Which of the following statements characterise the growth phase of product life-cycle?

(A) Build intensive distribution

(B) Maximize profit while defending market share

(C) Build awareness and interest in the mass market

(D) Diversify brand and items models

(E) Price to penetrate market

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

This question was previously asked in
UGC NET Paper 2: Management 29 Oct 2022 Shift 2
View all UGC NET Papers >
  1. (A), (B) and (C) only
  2. (A), (C) and (E) only
  3. (C), (D) and (E) only
  4. (A), (D) and (E) only

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : (A), (C) and (E) only
Free
UGC NET Paper 1: Held on 21st August 2024 Shift 1
8.7 K Users
50 Questions 100 Marks 60 Mins

Detailed Solution

Download Solution PDF
The option is 

A) Build intensive distribution

(C) Build awareness and interest in the mass market

(E) Price to penetrate the market

Key Points

  •  product life cycle model describes the pattern of sales of a product over time.
  • American economist Theodore Levitt founded the PLC model
  • a product passes through different stages and each stage has its own importance

Important Points \Stages Of Product life cycle

1)Introduction

  • a new product introduced and people are unaware of this product and there is a requirement to take proper promotion measures to popularize the product among the customers.

2)Growth

  • As result, rapid promotion measures the demand for the product increasing and the price level decreasing.
  • The competitors who entered with new products and in order to compete with them need to take proper promotion measures there so they can achieve the growth of the products.

3)Maturity

  • as a result of stable promotions and marketing measures, the product become more popular and it had stable demand in the market the sales will increase at decreasing rate and the market having many competitors 
  • The business remains attractive as a result of prior promotions and development measures.

4)Saturation

  • In saturation, stage products become less favorable to the customers
  • in order to attract the customers proper developmental measures to take.
  • ravialfirms become more profitable during this stage.

5)Decline

  • as a result of the rapid decline in sales volume, the business become incompetent
  • business no longer sustain in the market they will sell out the business or product or by declining the investment for the particular product category.

Hence the correct answer is

A) Build intensive distribution

(C) Build awareness and interest in the mass market

(E) Price to penetrate the market

Latest UGC NET Updates

Last updated on Jun 6, 2025

-> The UGC NET Exam Schedule 2025 for June has been released on its official website.

-> The UGC NET Application Correction Window 2025 is available from 14th May to 15th May 2025.

-> The UGC NET 2025 online application form submission closed on 12th May 2025.

-> The June 2025 Exam will be conducted from 21st June to 30th June 2025

-> The UGC-NET exam takes place for 85 subjects, to determine the eligibility for 'Junior Research Fellowship’ and ‘Assistant Professor’ posts, as well as for PhD. admissions.

-> The exam is conducted bi-annually - in June and December cycles.

-> The exam comprises two papers - Paper I and Paper II. Paper I consists of 50 questions and Paper II consists of 100 questions. 

-> The candidates who are preparing for the exam can check the UGC NET Previous Year Papers and UGC NET Test Series to boost their preparations.

More Product Life Cycle Questions

Get Free Access Now
Hot Links: teen patti gold apk download teen patti yas teen patti real cash game