QUESTIONNAIRE ON SURVEY TO GUAGE THE

SENTIMENTS OF WHOLESALERS: - ELECTRICAL

TOOLS / APPLIANCES MARKET IN VARANASI

 NAME OF THE SHOP: -

 NAME OF THE OWNER: -
 AGE: -
 Educational Qualification of the owner:
Below 10th 10th std
12th std Under-graduate
Graduate Post graduate
Professional

 In which year did you start this business: -

a) We're interested in how people are going to get along financially these days. Can you say you
(and your family living there) are better off or worse off financially than you were a year ago?

1. MUCH BETTER NOW

2. SOME WHAT BETTER
3. SAME
4. SOME WHAT WORSE
5. MUCH WORSE

b) Thinking back five years, can you agree that you (and your family living there) are better off or
worse off financially now than you were five years ago?
1. MUCH BETTER NOW
2. SOME WHAT BETTER
3. SAME
4. SOME WHAT WORSE
5. MUCH WORSE

c) Now, looking ahead — do you think that a year from now you (and your family living there) are
going to be better off financially, or worse off, or just about the same as now?
1. MUCH BETTER NOW
2. SOME WHAT BETTER
3. SAME
4. SOME WHAT WORSE
5. MUCH WORSE
d) So five years from now, do you believe that you (so your family living there) will be better off
financially, worse off, or just about the same as they are now?
1. MUCH BETTER NOW
2. SOME WHAT BETTER
3. SAME
4. SOME WHAT WORSE
5. MUCH WORSE

e) Now, turning to business conditions in the country as a whole — do you think we'll have
good times financially or poor times over the next 12 months, or what?
1. VERY GOOD
2. GOOD
3. NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD
4. BAD
5. VERY BAD

f) Can you agree that, at present, market conditions are better or worse than they were a year
ago?
1. MUCH BETTER NOW
2. SOME WHAT BETTER
3. SAME
4. SOME WHAT WORSE
5. MUCH WORSE

g) And how about a year from now, do you expect business conditions in the world as a whole
to be better, or worse than they actually are, or just about the same?
1. MUCH BETTER NOW
2. SOME WHAT BETTER
3. SAME
4. SOME WHAT WORSE
5. MUCH WORSE

h) As for the government's economic policy — I mean steps taken to combat inflation or
unemployment — would you say the government does a good job, just a fair job, or a poor job?
1. VERY GOOD
2. GOOD
3. NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD
4. BAD
5. VERY BAD
i) How about people out of work in the next 12 months — do you think there's going to be
more unemployment than now, about the same, or less?
1. MORE UNEMPLOYMENT
2. ABOUT THE SAME
3. LESS UNEMPLOYMENT

j) No one can say for sure, but what do you think will happen in the next 12 months to
interest rates for borrowing money — will they go up, stay the same or go down?
1. HIGHLY INCREASED
2. SOME WHAT INCREASE
3. STAY THE SAME
4. SOME WHAT DECREASE
5. HIGHLY DECREASED

k) Would you think prices should usually go up over the next 12 months, or go down, or
remain where they are now?
1. HIGHLY INCREASED
2. SOME WHAT INCREASE
3. STAY THE SAME
4. SOME WHAT DECREASE
5. HIGHLY DECREASED

l) What about the market prospects over the next 5 to 10 years? Would you think from now
on rates will be higher, about the same, or lower, 5 to 10 years?
1. HIGHLY INCREASED
2. SOME WHAT INCREASE
3. STAY THE SAME
4. SOME WHAT DECREASE
5. HIGHLY DECREASED

m) Would you expect your (family) income to grow more during the next year or two than
prices go up, about the same, or less than prices go up?
1. HIGHLY INCREASED
2. SOME WHAT INCREASED
3. STAY THE SAME
4. SOME WHAT DECREASE
5. HIGHLY DECREASED
n) Will you expect your (family) income to be higher or lower over the next 12 months than it
was in the last year?
1. HIGHLY INCREASED
2. SOW WHAT INCREASED
3. STAY THE SAME
4. SOME WHAT DECREASE
5. HIGHLY DECREASED

o) In general, do you think it's a good time to buy a house now, or a bad time?
1. VERY GOOD
2. GOOD
3. NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD
4. BAD
5. VERY BAD

p) What about selling a house — generally speaking, do you think that now is a good time to
sell a house or a bad time?
1. VERY GOOD
2. GOOD
3. NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD
4. BAD
5. VERY BAD

q) About the big things people buy for their homes — like furniture, refrigerator, stove, TV,
etc.
1. VERY GOOD
2. GOOD
3. NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD
4. BAD
5. VERY BAD

r) Speaking of the automotive market now — do you think the next 12 months or so will be a
good time or a poor time to buy a new vehicle like a sedan, a truck, a bus or a sports utility
vehicle?
1. VERY GOOD
2. GOOD
3. NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD
4. BAD
5. VERY BAD
s) Do you think PETROL / DIESEL's price will go up over the next five years, the fuel prices
will go down, or will they remain around the same as they are now?
1. HIGHLY INCREASED
2. SOME WHAT INCREASE
3. STAY THE SAME
4. SOME WHAT DECREASE

t) What do you think the prices of homes like yours will happen in your neighborhood over
the next 12 months? Will they rise at a rapid rate, rise at a moderate rate, stay about the same, fall
at a moderate rate or fall at a fast rate?
1. INCREASE AT A RAPID RATE
2. INCREASE AT A MODERATE RATE
3. REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME
4. DECREASE AT A MODERATE RATE
5. DECREASE AT A RAPID RATE