Q.Dividing large wholesale quantities of goods into small units suited to an individual consumer's needs is known as:
(A) Assembling
(B) Breaking bulk
(C) Warehousing
(D) Standardising

Wholesalers and producers deal in large lots far bigger than any household needs, so someone in the chain must divide that bulk down into small, everyday quantities before it can reach a consumer. …

(A) Assembling refers to a retailer gathering a variety of different goods from different sources under one roof, not to dividing quantity — incorrect. (B) Breaking bulk is exactly the function of dividing large wholesale-sized quantities into the small units — a single packet, a single kilogram — that an individual consumer actually wants to buy; this matches the question precisely, so it is correct. (C) Warehousing/storing refers to holding stock until it is needed, not to dividing quantit …

Students sometimes mix up 'breaking bulk' with 'assembling' since both happen at the retailer's shop; assembling is about variety (bringing many different goods together), whi …