to the ________ having regard to the existing production distribution and consumption pattern of the country or region concerned.

a) profit earned in any way

b) local conditions

c) financial conditions of consumers

d) None of these

Ans. b) local conditions

48. For the settlement of consumer disputes and other connected matters, the Consumer Protection Act has made provisions for ___________.

a) the establishment of Lok Adalat.

b) the filing of a complaint in any civil court

c) the establishment of consumer councils.

d) all of the above.

Ans. c) the establishment of consumer councils.

Explanation: For the settlement of consumer disputes and other connected matters, the Act has made provisions for the establishment of consumer councils. At the district, state, and central level quasi-judicial machinery has been set up which will observe the principles of natural justice and provide speedy and simple redressal to consumer disputes.

49. What are the rights of a consumer as per the Consumer Protection Act?

Ans. Every customer has certain rights and responsibilities which the Consumer Protection Act seeks to protect. They are:

1) every consumer has the right to be informed about the quality, quantity, potency, purity standards, and price of goods,

2) the right to be protected against marketing of goods that are hazardous to life and property,

3) the right to access to a variety of goods at a competitive price,

4) the right to consumer education,

5) right to be heard and to be assured that consumers interest will receive due consideration at the appropriate forum

6) the right to seek redressal against unfair trade practices and unscrupulous exploitations of consumers.

50. The objects of the Consumer Protection Act are given in ___________ which makes it the responsibility of the Centre Consumer Protection Council for achieving those objects.

a) Section 6

b) Section 7

c) Section 8

d) Section 9

Ans. Section 6

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Reference:

Aims and Objectives of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986

 

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