Mechanisms to Protect Consumers

Q. What will the prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essentials Commodities Act, 1980 deal with?

1. Profiteering
2. Fair Supply
3. Hoarding
4. Black Marketing

Q. When was the Consumer Protection Bill, which replaced the Consumer Protection Act of 1986, passed?

1. 2009
2. 1995
3. 2015
4. 2019

Q. Statement 1: An Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill has been passed in the year 2020.

Statement 2: The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020 could not be passed in the Parliament.

Statement 3: The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020 amends the Essential Commodities Act of 1955.

Statement 4: The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020 removed cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oils, onion and potatoes from the list of essential commodities.

Choose the correct option.

1. Only statement 2 is true.
2. Only statements 1 and 3 are true.
3. Only statements 1, 3 and 4 are true.
4. Only statements 1 and 4 are true.

Q. Match the given Acts and the years .

Essential Commodities Act-ECA
Bureau of Indian Standards Act-BISA

1. Legal Metrology
2. 1955
3. BISA
4. 2009
5. ECA
6. 1986

Q. Make the correct pair (considering the changes made in the Consumer Protection Act in 2019).

1. District Forum
2. Less than 1 Cr
3. State Commission
4. National Commission
5. 1 Cr to 10 Cr
6. More than 10 Cr