Law of Consumer Protection: Multiple Choice Questions with answers: Part 3

 

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 3

 

21. Consumer co-operatives are very important for improving the distribution of essential goods through _________ and combating inflation.

Explanation: Consumer co-operatives are very important for improving the distribution of essential goods through Public Distribution System (PDS) and combating inflation. Consumer co-operatives are very important for improving the distribution of essential goods through Public Distribution System (PDS) and combating inflation. It has been announced that 10 to 20% of the supplies of baby foods, bicycles, blades, cloth, and students' needs, etc. would be through co-operatives.

At present, in the distribution of consumer goods, the co-operatives under P.D.S. account for about 28% of retail outlets (fair price shops) in rural areas. Nearly 51,000 village societies and their various branches distributed Rs. 2500 crores worth of consumer articles in rural areas in 1989-90.

a) Multi-level Marketing (MLM)

b) Public Distribution System (PDS)

c) Aggregated Marketing System (AMS)

d) Oligopoly Marketing System (OMS)

Ans. b) Public Distribution System (PDS)

22. What are the basic objectives of consumer movement worldwide? (Detailed one)

Ans. The basic objectives of consumer movement worldwide are as follows:

1) To provide the opportunity to the consumers to buy intelligently

2) Recognition of reasonable consumer requests

3) Protection against fraud, misrepresentation, unsanitary and unjust products

4) Participation of consumer representatives in the management of aspects affecting consumers

5) Promoting consumers interests

23. In western countries, consumer movement was the result of _________.

a) the age of industrialisation

b) post-industrialisation affluence

c) recession in employment

d) inflation

Ans. b) post-industrialisation affluence

Explanation: In western countries, consumer movement was the result of post-industrialisation affluence-for more information about the merits of competing products and to influence producers especially for new and more sophisticated products.

24. What are the basic reasons for consumer movement in India?

Ans: In India, the basic reasons for the consumer movement have been:

1) Shortage of consumer products; inflation of the early 1970s

2) Adulteration and the Black Market.

3) Lack of product choices due to lack of development in technology

4) Thrust of consumer movement in India has been on availability, purity, and prices

25. Which are the factors stimulated the consumer movement in recent years?

The factors which stimulated the consumer movement in recent years are:

1) Increasing consumer awareness

2) Declining quality of goods and services

3) Increasing consumer, expectations because of consumer education

4) Influence of the pioneers and leaders of the consumer movement

5) Organised effort through consumer societies

26. The consumer movement is bringing qualitative and quantitative changes in the lives of people enabling them to ____________.

a) fight against fraud individually.

b) organise themselves as an effective force to reckon with.

c) complain against malpractices of business individually.

d) none of the above.

Ans. b) organise themselves as an effective force to reckon with.

27.  The consumer movement has been a struggle against bad business which always put ________ before fairness in transactions.

a) harassment of consumer

b) benefit of the consumer

c) loss of trader

d) profit of seller or trader or service provider

Ans. d) profit of seller or trader or service provider

28. The first stage of consumer movement was more representational in nature, i.e., __________ through speeches and articles in newspapers and magazines and holding exhibitions.

a) to lead consumers towards peaceful protest.

b) to lead businessmen towards riots.

c) to make consumers aware of their rights.

d) all of the above.

Ans. c) to make consumers aware of their rights

29. The second stage of consumer movement was direct action based on ________.

a) boycotting of goods

b) picketing in peaceful ways

c) demonstration

d) All of above

Ans. d) All of above

30. However, direct action had its own limitations that led to the third stage of consumer movement which is the formation of ___________.

a) professionally managed consumer organisations

b) consumer court

c) both a) and b)

d) none of the above

Ans. a) professionally managed consumer organisations

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References:

1. UNIT 6 CONSUMER MOVEMENT IN INDIA

 

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