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4. Have you been able to convince him or her that you’ve been cheated?
5. Do you simply grumble to yourself reconciling that it is your fate that you are often being
victimised so and it is nothing new?
6. Do you look for ISI mark, expiry date etc.?
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7. If the expiry date mentioned is just a month or so away, do you insist on a fresh packet?
8. Do you weigh the new gas cylinder/old newspapers yourself before buying/selling?
9. Do you raise an objection if a vegetable seller uses stones in place of the exact weight?
10. Do excessively bright coloured vegetables arouse your suspicion?
11. Are you brand-conscious?
12. Do you associate high price with good quality (to reassure yourself that after all you have
not paid a higher price just like that)?
13. Do you unhesitatingly respond to catchy offers?
14. Do you compare the price paid by you with those of others?
15. Do you strongly believe that your shopkeeper never cheats a regular customer like you?
16. Do you favour ‘home delivery’ of provision items without any doubt regarding weight etc.?
17. Do you insist on ‘paying by meter’ when you travel by auto?
Note
(i) You are extremely aware as a consumer if your answers for 5, 12, 13, 15 and 16 are (C)
and for the rest (A).
(ii) If your answers are (A) for Qns. 5, 12, 13, 15 and 16 and the rest (C), then you have to
wake up as consumer.
If your answer is (B) for all the questions – you are somewhat aware
Ans. After taking a survey of 15 people
Outcome: most of the people responded question 5, 13 as C, whereas for questions 12, 15 and
16 it is B.
For rest of the questions general outcome is B.
Conclusion: Customers are somewhat aware. They need to be more aware specially when most
of the people have started preferring home deliveries where they cannot weigh groceries and
mostly they don’t check the bill properly.
However, efforts by government like Jago Grahak Jago program has made consumers more
aware but still consumers need to be more alert and conscious while buying.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

I. Multiple choice Questions
1. A chemist sold you a medicine of expiry date under which consumer right you can approach
the consumer court?
(a) Right of Safety (b) Right to Seek Redressal
(c) Right to Education (d) Right to Equality
Ans. (a) Right of Safety

2. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Right to Safety?
(a) Right to be protected against unsafe appliances.
(b) Right to protected against unsafe working conditions.
(c) Right to seek information about functioning of government departments.
(d) Right to be protected against services which are hazardous to life.
Ans. (c) Right to seek information about functioning of government departments.

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