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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 great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

National Industrial Recovery Act and the Wagner Act dealt with the issue of ________.

  1. The government's right to set price controls

  2. Employers' rights to exclude women from their workforce

  3. Workers' rights to organize unions

  4. States' rights to regulate interstate trade

  5. Corporations' rights to cooperate in setting industrywide standards
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Workers' rights to organize unions.

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

Why the Sit-down strikes proved to be a successful strategy for some unions in the 1930s?

  1. They were enthusiastically supported by the Roosevelt administration

  2. They prevented damage to company property

  3. They prevented the factory owners from carrying on production with strikebreakers

  4. They tended to gain public sympathy

  5. They were protected by federal legislation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

They prevented the factory owners from carrying on production with strikebreakers.

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

Which of the following best describes the differences that existed between the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s?

  1. The AFL had a huge membership, while the CIO never developed a mass following.

  2. The AFL had its strength east of the Mississippi River, while the CIO was strongest west of the Mississippi.

  3. The AFL was more cautious in its approach to conflicts with management, while the CIO was willing to use more militant tactics, such as the sit-down strike.

  4. The AFL was actually a coalition of "company unions," organized by management to placate worker resentment, while the CIO was composed of actual worker organizations.

  5. The AFL was dominated by Communist Party members, while the CIO, fearing government reprisals, excluded Communists from leadership positions.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The AFL was more cautious in its approach to conflicts with management, while the CIO was willing to use more militant tactics, such as the sit-down strike.

Multiple choice civics our family family values family values and its importance family, their types and inheritance

What does the word Vegar' mean?

  1. Practice where the worker is forced to render service to the 'master' free ofcharge

  2. Claims of persons recognised by society and sanctioned by law

  3. Selling and buying of human beings

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

Vegar (likely a typo for begar) refers to the historical practice of forced labor where workers are compelled to serve masters without payment. This was a common exploitative practice in feudal agricultural systems.

Multiple choice book keeping and accountancy bills of exchange renewal of the bill retirement and renewal of a bill accounting treatment of bill transaction

Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Bill, 2016 provides _______ weeks of full paid maternity leave to women who work in organised sector.

  1. 12

  2. 26

  3. 24

  4. 32
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 increased the paid maternity leave for women in the organized sector from 12 weeks to 26 weeks.

Multiple choice geography human occupations primary economic activities population of india population

Workers involved in primary activities are called ______ workers.

  1. Blue-collar

  2. White-collar

  3. Pink-Collar

  4. Red-Collar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  •  The primary sector of the economy is the sector of an economy making direct use of natural resources.
  • This includes agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining.
  • Primary activities are directly dependent on environment as these refer to utilisation of earth’s resources such as land, water, vegetation, building materials and minerals.
  • People engaged in primary activities are called red-collar workers due to the outdoor nature of their work.
Multiple choice geography human occupations primary economic activities population of india population

People working in quinary sector are called as _____ collar workers.

  1. Pink

  2. White

  3. Red

  4. Gold
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D Correct answer
Explanation
  • The professions of the people working in this industry are generally referred to as "gold collar" professions since the services included in the sector focus on interpretation of existing or the new ideas, evaluation of new technologies, and the creation of services.
  •  It is also one of the parts of the tertiary sector, but it involves highly paid professionals, research scientists, and government officials. The people are designated with high positions and powers, and those who make important decisions that are especially far-reaching in the world around them often belong to this category.
Multiple choice political science law and social justice justice effects of social inequalities and social justice now meeta knows

Which of the following was the cost cutting means for Union Carbide company which was reason for Bhopal Gas Tragedy?

  1. Lower working condition

  2. Lower safety measures

  3. Both A and B

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

The Union Carbide Corporation, apparently one of the first American companies to invest in India, possessed more than 50% shares in the UCIL. The reckless cost cutting measures of the Union carbide management and the ensuing breach of safety controls, the non compliance to standard operating procedures etc., purely to increase its operational profits, are all widely cited as the cause for this devastation.

Multiple choice civics haat (a weekly market) a weekly market role of market role of market/bazaar

The shop owners in the weekly market are helped by their family members and, hence, they _______.

  1. Need to hire workers

  2. Do not need to hire workers

  3. Become jobless

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The shop owner in the weekly market store the things they sell at home. Most of them are helped by their family members and hence they do not need to hire workers. They also don't need to incur expenditure like rent, electricity, fees to the government, and wages to the workers.

Multiple choice civics haat (a weekly market) a weekly market role of market role of market/bazaar

Women are employed as helpers for thread cutting, _____________. These jobs have the lowest wages.

  1. Buttoning

  2. Ironing

  3. Packaging

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Workers’ wages are fixed according to their skills. The highest paid among the workers are the tailors. Women are employed as helpers for thread cutting, buttoning, ironing and packaging. These jobs have the lowest wages.

Multiple choice social science production in a factory - a paper mill production in a paper mill information technology industry automobile and electronic industries

Workers who are employed off and on are called _______.

  1. Permanent workers

  2. Casual workers

  3. Contract workers

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

 Workers who are employed off and on are called ‘Casual Workers.’ Usually factory owners try to reduce their costs by employing casual workers even for regular work.

Multiple choice organization of commerce and management social responsibility of management and csr concept of social responsibility social responsibility social responsibility - concept corporate social responsibility

Fairness in employment practices centers on _________.

  1. hiring no family members or friends

  2. giving people equal rewards for accomplishing the same tasks

  3. obeying equal employment opportunity legislation

  4. avoiding conflicts of interest
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Giving people equal rewards is ethical practice or fairness in employment practice but distributing unequal rewards for the same task is a type of discrimination.