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Consumer Protection and Education
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Your sister bought one-kilo peas but when she weighed them at home, they were less than that. In what four ways could the shopkeeper have cheated her? Tell her at least four buying tips which can safeguard her from such frauds in future.

Answer

Ways by which the shopkeeper have cheated her -

  1. The shopkeeper may use stones instead of standard weights.
  2. The shopkeeper may use hollow weights.
  3. The shopkeeper may keep the balance on a slope.
  4. The shopkeeper may hang iron rings.
  5. The shopkeeper may put the magnet.
  6. Use of improper hand scale

Wise buying tips-

  1. Be alert- watch closely while weighing vegetables
  2. Refuse to buy if uses stones insist on using stamped weights.
  3. Check his balance for magnet, iron rings etc.
  4. Buy from reputed shops/outlets which give bills
  5. Check the weighing balance for accuracy.

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