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Business Studies · 2026 · 4 marks
CBSE 2026 · Region 2 · Set 1 · Q25
Meera purchased a mixer-grinder of a reputed brand from a well-known electronic store for 5,000. Within ten days, the mixer-grinder stopped working.…
Meera purchased a mixer-grinder of a reputed brand from a well-known
electronic store for $\displaystyle 5$,000. Within ten days, the mixer-grinder stopped
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working. Meera visited the shop for repair or replacement showing the
cash memo and the warranty card but the shopkeeper refused to help her.
Though the product was only for $\displaystyle 5,000$, she filed a complaint at the
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District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum.
The Forum ordered the store to replace the product within $\displaystyle 30$ days.
They also added $\displaystyle 1,000$ as compensation for mental harassment and
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$\displaystyle 0$ for legal costs.
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State two responsibilities fulfilled by Meera and two reliefs which Meera
got through Consumer Redressal Forum.
Marking-scheme solution
Responsibilities fulfilled by Meera:
(i)
Ask for a cash memo on purchase of goods or services.
(ii)
File a complaint in an appropriate consumer forum in case of a shortcoming in the
quality of goods purchased or services availed.
Reliefs which Meera got through Consumer Redressal Forum:
(i)
To replace the defective product with a new one, free from any defect.
(ii)
To pay a reasonable amount of compensation for any loss or injury suffered by the
consumer due to the negligence of the opposite party.
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