LABOUR WELFARE
LABOUR WELFARE/ PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT/ INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS/ LABOUR AND SOCIAL WELFARE/ HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYLLABUS
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Paper II & Paper III (Part A) Syllabus(Core Group)
Unit – I: Schools of Management thought – Scientific Management School, Human Relations School, Behaviour School, System Approach.
Function of Management – Planning: Types, Steps, Organising.
Direction, Control, Coordination, Communication.
Unit – II: Personnel Management: Functions, Structure of Personnel Department, Line and Staff, Job Analysis, Manpower Planning, New Challenges.
Recruitment and Selection, Placement and Induction.
Wage and Salary Administration, Job evaluation, Methods of Wage payment linking wages with productivity.
Grievance handling and Disciplinary action.
Unit – III: HRD Concept, Importance, Evolution, Functions, Organisation of HRD Function.
Performance appraisal, Training and Development, Quality of worklife, Career planning, Quality circles.
Training Programmes for workers, Management Development Programmes, Evaluation of training.
Unit – IV: Organisational Behaviour : Concept, Importance, Evolution, Role, Group dynamics.
Motivation, Leadership, Job satisfaction, Morale, Fatigue and Monotony.
Organisational change and Development, Organisational effectiveness.
Unit – V: Industrial Relations: Concept, Scope, Approaches, Industrial Relations System.
Industrial disputes: Causes, Effects, Trends, Methods and Machinery for the settlement of Industrial disputes.
Workers participation in Management, Code of discipline, Tripartite bodies, ILO, Industrial relations and the new economic reforms.
Unit – VI: Trade Unions: Meaning, Objectives, Functions, Theories, Structure of Trade Unions.
Trade Union Movement in India, Leadership, Finance, Union Politics, Inter and rutia – union Rivalry.
Unit – VII: Labour legislation, Objectives, Principles, Classification, Evolution of labour’ legislation in India, Impact of ILO, Labour legislation and Indian Constitution.
Factories Act, 1948.
Employees State Insurance Act, 1948; Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923; Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
Unit – VIII: Trade Unions Act, 1926; Industrial Employment ( Standing orders ) Act, 1946; Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
Minimum Wages Act, 1948; Payment of Wages Act, 1936; Equal Remuneration Act, 1976; Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.
Unit – IX: Labour Welfare : Meaning, Definition, Scope, Theories, Principles and approaches.
Statutory and Non – statutory labour welfare : Intra – mural and extra – mural welfare.
Agencies of Labour Welfare : State, Employer, Trade Unions, Voluntary Agencies.
Unit – X: Labour Market, Features, Demand and Supply of Labour, Nature and Composition of Indian Labour Force, Unemployment and Under employment.
Concepts of wages, State Regulation of wages, Fixation of wages, Wage theories, Wage differentials.
Paper III (Part B) Syllabus(Elective / Optional)
Elective – I: Role of parties, Conflict, Cooperation, Industrial Actions, Bi-partitism, Tripartitism, Codes, Industrial Relations in changing scenario, Emerging trend, Future of Industrial Relations, Industrial Relations in UK and USA.
Elective – II: Personnel Management and Economic Reforms, New Challenges, Down sizing, Golden handshake, Total quality Management, Training and Management development, Organisational change and Development, Emerging HRM concept, Personnel Management and the Multinational companies.
Elective – III: Principles of labour legislation, Factors and forces influencing the growth of labour legislation in India, Implementation machinery. Evaluation of labour legislation, Proposed changes, Impact of ILO.
Paper II & Paper III (Part A) Syllabus(Core Group)
Unit – I: Schools of Management thought – Scientific Management School, Human Relations School, Behaviour School, System Approach.
Function of Management – Planning: Types, Steps, Organising.
Direction, Control, Coordination, Communication.
Unit – II: Personnel Management: Functions, Structure of Personnel Department, Line and Staff, Job Analysis, Manpower Planning, New Challenges.
Recruitment and Selection, Placement and Induction.
Wage and Salary Administration, Job evaluation, Methods of Wage payment linking wages with productivity.
Grievance handling and Disciplinary action.
Unit – III: HRD Concept, Importance, Evolution, Functions, Organisation of HRD Function.
Performance appraisal, Training and Development, Quality of worklife, Career planning, Quality circles.
Training Programmes for workers, Management Development Programmes, Evaluation of training.
Unit – IV: Organisational Behaviour : Concept, Importance, Evolution, Role, Group dynamics.
Motivation, Leadership, Job satisfaction, Morale, Fatigue and Monotony.
Organisational change and Development, Organisational effectiveness.
Unit – V: Industrial Relations: Concept, Scope, Approaches, Industrial Relations System.
Industrial disputes: Causes, Effects, Trends, Methods and Machinery for the settlement of Industrial disputes.
Workers participation in Management, Code of discipline, Tripartite bodies, ILO, Industrial relations and the new economic reforms.
Unit – VI: Trade Unions: Meaning, Objectives, Functions, Theories, Structure of Trade Unions.
Trade Union Movement in India, Leadership, Finance, Union Politics, Inter and rutia – union Rivalry.
Unit – VII: Labour legislation, Objectives, Principles, Classification, Evolution of labour’ legislation in India, Impact of ILO, Labour legislation and Indian Constitution.
Factories Act, 1948.
Employees State Insurance Act, 1948; Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923; Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
Unit – VIII: Trade Unions Act, 1926; Industrial Employment ( Standing orders ) Act, 1946; Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
Minimum Wages Act, 1948; Payment of Wages Act, 1936; Equal Remuneration Act, 1976; Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.
Unit – IX: Labour Welfare : Meaning, Definition, Scope, Theories, Principles and approaches.
Statutory and Non – statutory labour welfare : Intra – mural and extra – mural welfare.
Agencies of Labour Welfare : State, Employer, Trade Unions, Voluntary Agencies.
Unit – X: Labour Market, Features, Demand and Supply of Labour, Nature and Composition of Indian Labour Force, Unemployment and Under employment.
Concepts of wages, State Regulation of wages, Fixation of wages, Wage theories, Wage differentials.
Paper III (Part B) Syllabus(Elective / Optional)
Elective – I: Role of parties, Conflict, Cooperation, Industrial Actions, Bi-partitism, Tripartitism, Codes, Industrial Relations in changing scenario, Emerging trend, Future of Industrial Relations, Industrial Relations in UK and USA.
Elective – II: Personnel Management and Economic Reforms, New Challenges, Down sizing, Golden handshake, Total quality Management, Training and Management development, Organisational change and Development, Emerging HRM concept, Personnel Management and the Multinational companies.
Elective – III: Principles of labour legislation, Factors and forces influencing the growth of labour legislation in India, Implementation machinery. Evaluation of labour legislation, Proposed changes, Impact of ILO.
LABOUR WELFARE MCQs
1. Match the following:
List – I List – II
(Propagators) (Contributions)
a. Ivan Pavlov i. Social Learning Theory
b. B.F. Skinner ii. S-O-B-C. Model
c. Albert Bandura iii. Classical Conditioning
d. Freud Luthans iv. Operant Conditioning
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) ii iv iii i
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: C
2. ‘Case of Schimdt’ is associated with which School of Management thought?
(A) Human Relations School
(B) Behavioural School
(C) Systems Approach
(D) Scientific Management
Ans: D
3. Arrange the following systems in the right order on the managerial style continuum suggested by Rensis Likert
(a) Consultative
(b) Benevolent Authoritative
(c) Exploitative Authoritative
(d) Joint decision-making
(A) c, b, a, d
(B) c, a, b, d
(C) b, a, c, d
(D) c, d, b, a
Ans: A
4. Performance Appraisal is a primary human resource management process that links employees and organizations and provides input for other processes through these means:
(A) Identification, measurement, management.
(B) Assessment, direction, development.
(C) Recruitment, Selection, on boarding.
(D) Skill, effort, responsibility.
Ans: A
5. The amount sufficient to enable a worker to live in reasonable comfort, having regard to all obligations to which an average worker would ordinarily be subject to
(A) Minimum Wage
(B) Fair Wage
(C) Living Wage
(D) Nominal Wage
Ans: A
6. Technique of drawing conclusions from a candidate’s hand writing about future performance in a role is
(A) Graphology
(B) Physiognomy
(C) Phrenology
(D) Astronomy
Ans: A
7. Which of the following is method of Union recognition?
(A) Secret Ballot
(B) Membership Verification
(C) Check-off System
(D) All the above
Ans: D
8. Find out the approach which does not include industrial relations
(A) Psychological approach
(B) Sociological approach
(C) Human relations approach
(D) Physiological approach
Ans: D
9. Workers do join Trade Unions: Find out the incorrect reason out of the following:
(A) To attain economic security
(B) To improve bargaining power
(C) To ventilate their grievancies
(D) To satisfy their family needs
Ans: D
10. Match the following:
List – I List – II
(Unions) (Functions)
a. Craft Union i. Associations of workers or different categories
b. General Union ii. Based on craft non-managerial personnel
c. Industrial Union iii. Either unionization of the same industry or different industry.
d. Federation iv. Unionisation of workers any region or any job occupation
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iv i iii
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: A
11. Who coined the term ‘informal sector’?
(A) Keith Davis
(B) Amartya Sen
(C) Mahabub Ul Haq
(D) Keith Hart
Ans: D
12. Reducing the number of employees at operational level and reorganizing the work system in order to attain greater productivity.
(A) Downsizing
(B) Manpower inventory
(C) Manpower forecasting
(D) All the above
Ans: A
13. Which of the following is not a method of social security?
(A) Social Assistance
(B) Social Action
(C) Social Insurance
(D) Mutual Assistance
Ans: B
14. Which of the following statements about workers’ participation in Management in India is not true?
(A) It is a part of the 20 point Economic programme.
(B) It is provided in the Directive Principles of State Policy.
(C) It is made a Constitutional provision under the 42ndAmendment Act.
(D) It is a justiceable right of the workers.
Ans: D
15. Who has given the concept of ‘Core competence’?
(A) Sumantra Ghosal & C.A. Bartlett
(B) T. Deal and A. Kennedy
(C) C.K. Prahalad and G. Hamel
(D) C.A. Forehand and B. Von Gilnev
Ans: C
16. Who has advanced the Goal setting theory of Performance Management?
(A) E.A. Locke & Gary Lutham
(B) F. Trompenaavs and Charles Hamp
(C) R. Tung and Arthur Anderson
(D) J.C. Usunier and P.N. Gharvi
Ans: A
17. Match the following:
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
a. Tom Peters & Waterman i. The Future Shock
b. Thomas Friedman ii. The Revolutionary Wealth
c. Alvin Tofler iii. The World is flat
d. Heidi & Alvin Tofler iv. In search of Excellence
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv ii iii i
(B) i iv ii iii
(C) iv iii i ii
(D) iii iv ii i
Ans: C
18. Who has advance the PDCA cycle of Quality Management?
(A) Joseph M. Juran
(B) W. Edwards Deming
(C) Kaoru Ishikawa
(D) Phillip Crosby
Ans: B
19. Which of the following statements about I.L.O. is not true?
(A) I.L.O is a tripartite body.
(B) I.L.O was established in 1919.
(C) I.L.O passes only recommendations.
(D) I.L.O conventions are mandatory for those countries which ratify them.
Ans: C
20. Match the following contributions to TQM with the contributors:
List – I List – II
(Contributors) (Contributions)
a. Walter A. Shewart i. Concept of Internal Customer
b. Joseph M. Juran ii. Product Design Quality
c. Kaoru Ishikawa iii. Statistical control charts
d. Genichi Taguchi iv. Quality as ‘fitness for use’
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) iii iv i ii
Ans: D
21. Power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism and masculinity as dimensions of cross–cultural comparative model is given by
(A) Kluckhohn & Strodthbeck
(B) Geert Hofstede
(C) Andres Lauvent
(D) Hall and Trompenaar
Ans: B
22. Which of the following organizations are world oriented?
(A) Geocentric
(B) Polycentric
(C) Regiocentric
(D) Ethnocentric
Ans: A
23. Find out the characteristics of collective bargaining which is not applicable;
(A) It is a collective process.
(B) It is a flexible process.
(C) It is not a bipartile process.
(D) It is interdisciplinary system.
Ans: C
24. Find out the one which is not an element of employee empowerment:
(A) Belief system and trust
(B) Purposefulness
(C) Arbitrariness
(D) Self-sufficiency or Competency
Ans: C
25. Which of the following is not a factor of emotional intelligence?
(A) Ability
(B) Reason
(C) Emotion
(D) Thinking without feeling
Ans: D
26. Find out the origin of the statement in a socialist democracy labour is a partner in the common task of development, should participate in it with enthusiasm.
(A) Constitution of India
(B) Directive principles of State Policy
(C) Industrial Policy Resolution 1956
(D) Royal Commission on Labour
Ans: C
27. The First Indian Trade Union led by women was
(A) A.I.T.U.C.
(B) I.N.T.U.C.
(C) H.M.S.
(D) C.I.T.U.
Ans: C
28. The first commission to recommend tripartism consultation in India was
(A) The First National Commission on Labour
(B) The Second National Commission on Labour
(C) The Royal Commission on Labour
(D) The Indian Labour Conference
Ans: C
29. India ratified I.L.O. Convention No. 144 on tripartite consultation among government, employer’s and worker’s representatives in:
(A) 1968
(B) 1958
(C) 1978
(D) 1988
Ans: C
30. A Joint Consultative Board (J.C.B.) of industry and labour was set up in 1951 with the initiative of:
(A) V.V. Giri
(B) G.L. Nanda
(C) Morarji Desai
(D) Jagjivan Ram
Ans: B
31. Three tier framework of industrial relations was proposed by:
(A) Kochan, T.A., et. al
(B) Richardson J.H.
(C) Clark Kerr
(D) John T. Dunlop
Ans: A
32. A system of industrial relations where social and labour issues are discussed between trade unions and management at enterprise level is:
(A) Bipartism
(B) Tripartism
(C) Social dialogue
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
33. The relations between government and transnational corporations are divided into liberal, neo-mercantilist and neo-imperialist categories by:
(A) Richardson, J.H.
(B) Clark Kerr
(C) Kochan, T.A., et.al
(D) John T. Dunlop
Ans: C
34. Which act requires employers in industrial establishments to define the conditions of employment?
(A) The Factories Act, 1948
(B) The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
(C) The Industrial Employment (standing orders) Act, 1946
(D) The Trade Union Act, 1926
Ans: C
35. Who identified the types of unions as business, predatory, dependent and friendly?
(A) Roberts, B.C.
(B) Robert F. Hoxie
(C) Kirkaldy, H.S.
(D) Perlman Selig
Ans: B
36. Who proposed that industrial relations activities take place among three principal social partners at three levels?
(A) John T. Dunlop
(B) Richardson, J.H.
(C) Kochan, T.A. et.al
(D) Clark Kerr
Ans: C
37. Arrange the following steps involved in establishing a career development system in proper sequence:
(a) Vision
(b) Needs
(c) Action plan
(d) Results
(A) d, c, b, a
(B) b, a, c, d
(C) b, d, a, c
(D) c, a, b, d
Ans: B
38. Human values in regard to Management Development do not include
(A) Dignity and forgiveness
(B) Arrogance and anger
(C) Gratitude and gentleness
(D) Humility and Honesty
Ans: B
39. Management development is concerned with learning of
(A) Mechanical skills
(B) Specific job skills
(C) Conceptual and creative skills
(D) All the above
Ans: C
40. According to Robert L. Katz, the right sequence of relative importance of various managerial skills from top to bottom is
(a) technical
(b) Human
(c) Conceptual
(A) c, b, a
(B) a, b, c
(C) c, a, b
(D) b, c, a
Ans: A
41. The concept of management by objectives was given by
(A) Peter F. Drucker
(B) Luther Gulick
(C) RensisLikert
(D) Blake and Mouton
Ans: A
42. OCTAPACE culture means
(A) Openness-cooperation-Truth-Authenticity-Proaction-Autonomy-Collaboration-Experimentation
(B) Openness-Confrontation-Trust- Autonomy-Proaction-Authority- Collaboration Experimentation
(C) Openness-Confrontation-Trust- Authority-Proaction-Autonomy cooperation-Experimentation
(D) Openness-Confrontation-Trust- Authenticity-Proaction- Autonomy-Collaboration- Experimentation
Ans: D
43. Empowerment means authority to make decisions in ones area of operation
(A) By taking approval from the senior
(B) Without having to get approval from anyone else
(C) Without caring for the consequences
(D) All the above
Ans: B
44. Self perceived talents, motives and values that influence career of an individual are known as
(A) Career anchors
(B) Career plans
(C) Career aims
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
45. Who has advanced the Bottom of the Pyramid concept?
(A) Garry Dessler
(B) Peter Drucker
(C) C.K. Prahlad
(D) Michael Porter
Ans: C
46. Which one is not a general concept of T.Q.M.?
(A) Continuous Improvement
(B) Team Work
(C) Strategy
(D) Quality Education
Ans: C
47. Which one of the following is not an interpersonal role identified by Henry Mintzberg?
(A) The Figure head role
(B) The Leader role
(C) The Liason role
(D) The Resource – allocator role
Ans: D
48. Which one is part of Michael Porter’s generic strategies?
(A) Cost leadership strategy
(B) Focus strategy
(C) Differentiation strategy
(D) All the above
Ans: D
49. Which one is not a part of M.C. Kinsy’s 7’s frame work?
(A) Standards
(B) Structure
(C) Skills
(D) Strategy
Ans: A
50. A corporate wide pay plan that uses a structured formula to allocate a portion of annual company profits to employees is known as:
(A) Gain sharing
(B) Profit sharing
(C) ESOPS sharing
(D) All of the above
Ans: B
List – I List – II
(Propagators) (Contributions)
a. Ivan Pavlov i. Social Learning Theory
b. B.F. Skinner ii. S-O-B-C. Model
c. Albert Bandura iii. Classical Conditioning
d. Freud Luthans iv. Operant Conditioning
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) ii iv iii i
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: C
2. ‘Case of Schimdt’ is associated with which School of Management thought?
(A) Human Relations School
(B) Behavioural School
(C) Systems Approach
(D) Scientific Management
Ans: D
3. Arrange the following systems in the right order on the managerial style continuum suggested by Rensis Likert
(a) Consultative
(b) Benevolent Authoritative
(c) Exploitative Authoritative
(d) Joint decision-making
(A) c, b, a, d
(B) c, a, b, d
(C) b, a, c, d
(D) c, d, b, a
Ans: A
4. Performance Appraisal is a primary human resource management process that links employees and organizations and provides input for other processes through these means:
(A) Identification, measurement, management.
(B) Assessment, direction, development.
(C) Recruitment, Selection, on boarding.
(D) Skill, effort, responsibility.
Ans: A
5. The amount sufficient to enable a worker to live in reasonable comfort, having regard to all obligations to which an average worker would ordinarily be subject to
(A) Minimum Wage
(B) Fair Wage
(C) Living Wage
(D) Nominal Wage
Ans: A
6. Technique of drawing conclusions from a candidate’s hand writing about future performance in a role is
(A) Graphology
(B) Physiognomy
(C) Phrenology
(D) Astronomy
Ans: A
7. Which of the following is method of Union recognition?
(A) Secret Ballot
(B) Membership Verification
(C) Check-off System
(D) All the above
Ans: D
8. Find out the approach which does not include industrial relations
(A) Psychological approach
(B) Sociological approach
(C) Human relations approach
(D) Physiological approach
Ans: D
9. Workers do join Trade Unions: Find out the incorrect reason out of the following:
(A) To attain economic security
(B) To improve bargaining power
(C) To ventilate their grievancies
(D) To satisfy their family needs
Ans: D
10. Match the following:
List – I List – II
(Unions) (Functions)
a. Craft Union i. Associations of workers or different categories
b. General Union ii. Based on craft non-managerial personnel
c. Industrial Union iii. Either unionization of the same industry or different industry.
d. Federation iv. Unionisation of workers any region or any job occupation
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iv i iii
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: A
11. Who coined the term ‘informal sector’?
(A) Keith Davis
(B) Amartya Sen
(C) Mahabub Ul Haq
(D) Keith Hart
Ans: D
12. Reducing the number of employees at operational level and reorganizing the work system in order to attain greater productivity.
(A) Downsizing
(B) Manpower inventory
(C) Manpower forecasting
(D) All the above
Ans: A
13. Which of the following is not a method of social security?
(A) Social Assistance
(B) Social Action
(C) Social Insurance
(D) Mutual Assistance
Ans: B
14. Which of the following statements about workers’ participation in Management in India is not true?
(A) It is a part of the 20 point Economic programme.
(B) It is provided in the Directive Principles of State Policy.
(C) It is made a Constitutional provision under the 42ndAmendment Act.
(D) It is a justiceable right of the workers.
Ans: D
15. Who has given the concept of ‘Core competence’?
(A) Sumantra Ghosal & C.A. Bartlett
(B) T. Deal and A. Kennedy
(C) C.K. Prahalad and G. Hamel
(D) C.A. Forehand and B. Von Gilnev
Ans: C
16. Who has advanced the Goal setting theory of Performance Management?
(A) E.A. Locke & Gary Lutham
(B) F. Trompenaavs and Charles Hamp
(C) R. Tung and Arthur Anderson
(D) J.C. Usunier and P.N. Gharvi
Ans: A
17. Match the following:
List – I List – II
(Authors) (Books)
a. Tom Peters & Waterman i. The Future Shock
b. Thomas Friedman ii. The Revolutionary Wealth
c. Alvin Tofler iii. The World is flat
d. Heidi & Alvin Tofler iv. In search of Excellence
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv ii iii i
(B) i iv ii iii
(C) iv iii i ii
(D) iii iv ii i
Ans: C
18. Who has advance the PDCA cycle of Quality Management?
(A) Joseph M. Juran
(B) W. Edwards Deming
(C) Kaoru Ishikawa
(D) Phillip Crosby
Ans: B
19. Which of the following statements about I.L.O. is not true?
(A) I.L.O is a tripartite body.
(B) I.L.O was established in 1919.
(C) I.L.O passes only recommendations.
(D) I.L.O conventions are mandatory for those countries which ratify them.
Ans: C
20. Match the following contributions to TQM with the contributors:
List – I List – II
(Contributors) (Contributions)
a. Walter A. Shewart i. Concept of Internal Customer
b. Joseph M. Juran ii. Product Design Quality
c. Kaoru Ishikawa iii. Statistical control charts
d. Genichi Taguchi iv. Quality as ‘fitness for use’
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) iii iv i ii
Ans: D
21. Power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism and masculinity as dimensions of cross–cultural comparative model is given by
(A) Kluckhohn & Strodthbeck
(B) Geert Hofstede
(C) Andres Lauvent
(D) Hall and Trompenaar
Ans: B
22. Which of the following organizations are world oriented?
(A) Geocentric
(B) Polycentric
(C) Regiocentric
(D) Ethnocentric
Ans: A
23. Find out the characteristics of collective bargaining which is not applicable;
(A) It is a collective process.
(B) It is a flexible process.
(C) It is not a bipartile process.
(D) It is interdisciplinary system.
Ans: C
24. Find out the one which is not an element of employee empowerment:
(A) Belief system and trust
(B) Purposefulness
(C) Arbitrariness
(D) Self-sufficiency or Competency
Ans: C
25. Which of the following is not a factor of emotional intelligence?
(A) Ability
(B) Reason
(C) Emotion
(D) Thinking without feeling
Ans: D
26. Find out the origin of the statement in a socialist democracy labour is a partner in the common task of development, should participate in it with enthusiasm.
(A) Constitution of India
(B) Directive principles of State Policy
(C) Industrial Policy Resolution 1956
(D) Royal Commission on Labour
Ans: C
27. The First Indian Trade Union led by women was
(A) A.I.T.U.C.
(B) I.N.T.U.C.
(C) H.M.S.
(D) C.I.T.U.
Ans: C
28. The first commission to recommend tripartism consultation in India was
(A) The First National Commission on Labour
(B) The Second National Commission on Labour
(C) The Royal Commission on Labour
(D) The Indian Labour Conference
Ans: C
29. India ratified I.L.O. Convention No. 144 on tripartite consultation among government, employer’s and worker’s representatives in:
(A) 1968
(B) 1958
(C) 1978
(D) 1988
Ans: C
30. A Joint Consultative Board (J.C.B.) of industry and labour was set up in 1951 with the initiative of:
(A) V.V. Giri
(B) G.L. Nanda
(C) Morarji Desai
(D) Jagjivan Ram
Ans: B
31. Three tier framework of industrial relations was proposed by:
(A) Kochan, T.A., et. al
(B) Richardson J.H.
(C) Clark Kerr
(D) John T. Dunlop
Ans: A
32. A system of industrial relations where social and labour issues are discussed between trade unions and management at enterprise level is:
(A) Bipartism
(B) Tripartism
(C) Social dialogue
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
33. The relations between government and transnational corporations are divided into liberal, neo-mercantilist and neo-imperialist categories by:
(A) Richardson, J.H.
(B) Clark Kerr
(C) Kochan, T.A., et.al
(D) John T. Dunlop
Ans: C
34. Which act requires employers in industrial establishments to define the conditions of employment?
(A) The Factories Act, 1948
(B) The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
(C) The Industrial Employment (standing orders) Act, 1946
(D) The Trade Union Act, 1926
Ans: C
35. Who identified the types of unions as business, predatory, dependent and friendly?
(A) Roberts, B.C.
(B) Robert F. Hoxie
(C) Kirkaldy, H.S.
(D) Perlman Selig
Ans: B
36. Who proposed that industrial relations activities take place among three principal social partners at three levels?
(A) John T. Dunlop
(B) Richardson, J.H.
(C) Kochan, T.A. et.al
(D) Clark Kerr
Ans: C
37. Arrange the following steps involved in establishing a career development system in proper sequence:
(a) Vision
(b) Needs
(c) Action plan
(d) Results
(A) d, c, b, a
(B) b, a, c, d
(C) b, d, a, c
(D) c, a, b, d
Ans: B
38. Human values in regard to Management Development do not include
(A) Dignity and forgiveness
(B) Arrogance and anger
(C) Gratitude and gentleness
(D) Humility and Honesty
Ans: B
39. Management development is concerned with learning of
(A) Mechanical skills
(B) Specific job skills
(C) Conceptual and creative skills
(D) All the above
Ans: C
40. According to Robert L. Katz, the right sequence of relative importance of various managerial skills from top to bottom is
(a) technical
(b) Human
(c) Conceptual
(A) c, b, a
(B) a, b, c
(C) c, a, b
(D) b, c, a
Ans: A
41. The concept of management by objectives was given by
(A) Peter F. Drucker
(B) Luther Gulick
(C) RensisLikert
(D) Blake and Mouton
Ans: A
42. OCTAPACE culture means
(A) Openness-cooperation-Truth-Authenticity-Proaction-Autonomy-Collaboration-Experimentation
(B) Openness-Confrontation-Trust- Autonomy-Proaction-Authority- Collaboration Experimentation
(C) Openness-Confrontation-Trust- Authority-Proaction-Autonomy cooperation-Experimentation
(D) Openness-Confrontation-Trust- Authenticity-Proaction- Autonomy-Collaboration- Experimentation
Ans: D
43. Empowerment means authority to make decisions in ones area of operation
(A) By taking approval from the senior
(B) Without having to get approval from anyone else
(C) Without caring for the consequences
(D) All the above
Ans: B
44. Self perceived talents, motives and values that influence career of an individual are known as
(A) Career anchors
(B) Career plans
(C) Career aims
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
45. Who has advanced the Bottom of the Pyramid concept?
(A) Garry Dessler
(B) Peter Drucker
(C) C.K. Prahlad
(D) Michael Porter
Ans: C
46. Which one is not a general concept of T.Q.M.?
(A) Continuous Improvement
(B) Team Work
(C) Strategy
(D) Quality Education
Ans: C
47. Which one of the following is not an interpersonal role identified by Henry Mintzberg?
(A) The Figure head role
(B) The Leader role
(C) The Liason role
(D) The Resource – allocator role
Ans: D
48. Which one is part of Michael Porter’s generic strategies?
(A) Cost leadership strategy
(B) Focus strategy
(C) Differentiation strategy
(D) All the above
Ans: D
49. Which one is not a part of M.C. Kinsy’s 7’s frame work?
(A) Standards
(B) Structure
(C) Skills
(D) Strategy
Ans: A
50. A corporate wide pay plan that uses a structured formula to allocate a portion of annual company profits to employees is known as:
(A) Gain sharing
(B) Profit sharing
(C) ESOPS sharing
(D) All of the above
Ans: B
51. Which one is not of Michael Porters five force model of industry analysis?
(A) Threat of new entrants
(B) Substitutes
(C) Intensity of rivalry among existing players
(D) Cost leadership
Ans: D
52. Which one is not a part of McKinsy’s 7‘s’ framework?
(A) Systems
(B) Strategy
(C) Standards
(D) Style
Ans: C
53. The change in specialization and integration in organization context is called:
(A) Co-ordination
(B) Co-operation
(C) Organizational restructuring
(D) Feedback
Ans: C
54. Which one is a part of performance measurement?
(A) Trait
(B) Behaviour
(C) Outcome
(D) All the above
Ans: D
55. Which of the following is a single use plan?
(A) Budget
(B) Rule
(C) Procedure
(D) Policy
Ans: A
56. The basic role of policy is
(A) To provide guidelines for action
(B) To set procedures
(C) To give direction for motivation
(D) To prescribe methods
Ans: A
57. Grievance Handing Machinery is given in
(A) Industrial Disputes Act
(B) Factories Act
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
58. Who has given the ‘expectancy theory’ of Motivation?
(A) Abraham Maslow
(B) Victor Vroom
(C) Frederick Herzberg
(D) Clayton Adler
Ans: B
59. The categories of human process, techno structural, human resources management and strategic applications are related to:
(A) Change management
(B) O. D. application
(C) Training
(D) Action research
Ans: B
60. The constitution of site appraisal committees is under the:
(A) Factories Act, 1948
(B) Contract labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
(C) Maternity Benefit Act, 1965
(D) Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
Ans: A
61. Under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 the appropriate government shall fix the minimum rates of wages payable to the employees employed in an employment specified in
(A) Schedule I part I
(B) Schedule I part II
(C) Schedule I, Part I, II and the employments and added under section 27
(D) Schedule I and II
Ans: C
62. Under the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 remuneration means
(A) Basic wage only
(B) Basic wage and dearness allowance
(C) Basic wage and emoluments what so ever payable
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
63. Under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 the maximum limit on deductions should not ordinarily cross
(A) 50 percent generally and 65 percent in case of payments due to the cooperatives
(B) 60 percent generally and 75 percent in case of payments due to the cooperatives
(C) 50 percent generally and 75 percent in case of payments due to the cooperatives
(D) 40 percent generally and 75 percent in case of payments due to the cooperatives
Ans: C
64. Draft standing orders are to be submitted within
(A) Two years from the date on which the Act is applicable in five copies.
(B) One year from the date on which the Act is applicable in five copies
(C) Six months from the date on which the Act is applicable in five copies
(D) Six months from the date on which the act is applicable in ten copies
Ans: C
65. Under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 the maximum gratuity payable is
(A) Rs. 10 lakhs
(B) Rs. 8 lakhs
(C) Rs. 5 lakhs
(D) Rs. 3.5 lakhs
Ans: A
66. To avoid overcrowding the space provided for each worker under the Factories Act, 1948 is
(A) 12 cubic metres for factories built before 1948 and 14.2cubic meters for those built after 1948
(B) 10 cubic metres for factories built before 1948 and 14.2 cubic meters for those built after 1948
(C) 9.9 cubic metres for factories built before 1948 and 14.2 cubic meters for those built after 1948
(D) 9.9 cubic meters for factories built before 1948 and 14.4 cubic meters for those built after 1948.
Ans: C
67. Who is an ‘exempted employee’ under the Employee’s state Insurance Act, 1948?
(A) Employee who is minor
(B) Employee who is not liable under the Act to pay the employee’s contribution
(C) Minor employee who is not liable under the Act to pay the employee’s contribution
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
68. ‘Unemployment allowance’ payable is stated in
(A) Employee State Insurance Act, 1948
(B) Unorganized Sector Workers Social Security Act, 2005
(C) Factories Act, 1948
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
69. Trade union means any combination formed primarily for the purpose of regulating the relations between
(A) Workmen and employers permanently
(B) Workmen and workmen permanently
(C) Workmen and employers, workmen and workmen, employers and employers temporary or permanent
(D) Workmen and employers, workmen and workmen, employers and employers permanently
Ans: C
70. Under the Factories Act, 1948 the working hours of 8 per day and 48 per week
(A) Include spread over.
(B) Are minimum working hours
(C) Include rest interval period.
(D) Do not include rest interval period.
Ans: D
71. Match the following schedules under the I. D. Act, 1947
(a) I schedule (i) conditions of service for change of which notice is to be given
(b) II and III schedules (ii) Labour courts and Industrial Tribunals
(c) IV schedule (iii) Industries which may be declared as public utility services
(d) V schedule (iv) Unfair labour practices
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: C
72. In USA, the Labour Management Relations Act (Taft Hartley Act) was enacted in:
(A) 1937
(B) 1947
(C) 1957
(D) 1967
Ans: B
73. Recognition of the trade union in industry under the code of discipline was developed in the year
(A) 1952
(B) 1957
(C) 1958
(D) 1962
Ans: B
74. Who considered collective bargaining as the most important concept for determining the terms and conditions of employment
(A) Sidney and Beatrice Webb
(B) Robert Hoxie
(C) John T. Dunlop
(D) Samuel Gompers
Ans: D
75. Where the recruitment happens through the compulsory intervention of trade unions, the system is called
(A) Closed shop
(B) Union shop
(C) Open shop
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
76. Which of the following is not a correct statement pertaining to the meaning of trade union?
(A) It is a continuous association of wage earners for maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives.
(B) It is a society of individuals in one or more professions for the purpose of protecting and advancing, members’ economic interest.
(C) It is a combination with an objective of regulating the relation between workmen and workmen, workmen and employer, employer and employer
(D) It is any combination, whether temporary or permanent formed primarily for regulating relations between the two parties.
Ans: B
77. Who formed the Bombay Millhands Association?
(A) Sorabjee Shaprujee Bengali
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) N.M. Lokhande
(D) V.V. Giri
Ans: C
78. In which country the trade union movement began with industrial unions?
(A) Great Britain
(B) U.S.A.
(C) India
(D) Canada
Ans: C
79. Which one is not a right of a recognized union?
(A) A right of ‘Check-off’
(B) To use notice board on the premises of the undertaking
(C) To appear on behalf of the union on domestic inquiry
(D) inspecting the undertaking
Ans: A
80. The criteria for recognition of trade union under the code of discipline are
(a) union claiming recognition should have been functioning for atleast one year after registration.
(b) the membership of a union should cover atleast 5% of the workers in that establishment.
(c) A union can claim recognition as representative union for an industry in a local area if it has 25% workers as members in that industry in that area.
(d) When a union is recognised there shall be no change in the position for 5 years.
(A) All the provisions are correct
(B) All the provisions are incorrect
(C) Only (a) and (c) are correct
(D) Only (d) and (b) are correct
Ans: C
81. Which of the following subjects is not enumerated in the ‘concurrent list’ of the Indian constitution?
(A) Oil fields
(B) Trade Unions
(C) Factories
(D) Vocational and technical training of labour
Ans: A
82. Which of the following statements relating to the Employees’ Compensation Act is not correct?
(A) This Act has a link with the Workmen’s Compensation Act
(B) This act is the outcome of the amendment that was made to the Workmen’s Compensation Act
(C) This act does not have any provision relating to temporary disablement of workmen
(D) This act has a provision relating to permanent partial disablement
Ans: C
83. Under the Maternity Benefit Act, a woman employee would get a medical bonus of:
(A) Rs. 3000
(B) Rs. 3500
(C) Rs. 4000
(D) Rs. 4500
Ans: B
84. Which section of the Factories Act deals with appointment of Welfare Officers?
(A) Section 45
(B) Section 49
(C) Section 51
(D) Section 55
Ans: B
85. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 1988 provides for extension of the benefits to shops and commercial establishments employing a minimum of:
(A) 7 persons
(B) 8 persons
(C) 10 persons
(D) 20 persons
Ans: D
86. Which of the following is not considered to be a legal status for a registered union?
(A) No power to acquire and hold both movable and immovable property
(B) Power to contract with other entities
(C) Perpetual succession and common seal
(D) A body corporate by the name under which it is registered
Ans: A
87. Under the Minimum Wages Act, which of the following cannot be appointed by the appropriate government by notification under the official gazette for deciding claims arising out of payment of less than the minimum rates of wages?
(A) Any commissioner for Workmen’s compensation
(B) Any officers of the Central Government exercising functions as a Labour Commissioner for any region
(C) Any officer of the State Government not below the rank of Labour Commissioner
(D) Any officer not less than the rank of District Magistrate
Ans: D
88. Match the following according to the objectives of legislations:
a. Minimum Wages Act i. to ensure that wages payable are disbursed within prescribed time limit
b. Payment of Wages Act ii. to extend social justice by statutorily providing the remuneration legally due to an employed person
c. Equal Remuneration Act iii. to allow employees to legally share in the prosperity of the establishment contributed by capital, management and labour
d. Payment of Bonus Act iv. to prevent discrimination in the matter of employment and remuneration
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: B
89. Which of the following is ‘true’ as per the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act?
An employer need not issue any “Notice of Change” in respect of 4th Schedule of the Act.
(A) Where the change is affected in pursuance of any settlement.
(B) In respect of any matter specified in the schedule affecting workmen.
(C) In respect of conditions of service applicable to any workman.
(D) None of the above.
Ans: A
90. Which of the following amendments of Industrial Employment (standing order) Act provided for payment of subsistence allowance by the employer to a suspended employee pending enquiry against him?
(A) Industrial Employment (standing order) Amendment Act, 1956
(B) Industrial Employment (standing order) Amendment Act, 1963
(C) Industrial Employment (standing order) Amendment Act, 1982
(D) Industrial Employment (standing order) Amendment Act, 1961
Ans: C
91. The ‘New Lanark’ experiment is associated with:
(A) Human Relations at workplace
(B) Networking Organisations
(C) Welfare Movement in Industries
(D) Behavioural Theory
Ans: C
92. Social security provided by a ‘means test’ is called:
(A) Social Insurance
(B) Mutual Insurance
(C) Social Assurance
(D) Social Assistance
Ans: D
93. Match the following Themes with the concepts of Labour Welfare:
Themes Concepts of Labour Welfare
a. Labour Welfare is a desirable state of existence comprehending physical, mental, moral and emotional health or well-being. i. Relative concept
b. In planning for welfare, the individual alone should not be taken into consideration. ii. Positive concept
c. Welfare work differs over time and place. iii. Social concept
d. Welfare connotes atleast minimum desirable conditions of existence biologically and socially determined. iv. Total concept
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iv iii i
(B) iii ii i iv
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) iv iii i ii
Ans: D
94. In which of the following approaches ‘good will’ is considered as an important goal of labour welfare work?
(A) Placating Theory
(B) Public Relations Theory
(C) Fundamental Theory
(D) Philanthropic Theory
Ans: B
95. For which of the following categories of workers, there is no provision for welfare fund?
(A) The Beedi workers
(B) Workers working in Mica Mines
(C) Cine Workers
(D) Workers working in the Printing Industry
Ans: D
96. Under which segment of the Indian Constitution, the Labour Policy is designed?
a. Preamble
b. Fundamental Rights
c. Directive Principles of State Policy
d. Fundamental Duties
(A) Only c
(B) a, b and c
(C) a and c
(D) a, b, c and d
Ans: B
97. The conversion of the ‘nominal wages’ into ‘Real Wages’ is done by which of the following indices?
(A) Human Development Index
(B) Poverty Index
(C) Wholesale Price Index
(D) Consumer Price Index
Ans: D
98. Match the following Themes of Theories of Wages with their propagators:
Themes of Wages Theory Propagator
a. “Labour is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities.” i. David Ricardo
b. “The natural price of labour is that price which is necessary to enable the labourers to subsist and per- petuate their race without either increase or diminution.” ii. Michel Kalecki
c. “Wages cannot rise unless either the wage fund increases or the number of workers decreases.” iii. Adam Smith
d. “Wages are a residual, the level of real wages depending on what was left of the total product after capitalistic class had its cut.” iv. J.S. Mill
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) iii i iv ii
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: C
99. Which of the following statements about wage differentials is not true?
(A) Wage differentials can be attributed to imperfections in employment market.
(B) Social prejudices do not influence the wage differentials.
(C) Inter-industry wage differentials are bound to occur.
(D) Geographical wage differentials are a common phenomenon.
Ans: B
100. Which of the following formulae is used for determining Minimum wages?
(A) Adarkar’s Formula
(B) Rege Committee’s Formula
(C) Dr. Aykroid’s Formula
(D) Royal Commission on Labour’s Formula
Ans: C
(A) Threat of new entrants
(B) Substitutes
(C) Intensity of rivalry among existing players
(D) Cost leadership
Ans: D
52. Which one is not a part of McKinsy’s 7‘s’ framework?
(A) Systems
(B) Strategy
(C) Standards
(D) Style
Ans: C
53. The change in specialization and integration in organization context is called:
(A) Co-ordination
(B) Co-operation
(C) Organizational restructuring
(D) Feedback
Ans: C
54. Which one is a part of performance measurement?
(A) Trait
(B) Behaviour
(C) Outcome
(D) All the above
Ans: D
55. Which of the following is a single use plan?
(A) Budget
(B) Rule
(C) Procedure
(D) Policy
Ans: A
56. The basic role of policy is
(A) To provide guidelines for action
(B) To set procedures
(C) To give direction for motivation
(D) To prescribe methods
Ans: A
57. Grievance Handing Machinery is given in
(A) Industrial Disputes Act
(B) Factories Act
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
58. Who has given the ‘expectancy theory’ of Motivation?
(A) Abraham Maslow
(B) Victor Vroom
(C) Frederick Herzberg
(D) Clayton Adler
Ans: B
59. The categories of human process, techno structural, human resources management and strategic applications are related to:
(A) Change management
(B) O. D. application
(C) Training
(D) Action research
Ans: B
60. The constitution of site appraisal committees is under the:
(A) Factories Act, 1948
(B) Contract labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
(C) Maternity Benefit Act, 1965
(D) Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
Ans: A
61. Under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 the appropriate government shall fix the minimum rates of wages payable to the employees employed in an employment specified in
(A) Schedule I part I
(B) Schedule I part II
(C) Schedule I, Part I, II and the employments and added under section 27
(D) Schedule I and II
Ans: C
62. Under the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 remuneration means
(A) Basic wage only
(B) Basic wage and dearness allowance
(C) Basic wage and emoluments what so ever payable
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
63. Under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 the maximum limit on deductions should not ordinarily cross
(A) 50 percent generally and 65 percent in case of payments due to the cooperatives
(B) 60 percent generally and 75 percent in case of payments due to the cooperatives
(C) 50 percent generally and 75 percent in case of payments due to the cooperatives
(D) 40 percent generally and 75 percent in case of payments due to the cooperatives
Ans: C
64. Draft standing orders are to be submitted within
(A) Two years from the date on which the Act is applicable in five copies.
(B) One year from the date on which the Act is applicable in five copies
(C) Six months from the date on which the Act is applicable in five copies
(D) Six months from the date on which the act is applicable in ten copies
Ans: C
65. Under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 the maximum gratuity payable is
(A) Rs. 10 lakhs
(B) Rs. 8 lakhs
(C) Rs. 5 lakhs
(D) Rs. 3.5 lakhs
Ans: A
66. To avoid overcrowding the space provided for each worker under the Factories Act, 1948 is
(A) 12 cubic metres for factories built before 1948 and 14.2cubic meters for those built after 1948
(B) 10 cubic metres for factories built before 1948 and 14.2 cubic meters for those built after 1948
(C) 9.9 cubic metres for factories built before 1948 and 14.2 cubic meters for those built after 1948
(D) 9.9 cubic meters for factories built before 1948 and 14.4 cubic meters for those built after 1948.
Ans: C
67. Who is an ‘exempted employee’ under the Employee’s state Insurance Act, 1948?
(A) Employee who is minor
(B) Employee who is not liable under the Act to pay the employee’s contribution
(C) Minor employee who is not liable under the Act to pay the employee’s contribution
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
68. ‘Unemployment allowance’ payable is stated in
(A) Employee State Insurance Act, 1948
(B) Unorganized Sector Workers Social Security Act, 2005
(C) Factories Act, 1948
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
69. Trade union means any combination formed primarily for the purpose of regulating the relations between
(A) Workmen and employers permanently
(B) Workmen and workmen permanently
(C) Workmen and employers, workmen and workmen, employers and employers temporary or permanent
(D) Workmen and employers, workmen and workmen, employers and employers permanently
Ans: C
70. Under the Factories Act, 1948 the working hours of 8 per day and 48 per week
(A) Include spread over.
(B) Are minimum working hours
(C) Include rest interval period.
(D) Do not include rest interval period.
Ans: D
71. Match the following schedules under the I. D. Act, 1947
(a) I schedule (i) conditions of service for change of which notice is to be given
(b) II and III schedules (ii) Labour courts and Industrial Tribunals
(c) IV schedule (iii) Industries which may be declared as public utility services
(d) V schedule (iv) Unfair labour practices
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Ans: C
72. In USA, the Labour Management Relations Act (Taft Hartley Act) was enacted in:
(A) 1937
(B) 1947
(C) 1957
(D) 1967
Ans: B
73. Recognition of the trade union in industry under the code of discipline was developed in the year
(A) 1952
(B) 1957
(C) 1958
(D) 1962
Ans: B
74. Who considered collective bargaining as the most important concept for determining the terms and conditions of employment
(A) Sidney and Beatrice Webb
(B) Robert Hoxie
(C) John T. Dunlop
(D) Samuel Gompers
Ans: D
75. Where the recruitment happens through the compulsory intervention of trade unions, the system is called
(A) Closed shop
(B) Union shop
(C) Open shop
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
76. Which of the following is not a correct statement pertaining to the meaning of trade union?
(A) It is a continuous association of wage earners for maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives.
(B) It is a society of individuals in one or more professions for the purpose of protecting and advancing, members’ economic interest.
(C) It is a combination with an objective of regulating the relation between workmen and workmen, workmen and employer, employer and employer
(D) It is any combination, whether temporary or permanent formed primarily for regulating relations between the two parties.
Ans: B
77. Who formed the Bombay Millhands Association?
(A) Sorabjee Shaprujee Bengali
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) N.M. Lokhande
(D) V.V. Giri
Ans: C
78. In which country the trade union movement began with industrial unions?
(A) Great Britain
(B) U.S.A.
(C) India
(D) Canada
Ans: C
79. Which one is not a right of a recognized union?
(A) A right of ‘Check-off’
(B) To use notice board on the premises of the undertaking
(C) To appear on behalf of the union on domestic inquiry
(D) inspecting the undertaking
Ans: A
80. The criteria for recognition of trade union under the code of discipline are
(a) union claiming recognition should have been functioning for atleast one year after registration.
(b) the membership of a union should cover atleast 5% of the workers in that establishment.
(c) A union can claim recognition as representative union for an industry in a local area if it has 25% workers as members in that industry in that area.
(d) When a union is recognised there shall be no change in the position for 5 years.
(A) All the provisions are correct
(B) All the provisions are incorrect
(C) Only (a) and (c) are correct
(D) Only (d) and (b) are correct
Ans: C
81. Which of the following subjects is not enumerated in the ‘concurrent list’ of the Indian constitution?
(A) Oil fields
(B) Trade Unions
(C) Factories
(D) Vocational and technical training of labour
Ans: A
82. Which of the following statements relating to the Employees’ Compensation Act is not correct?
(A) This Act has a link with the Workmen’s Compensation Act
(B) This act is the outcome of the amendment that was made to the Workmen’s Compensation Act
(C) This act does not have any provision relating to temporary disablement of workmen
(D) This act has a provision relating to permanent partial disablement
Ans: C
83. Under the Maternity Benefit Act, a woman employee would get a medical bonus of:
(A) Rs. 3000
(B) Rs. 3500
(C) Rs. 4000
(D) Rs. 4500
Ans: B
84. Which section of the Factories Act deals with appointment of Welfare Officers?
(A) Section 45
(B) Section 49
(C) Section 51
(D) Section 55
Ans: B
85. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 1988 provides for extension of the benefits to shops and commercial establishments employing a minimum of:
(A) 7 persons
(B) 8 persons
(C) 10 persons
(D) 20 persons
Ans: D
86. Which of the following is not considered to be a legal status for a registered union?
(A) No power to acquire and hold both movable and immovable property
(B) Power to contract with other entities
(C) Perpetual succession and common seal
(D) A body corporate by the name under which it is registered
Ans: A
87. Under the Minimum Wages Act, which of the following cannot be appointed by the appropriate government by notification under the official gazette for deciding claims arising out of payment of less than the minimum rates of wages?
(A) Any commissioner for Workmen’s compensation
(B) Any officers of the Central Government exercising functions as a Labour Commissioner for any region
(C) Any officer of the State Government not below the rank of Labour Commissioner
(D) Any officer not less than the rank of District Magistrate
Ans: D
88. Match the following according to the objectives of legislations:
a. Minimum Wages Act i. to ensure that wages payable are disbursed within prescribed time limit
b. Payment of Wages Act ii. to extend social justice by statutorily providing the remuneration legally due to an employed person
c. Equal Remuneration Act iii. to allow employees to legally share in the prosperity of the establishment contributed by capital, management and labour
d. Payment of Bonus Act iv. to prevent discrimination in the matter of employment and remuneration
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) i ii iii iv
Ans: B
89. Which of the following is ‘true’ as per the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act?
An employer need not issue any “Notice of Change” in respect of 4th Schedule of the Act.
(A) Where the change is affected in pursuance of any settlement.
(B) In respect of any matter specified in the schedule affecting workmen.
(C) In respect of conditions of service applicable to any workman.
(D) None of the above.
Ans: A
90. Which of the following amendments of Industrial Employment (standing order) Act provided for payment of subsistence allowance by the employer to a suspended employee pending enquiry against him?
(A) Industrial Employment (standing order) Amendment Act, 1956
(B) Industrial Employment (standing order) Amendment Act, 1963
(C) Industrial Employment (standing order) Amendment Act, 1982
(D) Industrial Employment (standing order) Amendment Act, 1961
Ans: C
91. The ‘New Lanark’ experiment is associated with:
(A) Human Relations at workplace
(B) Networking Organisations
(C) Welfare Movement in Industries
(D) Behavioural Theory
Ans: C
92. Social security provided by a ‘means test’ is called:
(A) Social Insurance
(B) Mutual Insurance
(C) Social Assurance
(D) Social Assistance
Ans: D
93. Match the following Themes with the concepts of Labour Welfare:
Themes Concepts of Labour Welfare
a. Labour Welfare is a desirable state of existence comprehending physical, mental, moral and emotional health or well-being. i. Relative concept
b. In planning for welfare, the individual alone should not be taken into consideration. ii. Positive concept
c. Welfare work differs over time and place. iii. Social concept
d. Welfare connotes atleast minimum desirable conditions of existence biologically and socially determined. iv. Total concept
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iv iii i
(B) iii ii i iv
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) iv iii i ii
Ans: D
94. In which of the following approaches ‘good will’ is considered as an important goal of labour welfare work?
(A) Placating Theory
(B) Public Relations Theory
(C) Fundamental Theory
(D) Philanthropic Theory
Ans: B
95. For which of the following categories of workers, there is no provision for welfare fund?
(A) The Beedi workers
(B) Workers working in Mica Mines
(C) Cine Workers
(D) Workers working in the Printing Industry
Ans: D
96. Under which segment of the Indian Constitution, the Labour Policy is designed?
a. Preamble
b. Fundamental Rights
c. Directive Principles of State Policy
d. Fundamental Duties
(A) Only c
(B) a, b and c
(C) a and c
(D) a, b, c and d
Ans: B
97. The conversion of the ‘nominal wages’ into ‘Real Wages’ is done by which of the following indices?
(A) Human Development Index
(B) Poverty Index
(C) Wholesale Price Index
(D) Consumer Price Index
Ans: D
98. Match the following Themes of Theories of Wages with their propagators:
Themes of Wages Theory Propagator
a. “Labour is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities.” i. David Ricardo
b. “The natural price of labour is that price which is necessary to enable the labourers to subsist and per- petuate their race without either increase or diminution.” ii. Michel Kalecki
c. “Wages cannot rise unless either the wage fund increases or the number of workers decreases.” iii. Adam Smith
d. “Wages are a residual, the level of real wages depending on what was left of the total product after capitalistic class had its cut.” iv. J.S. Mill
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) iii i iv ii
(D) iv ii iii i
Ans: C
99. Which of the following statements about wage differentials is not true?
(A) Wage differentials can be attributed to imperfections in employment market.
(B) Social prejudices do not influence the wage differentials.
(C) Inter-industry wage differentials are bound to occur.
(D) Geographical wage differentials are a common phenomenon.
Ans: B
100. Which of the following formulae is used for determining Minimum wages?
(A) Adarkar’s Formula
(B) Rege Committee’s Formula
(C) Dr. Aykroid’s Formula
(D) Royal Commission on Labour’s Formula
Ans: C