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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

As per the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, for a monthly paid workman the average pay means the average of wages payable in _______ months.

  1. 3

  2. 6

  3. 12

  4. 9
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

As per the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, for a monthly paid workman the average pay means the average of wages payable in 3 months. Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 is applicable to whole of India. This act came into force from 1 April,1947. This act helps to regulate Indian labour law. It also looks after the concerns related to trade unions.

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

As per the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 retrenchment does not include:
(1)Voluntary Retirement
(2)Retirement on reaching the age of superannuation
(3)Termination by non renewal of contract of employment
(4)Termination of employment on grounds of ill health.

  1. (1) and (2)

  2. (1) and (3)

  3. (2) and (3)

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

As per the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 retrenchment does not include -
(1)Voluntary Retirement
(2)Retirement on reaching the age of superannuation
(3)Termination by non renewal of contract of employment
(4)Termination of employment on grounds of ill health
Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 is applicable to whole of India. This act came into force from 1 April,1947. This act helps to regulate Indian labour law. It also looks after the concerns related to trade unions.

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

_______ is an act on the part of the employers to close down the place of work until the workers agree to resume the work on the terms and conditions specified by the employers.

  1. Gherao

  2. Lock-out

  3. Picketing

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

Lock-out is an act on the part of the employers to close down the place of work until the workers agree to resume the work on the terms and conditions specified by the employers. A lock-out can be defined s a temporary work stoppage due to labour disputes.

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

As per the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, an employer must give__________ days notice before changes in service condition.

  1. 7

  2. 14

  3. 21

  4. 28
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

As per the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, an employer must give 21 days notice before changes in service condition. Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 is applicable to whole of India. This act came into force from 1 April,1947. This act helps to regulate Indian labour law. It also looks after the concerns related to trade unions.

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

As per the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 layoff can be declared for following reason (s):
1. Shortage of coal, power
2. Breakdown of machinery
3. Natural calamity
4. Shortage of raw material

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 1 and 3

  3. 2 and 3

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

Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 is applicable to whole of India. This act came into force from 1 April,1947. This act helps to regulate Indian labour law. It also looks after the concerns related to trade unions. As per the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 layoff can be declared for following reasons:
1. Shortage of coal, power
2. Breakdown of machinery
3. Natural calamity
4. Shortage of raw material.

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

Under _____ employees adopt go-slow tactics to put pressure on the employers.

  1. Sit Down Strike

  2. Sympathetic Strike

  3. Slow Down Strike

  4. Economic Strike
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Under slow-down strike employees adopt go-slow tactics to put pressure on the employers. Slow-down strike can be defined as a form of protests from the employees where the employees deliberately perform inefficiently to reduce the output of the firm.

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Which of the following country is responsible for releasing largest amount of green-house gases?

  1. Russia

  2. Germany

  3. Brazil

  4. America (USA)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Greenhouse gases trap heat and make the planet warmer causes global warming. Human activities are responsible for almost all of the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere over the last 150 years and USA is responsible for releasing largest amount of greenhouse gases. The primary sources of greenhouse gases in USA are electricity production (31%), transportation (27%), industry (21%), commercial and residential (12%) etc.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

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A pollutant is an agent which causes change in

  1. Balance of nature

  2. Local flora

  3. Geochemical cycles

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

Geochemical cycle refers to the chemical interactions in surface reservoirs such as the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. Pollution is any undesirable change in physical, chemical or biological characteristics of air, land, water or soil. Agents that bring about such an undesirable change are called as pollutants. Local flora and fauna is also affected by the pollutant. Balance of nature also gets disturbed as pollutant affects the living organism and composition of gases in the atmosphere.

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A substance that pollute something is called as 

  1. Sewage

  2. Particulate

  3. Pollutant

  4. Smog
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Pollutant is a substance which when introduced into the environment has undesired effects. Pollutant causes long- or short-term damage by changing the environmental factors. Some pollutants are biodegradable and therefore do not persist in the environment in the long term. However, the degradation products of some pollutants are themselves polluting such as the products DDE and DDD produced from degradation of DDT.