CBSE Questions for Class 10 Economics Consumer Rights Quiz 5 - MCQExams.com

• COPRA 1986 enabled the government to establish central consumer protection council.

• Minister of the consumer affairs is the chairman of the council.
• Councils can be set up at state and district levels.
• Objective of these councils is to protect the basic rights of consumers.
  

• Consumer Movement is nothing but consumers forming small groups to express their solidarity. 
  
• Consumer Movement builds pressure on the firms or businesses for expressing their grievances.
• A consumer group can also represent an individual consumer in the Consumer Courts.
  

The organisations that monitor and issue the ISI, Agmark and Hallmark certificates to the producers actually monitor their quality standards.1: Agmark certification issued for standardization of food.
2: Hallmark certification issued for standardization of jewellery.
3: ISI certification issued for standardization of domestic consumption goods.

The guidelines for consumers' protection were adopted by the UN in 1985.
Guidelines gave legitimacy to the principles of consumers' rights.
Guidelines were updated in 1999 to include environmental concerns.