Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| (A) Expressiveness | (I) The target customers can be decided before making any contact with them. |
| (B) Enhancing customer satisfaction and confidence | (II) Prospective buyers feel more comfortable and assured about the product quality. |
| (C) Flexibility | (III) The sales presentation can be adjusted to fit the needs of individual customers. |
| (D) Minimum wastage | (IV) With special effects, even simple products and messages can look very attractive. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Expressiveness | (IV) With special effects, even simple products and messages can look very attractive. | Art, computer designs and graphics have made advertising a forceful medium. Special effects make even simple products look attractive. |
| (B) Enhancing customer satisfaction and confidence | (II) Prospective buyers feel more comfortable and assured about the product quality. | Advertising creates confidence in buyers about the quality of the product, so they feel more satisfied. |
| (C) Flexibility | (III) The sales presentation can be adjusted to fit the needs of individual customers. | In personal selling the salesperson can change the presentation to suit each customer. |
| (D) Minimum wastage | (I) The target customers can be decided before making any contact with them. | Choosing the target customers before any contact keeps wasted effort low in personal selling. |
NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “Merits of advertising Advertising, as a medium of communication, has the following merits: “Merits of Personal selling (i) Flexibility: There is lot of flexibility in personal selling. The sales presentation can be adjusted to fit the specific needs of the individual customers. |