Q.The practice by which members hand over their individual produce to the society to be sold together in bulk is called: (A) Grading
(B) Pooling of produce
(C) Standardisation
(D) Distress selling

The core idea of collective marketing is that many members' small quantities are combined into one large lot before it is sold, which is what gives the society its strength.

Combining members' produce into large saleable lots is the central act of collective marketing.

(A) Grading is sorting produce by quality, a separate function that happens after pooling — incorrect.

(B) Pooling of produce is exactly the practice of members contributing their produce to be sold together in bulk — correct.

(C) Standardisation refers to setting and maintaining uniform quality standards, not to combining produce — incorrect.

(D) Distress selling is the harmful practice of selling cheap for quick cash, the very thing a marketing co-operative helps members avoid — incorrect.

Students sometimes mix up pooling with grading — pooling is about combining many members' produce into one large lot, while grading is about sorting that produce by quality; both happen, but they are different functions.