Class 12 Business Studies - Chapter Marketing NCERT Solutions | Product is a bundle of utilities. Explai

What are the factors affecting determination of the price of a product or service? Explain.

A marketer of colour TV having 20% of the current market share of the country aims at enhancing the market share to 50 per cent in next three years. For achieving this objective he specified an action programme. Name the function of marketing being discussed above. (Ans. Marketing planning.)

What is marketing mix? What are its main elements? Explain.

For buyers of consumer durable products, what ‘customer care services’ would you plan as a manager of a firm marketing new brand of motorcycle. Discuss.

How does branding help in differential pricing?

Distinguish between convenience product and shopping product.

Discuss the role of intermediaries in the distribution of consumer non-durable products.

What are industrial products? How are they different from consumer products? Explain.

What information is generally placed on the package of a food product? Design a label for one of the food products of your choice.

Discuss the role of ‘sales promotion’ as an element of promotion mix.

How does planning provide direction?

What is meant by staffing?

Identify the network of social relationships which arises spontaneously due to interaction at work.

What is informal communication?

State the meaning of controlling.

What is meant by capital structure?v

What is meant by management?

What is a Treasury Bill?

What makes principles of management flexible?

Under which consumer right does a business firm set up consumer grievance cell?

State the different networks of grapevine communications.

What is meant by business environment?

Explain the procedure for selection of employees.

Name the principle that is an extension of the ‘harmony, not discord’.

Planning reduces creativity. Critically comment.(Hint: both the points - Planning promotes innovative ideas and planning reduces creativity – will be given).

Mrs. Mathur sent a jacket to a laundry shop in January 2018. The jacket was purchased at a price of ₹4,500. She had previously sent the jacket for dry cleaning with Shine Dry Cleaners and the jacket was cleaned well. However, she noticed that her jacket had white discoloration marks when she collected the jacket this time. On informing the dry cleaner, Mrs. Mathur received a letter confirming that discolouration indeed appeared after the jacket was dry cleaned. She contacted the dry cleaner multiple times and requested for compensation for discoloured jacket but to no avail.

Upon Consumer court’s intervention, Shine Dry Cleaners agreed to compensate ₹2,500 to Mrs. Mathur for the discoloured jacket.

a. Which right was exercised by Mrs. Mathur at the first instance.
b. Name and explain the right which helped Mrs. Mathur to avail the compensation.
c. State which consumer responsibility has been fulfilled by Mrs. Mathur in the above case.
d. State any other two responsibilities to be assumed by the consumers.

‘No organisation can be successful unless it fills and keeps the various positions filled with the right kind of people for the right job.’ Elucidate

Why it is important for business enterprises to understand their environment? Explain.

What is the common name for Beneficiary Owner Account, which is to be opened by the investors for trading in securities?

What is financial risk? Why does it arise?