Q.A marketing co-operative society is formed mainly for the benefit of which group? (A) Consumers
(B) Producers (mainly farmers)
(C) Wholesale traders
(D) Commission agents

A marketing co-operative society exists so that those who grow or make the goods can sell them together on fair terms, rather than depending on traders and agents.

The whole purpose of a marketing co-operative society is to help the producers of goods (mostly farmers) sell their produce collectively at a fair price.

(A) Consumers benefit indirectly from a shorter supply chain, but the society is not primarily formed for consumers — that is the role of a consumers' co-operative society — incorrect.

(B) Producers (mainly farmers) are exactly the group the society is formed to serve; they are its members, owners, and suppliers of produce — correct.

(C) Wholesale traders are, in fact, the intermediaries a marketing co-operative tries to reduce dependence on — incorrect.

(D) Commission agents are middlemen whose role the society tries to eliminate, not benefit — incorrect.

Students sometimes confuse a marketing co-operative society (which serves producers/sellers) with a consumers' co-operative society (which serves buyers) — remember a marketing co-operative is on the selling side, helping producers get a fair price for what they sell.