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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 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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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. 

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

Responsibility towards the workers is _______.

  1. Fair wage

  2. Fair deal

  3. Right kind of working conditions

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Companies should provide a workplace environment that is safe, hygienic and humane and which upholds the dignity of employees. They should provide all employees with access to training and development of necessary skills for career advancement, on an equal and nondiscriminatory basis. They should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining of labour, have an effective grievance redressal system, should not employ child or forcedlabour and provide and maintain equality of opportunities without any discrimination on any grounds in recruitment and during employment.
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

It is essential to reward people equally for accomplishing the same task.If people are not rewarded equally for the same task performed by the people then it will amount to bias which is an unethical act. People should e rewarded equally for same task irrespective of their caste, gender, etc.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

Which of the following best explains the condition of the average American worker during the 1920 s?

  1. Recent legislation provided safer working conditions and a federally-mandated minimum wage law.

  2. Steadily climbing wages through the decade enabled most workers to easily afford both a home and an automobile.

  3. The postwar recession lingered through the decade. negatively affecting a worker's standard of living.

  4. The Federal government's favorable view of organized labor provided a higher standard of living than experienced in previous decades.

  5. Despite a higher standard of living. wages rose very slowly during the decade.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Recent legislation provided safer working conditions and a federally-mandated minimum wage law best explains the condition of the average American worker during the 1920s.

Multiple choice history the industrial age and change of life of people industries and impact impact of industrial revolution industrial revolution and social change the age canal and great engineers industrial revolution and its effects india's contemporary economic condition the industrial revolution

What was the nature of the work that a scavenger has to do in a factory in early nineteenth-century Britain?

  1. The scavenger has to start the machine daily

  2. The scavenger has to take the brush and sweep under the wheels

  3. The scavenger has to make the other factory workers work properly

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

Scavengers were typically children tasked with crawling under moving machinery to clean up cotton waste, which was extremely dangerous work.

Multiple choice history the industrial age and change of life of people industries and impact impact of industrial revolution industrial revolution and social change the age canal and great engineers industrial revolution and its effects india's contemporary economic condition the industrial revolution

Which of the following is true regarding life in a factory in the early nineteenth century?

  1. People had to work very long hours for low wages.

  2. It was normal for people to work 10 to 12 hours six days a week.

  3. Usually factory workers got Sunday off to allow them to go to church.

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

Early 19th-century factory life was characterized by long hours, low wages, and very limited time off, making all the listed statements accurate descriptions of the period.