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Labour and Industrial Relations

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Labour and Industrial Relations involves the study of employment laws, workers unions, and workplace dynamics. This page features practice questions on critical topics such as equal pay, gratuity, overtime, and labor disputes. These questions are essential for law entrance exams and competitive tests.

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Labour and Industrial Relations Questions

Multiple choice

Which one of the following statements is not correct regarding time rate system?

  1. Workers and trade unions accept and support time rate system.

  2. It gives guarantee of certain minimum wage payment to every worker.

  3. Time rate system avoids heartburning and quarrels among the workers.

  4. In the time rate system, there is a positive encouragement to workers to improve their efficiency/performance.

  5. Time rate payment is convenient where production process is continuous and integrated.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This statement is not correct as in time rate system, wage rate is uniform to all workers, efficient and inefficient. So, there is no positive encouragement to workers to improve their efficiency.

Multiple choice

The Trade Unions Act was established in

  1. 1966

  2. 1926

  3. 1947

  4. 1946
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Trade Unions Act was passed in 1926 to provide for the registration of trade unions and to define the law relating to registered trade unions.

Multiple choice

Bare subsistence wage is

  1. fair wage

  2. living wage

  3. maximum wage

  4. minimum wage
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A bare subsistence wage is the minimum amount required to cover the basic necessities of life, hence it is synonymous with the minimum wage.

Multiple choice

Occupational wage differentials are based on

  1. convenience

  2. skill

  3. hazard

  4. efficiency
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Occupational wage differentials are primarily based on the convenience or nature of the job, though factors like skill and hazard also play roles, convenience is a key differentiator in this context.

Multiple choice

Strike is the legitimate weapon in the hands of:

  1. The workmen

  2. The employer

  3. Both employers and workmen

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A strike is a collective action by workmen to exert pressure on an employer to accept their demands. It is recognized as a legitimate tool for collective bargaining in labor law.