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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

What is the meaning of vocational training?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the related question.

The much promised national policy has three major components: selective ban on the morally, indefensible and socially reprehensible practice of child labour, prevention of exploitation of child workers in permitted areas of activity and rehabilitation of those pulled out of prohibited employment.

The 1966 Act has been dubbed as a law that legitimises child labour and the target of attack particularly has been the proviso which in effect says that a child can work if it is part of family labour. This has rendered existing enactments in this field totally ineffective.
The rehabilitation segment of the policy is much too weak to make any impact. In the first phase, about 30,000 child workers are to be freed from the prohibited areas of employment and given education, health and vocational training. If the overseeing of rules and regulations intended to end exploitation – as for instance , higher minimum wages,  non-oppressive work schedule and facilities for rest and recreation – is a question of gearing up the watchdog machinery, social activist groups and voluntary welfare agencies should be given a significant supportive role.

  1. How to go on a vacation

  2. How to be able to earn money

  3. How to be successful in life

  4. How to be able to pursue a trade or profession

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The contextual meaning is also that one is able to follow one’s dream or ambition.

Multiple choice

In the first phase, 30,000 children are to be

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the related question.

The much promised national policy has three major components: selective ban on the morally, indefensible and socially reprehensible practice of child labour, prevention of exploitation of child workers in permitted areas of activity and rehabilitation of those pulled out of prohibited employment.

The 1966 Act has been dubbed as a law that legitimises child labour and the target of attack particularly has been the proviso which in effect says that a child can work if it is part of family labour. This has rendered existing enactments in this field totally ineffective.
The rehabilitation segment of the policy is much too weak to make any impact. In the first phase, about 30,000 child workers are to be freed from the prohibited areas of employment and given education, health and vocational training. If the overseeing of rules and regulations intended to end exploitation – as for instance , higher minimum wages,  non-oppressive work schedule and facilities for rest and recreation – is a question of gearing up the watchdog machinery, social activist groups and voluntary welfare agencies should be given a significant supportive role.

  1. set free and asked to go home

  2. enrolled in existing municipal schools for training

  3. directed to the corporation dispensaries for health check

  4. given free education, heath care and vocational training
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

“To be freed … and given education, health and vocational training.”

Multiple choice

Ending exploitation of the working child involves

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the related question.

The much promised national policy has three major components: selective ban on the morally, indefensible and socially reprehensible practice of child labour, prevention of exploitation of child workers in permitted areas of activity and rehabilitation of those pulled out of prohibited employment.

The 1966 Act has been dubbed as a law that legitimises child labour and the target of attack particularly has been the proviso which in effect says that a child can work if it is part of family labour. This has rendered existing enactments in this field totally ineffective.
The rehabilitation segment of the policy is much too weak to make any impact. In the first phase, about 30,000 child workers are to be freed from the prohibited areas of employment and given education, health and vocational training. If the overseeing of rules and regulations intended to end exploitation – as for instance , higher minimum wages,  non-oppressive work schedule and facilities for rest and recreation – is a question of gearing up the watchdog machinery, social activist groups and voluntary welfare agencies should be given a significant supportive role.

  1. fixing the wages

  2. ensuring a full work schedule

  3. allowing minimum rest

  4. gearing up the machinery
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The last lines of the passage describe the importance of gearing up machinery which would add support.

Multiple choice

The Act of 1966 is said to legitimise child labour because

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the related question.

The much promised national policy has three major components: selective ban on the morally, indefensible and socially reprehensible practice of child labour, prevention of exploitation of child workers in permitted areas of activity and rehabilitation of those pulled out of prohibited employment.

The 1966 Act has been dubbed as a law that legitimises child labour and the target of attack particularly has been the proviso which in effect says that a child can work if it is part of family labour. This has rendered existing enactments in this field totally ineffective.
The rehabilitation segment of the policy is much too weak to make any impact. In the first phase, about 30,000 child workers are to be freed from the prohibited areas of employment and given education, health and vocational training. If the overseeing of rules and regulations intended to end exploitation – as for instance , higher minimum wages,  non-oppressive work schedule and facilities for rest and recreation – is a question of gearing up the watchdog machinery, social activist groups and voluntary welfare agencies should be given a significant supportive role.

  1. it is least comprehensive

  2. it allows employment of a child in a prohibited job as part of family labour

  3. its definitions are clear and unambiguous

  4. its law enforcement is not strict
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

“The 1966 Act has been dubbed as a law that legitimises child labour and the target of attack particularly has been the proviso which in effect says that a child can work if it is part of family labour.”

Multiple choice

A BYOD policy or bring-your-own-device policy states that employees should be given a stipend to purchase and maintain technology equipment of their choosing instead of being issued PC's and laptops from the company. Which of the following represents BYOD?

  1. A person using company's cell phone

  2. A man working on office PC

  3. A woman using her own laptop at office

  4. A person using office telephone for company work
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

BYOD clearly states that employees should be given a stipend to purchase and maintain technology equipment of their choosing instead of being issued PC's and laptops from the company.

Multiple choice

The formation of national labor unions in the late 1800s was mainly a response to

  1. passage of federal laws that favored workers

  2. laws restricting immigration and naturalization

  3. poor working conditions and low wages

  4. economic depressions that had led to high unemployment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The rise of industrialization in the late 1800s led to dangerous working conditions, long hours, and low wages. Workers formed unions to collectively bargain for better treatment and pay.

Multiple choice sectoral organisation of business private, public and global enterprises business studies

Issues affecting the privacy of the employee __________________.

  1. Anti-competitive practices

  2. Workplace surveillance

  3. Drug testing

  4. (b) and (c)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Privacy Issues in the Workplace. Generally speaking, privacy rights are granted (if at all) by specific laws, rules, or regulations. Personnel Records:Employees generally have a right to privacy in their personnel records, except in a few specific circumstances. Employee privacy rights are the rules that limit how extensively an employer can search an employee's possessions or person; monitor their actions, speech, or correspondence; and know about their personal lives, especially but not exclusively in the workplace.

Multiple choice

Work areas should be kept clean and tidy

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A clean and organized work area reduces the risk of accidents, spills, and cross-contamination. It is a fundamental expectation in any laboratory setting.

Multiple choice political science directive principles of state policy savings, investment, wealth, welfare and business cycle fundamental duties and directive principles fundamental duties and directive principles of state policy

Equal pay for equal work for both men and women is a part of ___________.

  1. Fundamental Right to equality

  2. Fundamental Right against exploitation

  3. Directive Principles of the State Policy

  4. Fundamental Duties
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Article 39 of Constitution of India have certain principles of policy to be followed by the state, including providing an adequate means of livelihood for all citizens, equal pay for equal work for men and women, proper working conditions, reduction of the concentration of wealth and means of production from the hands of a few, and distribution of community resources to subserve the common good.

Multiple choice business organisation principles and techniques of management 21st century modern management features of management coordination and management in the twenty - first century

Which of the following statements best describes 'Mental Revolution'?

  1. It implies change of attitude.

  2. The management and workers should not play the game of one-upmanship.

  3. Both management and workers required each other.

  4. Workers should be pain more wages.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Mental revolution implies change in the attitude of workers and management towards one another. Success of implementation of scientific management depends upon the mental revolution of management and workers coordinating their efforts for producing the largest possible surplus. 

Multiple choice commercial applications industrial relations, trade unions and social security need for an eco-friendly form of industrial development objectives, causes and methods towards industrial relations industrial pollution and degradation of environment

Maintaining good industrial relations is significant because it ________.

  1. Helps in an uninterrupted production

  2. Promotes Industrial Democracy

  3. Fosters Industrial Peace

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Industrial relations is concerned with the employer and the employee with their respective organization, at work or arising out of the working situation. Maintaining good industrial relations is significant because it:
a) Helps in an uninterrupted production
b) Promotes Industrial Democracy
c) Fosters Industrial Peace.