Unit 4 Ch 5 : Consumer Rights — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

How as the consumer movements evolved in India?

What is the basic idea behind the SHGs for the poor? Explain in your own words.

Arrange the following in the correct order.

1. Arita files a case in the District Consumer Court.
2. She engages a professional person.
3. She realises that the dealer has given her defective material.
4. She starts attending the court proceedings.
5. She goes and complains to the dealer and the Branchoffice, to no effect.
6. She is asked to produce the bill and warranty beforethe court.
7. She purchases a wall clock from a retail outlet.
8. Within a few months, the dealer was ordered by the court to replace her old wall clock with a brand new one at no extra cost.

How has the introduction of plastic money enhanced the convenience of both, the depositor and the bank? Explain.

Read the passage on the left and answer the questions.
Ford Motors, an American company, is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers with production spread over 26 countries of the world. Ford Motors came to India in 1995 and spent Rs. 1700 crore to set up a large plant near Chennai. This was done in collaboration with Mahindra and Mahindra, a major Indian manufacturer of jeeps and trucks. By the year 2004, Ford Motors was selling 27, 000 cars in the Indian markets, while 24,000 cars were exported from India to South Africa, Mexico and Brazil. The company wants to develop Ford India as a component supplying base for its other plants across the globe.
By setting up their production plants in India, MNCs such as Ford Motors tap the advantage not only of the large markets that countries such as India provide, but also the lower costs of production. Explain the statement.

Find out present sources of energy used by people in India. What could be possibilities fifty years from now?

What are public facilities? Give exaples.

The average person in Punjab has more income than the average person in Kerala but lags behind in other crucial areas. Why?###Explain with reasons why state of Punjab with a very high per capita income has a very low literacy rate.###How is it that the average person in Punjab has more income than the average person in Kerala but it lags behind many other crucial areas? Explain.

What is the meaning of 'under employ ment'? In which economic sector are underemployment conditions more prevalent? Why is it so? Explain two reasons.###Explain the concept of underemployment taking example from some nonagricultural field.###Explain the problem of underemployment in the service sector in urban areas with examples.

What kind of consumer disputes are settled consumer courts?