Vidyalelo
Management · all questions

Labour and Social Welfare
practice.

Practice every MCQ with options. Use Show answers when you want the correct option and solution.

970

Questions

6/49

Page

Pick an option on a question to see the right answer and solution.

Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. Article 19 of the Indian Constitution provides or rights regarding freedom of speech and expression.
2. Article 14 of the Indian Constitution prohibits the employment of children below the age of fourteen years to be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment.
3. Chapter IV of the Indian Constitution deals with the directive principles of state policy.
4. Article 21 the Indian Constitution prohibits human trafficking and forced labour. It is a punishable offence.

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

According to the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, the method of calculation of profit for a company other than banking company is mentioned in which schedule of the act?

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. In every establishment where 40 or more workmen are employed as migrant workmen and in which employment of migrant workmen is likely to continue for three months or more, there should be two rooms to be used as creche for children under the age of six years.
2. Every contractor needs to provide atleast one first-aid box for one hundred and fifty workmen.
3. The migrant worker will be entitled to the lesser number of holidays, hours of work including extra wages for overtime work done and other conditions of service as the regular workers.
4. There should be atleast one latrine for every 25 females and 25 males.

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. There are eight fundamental conventions of ILO.
2. There are four governance conventions of ILO.
3. The Minimum Age Convention of ILO is No. 87 and was ratified by India in 2019.
4. There are seven conventions that are classified as priority instruments.

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

Who emphasised that the Trade Union Movement had emerged as labour's reaction to the dominance of the machine in modern society?

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

Narne the legislation which empowers Government of United Kingdom to bring settlement in an industrial dispute in the event of the parties not reaching an agreement.

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

Consider the following statements for the types of unemployment. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
1. Frictional unemployment focuses on structural problems in the economy and inefficiencies inherent in labour market.
2. Structural unemployment focuses on voluntary decisions to work, based on each individual's valuation of their own work.
3. The cause and solutions for frictional unemployment often address barriers to entry.

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

Which of the following is correct in context of Mines Act, 1952?
1. The Central Government has the power to appoint any medical practitioner as a certifying surgeon.
2. The State Government has the power to constitute mining board for any group or class of mines.
3. In every mine, where more than five hundred persons are employed, ambulances and stretchers need to be readily available.

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

In which approach, it is considered that labour is an inevitable nuisance constantly asking for more?

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

Which of the following statements is not true about the origin of trade unions?

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

Which of the following is correct for the concept of social security?
1. It enhances productivity and contributes to the dignity and full realisation of the individual.
2. It serves as a fundamental element of social cohesion.
3. It helps to ensure social peace and a positive engagement with globalisation and economic development.

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

According to the Building and other Construction Workers (regulation of employment and conditions of service) Act, 1996, what should be the minimum number of employees in an establishment for which an employer needs to constitute a safety committee?

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

The functions of . . . . . . . . include activities like collection and analysis of wage data, preparation of notes, collectionand analysis of macro data etc.

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

Assertion (A) Some of the earliest piece of Labour Legislation in India appear to have been enacted to protect the interest of the employers.
Reason (R) The policy of the government was to protect the social system rather than to protect workers.

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

According to the Equal Remuneration Rules, 1976, claims related to the wages at equal rates to men and women workers for the same work or work of a similar nature will be made in which of the following forms?

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

What will be the fine imposed on the person who makes any discrimination between men and women workers in contravention of the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976?

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

Trade Unions in India are associated with which of the following International Trade Union Federations?

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

Arrange the following participative schemes in a chronological order starting from the latest to the earliest.
1. The scheme which was introduced and made applicable to all central public sector enterprises.
2. The scheme that was extended to commercial and services organisation employing 100 or employees
3. The scheme which was meant for the manufacturing and mining industries employing 500 or more workers.

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

Under the Factories Act, it is compulsory for an employer to appoint a safety officer in his factory, if the number of workers employed in factory is

Select an option to see the answer and solution.

. . . . . . . . exert pressure, after realistically ascertaining its practical implications, on the government to enact legislation conducive to the development of workers.

Select an option to see the answer and solution.