NCERT Class 10 Economics Chapter 5 Consumer Rights Very Short Answer Questions
Question 1. Who is a consumer?
Answer:
A consumer is a person who buys goods and services.
Question 2. What is adulteration?
Answer:
Mixing cheap and raw materials
Question 3. What are the causes of consumer exploitation?
Answer:
Low literacy, ignorance, indifferent attitude towards duties.
Question 4. Which is a function of PDS?
Answer:
Control Hoarding, Control Prices, and Control overcharging
Question 5. What does COPRA stand for?
Answer:
Consumer Protection Act
Question 6. National Consumer Day is celebrated in India on ______
Answer:
24 December
Question 7. What, does COPRA propose to form?
Answer:
COPRA proposes the formation of a National Consumer Court, State Consumer Court, and District Consumer Court
Question 8. What does ISO stand for?
Answer:
ISO stands for International Organisation for Standardisation
Question 9. What is ‘consumer exploitation’?
Answer:
When a shopkeeper or a producer cheats a consumer by giving him poor quality or adulterated goods or charging a higher price for a commodity or a service, it is called consumer exploitation.
Question 10. When is the ‘World Consumers Rights Day’ celebrated?
Answer:
March 15.
Question 11. Mention the organizations which provide certification of standardization in India.
Answer:
- Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
- AGMARK.
Question 12. Why was ‘Consumer Protection Act 1986’ enacted?
Answer:
This act was enacted to save the consumers from unscrupulous producers and dishonest traders.
Question 13. State the organization that sets international food standards.
Answer:
Codex Alimentarius Commission.
Question 14. State the organization that sets standards for products at the international level.
Answer:
International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).
Question 15. Mention any factors that cause the exploitation of consumers.
Answer:
Factors Causing Exploitation Of Consumers Are:
- Limited information to the consumer about a product.
- Limited supplies of goods to increase the price.
- Limited competition and the possibility of manipulating prices.
- Low literacy of consumers. (Any two)
Question 16. What is the need for consumer awareness?
Answer:
The Need For Consumer Awareness Is Due To:
- The selfishness of manufacturers and traders can go to any extent.
- Some unscrupulous traders began to play with the health of the nation by indulging in adulteration of edible oils, milk, butter, ghee, spurious medicine, etc.
Question 17. What is adulteration?
Answer:
When some foreign substance, injurious to health, is mixed with any goods or natural product, it is called adulteration. This is a crime against humanity.
Question 18. Name the consumer courts at the district, state, and national levels.
Answer:
- At the district level – the District Forum.
- At the state level – the State Consumer Commission.
- At the national level – the National Consumer Commission.
Question 19. State the role of the Public Distribution System.
Answer:
PDS ensures the availability of essential commodities like wheat, rice, sugar, edible oils kerosene, etc.
The need for PDS was felt to check the force of supply and demand. PDS is also expected to strengthen measures to prevent hoarding, marketing, and overcharging by traders.
Question 20. Enumerate the measures to protect the rights of the consumers.
Answer:
- Legislative measures
- Administrative measures
- Technical measures.
Question 21. Find out the details of who provides Hallmark and ISO certification.
Answer:
In India, Hallmark is provided by BIS (Bureau of Indian. Standards) which is the national standards organization of India.
Hallmark is given to gold and silver jewelry in India. ISO (International Standards Organisation) is an international body with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1947.