Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Business Studies

Chapter

Consumer Protection

Question:

Choose the correct meaning of 'Caveat Emptor':

Options:

Let the seller beware

Let the intermediary beware

Let the buyer beware

Let the exploiter beware

Correct Answer:

Let the buyer beware

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) - Let the buyer beware

Caveat emptor means Let the buyer beware, to a consumer market i.e., caveat venditor which implies Let the seller beware. A consumer is said to be a king in a free market economy. The earlier approach of caveat emptor, which means “Let the buyer beware”, has now been changed to caveat venditor (“Let the seller beware”).