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Industrial Relations and Labour Welfare Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are not the actors according to Dunlop’s framework of industrial relations system?

(A) Managers and their representatives
(B) Workers and their organisations
(C) Specialized government agencies
(D) Communities and their associations

2. According to whom ‘Conflict is necessary but it can be and needs to be managed and resolved’.

(A) Unitarists
(B) Pluralists
(C) Classicalists
(D) Modernists

3. Leader-Member relations; task structure and position power are attributes of which leadership theory?

(A) Trait Theory
(B) Behavioural Theory
(C) Situational Theory
(D) Contingency Theory

4. Who has propounded the theory that “Industrial Conflict is a part of the broader social conflict between classes and used to explain fundamental historical process of change and development in human society”?

(A) Frank Tannenbaum
(B) Adam Smith
(C) Karl Marx
(D) G.D.H. Cole

5. In which year the two consultative machinery Indian Labour Conference and Standing Labour Committee were constituted in India?

(A) 1941
(B) 1942
(C) 1947
(D) 1951

6. Identify the functions of Joint Management Council:

(A) Information sharing
(B) Consultative
(C) Administrative
(D) All the above

7. By which amendment the provisions of Workers’ Participation in Management was incorporated in the Indian Constitution?

(A) 41
(B) 42
(C) 43
(D) 44

8. The structure of I.L.O. includes

(A) an International Labour Conference
(B) a Governing Body
(C) an International Labour Office
(D) All the above

9. Who was the founder of the Madras Labour Union?

(A) Ansuya Ben Sarabhai
(B) B.P. Wadia
(C) N.M. Lokhande
(D) Sankarlal Banker

10. Who has defined that “a trade union means an association carried on mainly for the purpose of protecting and advancing the members’ economic interest (higher wages, better conditions of work)”?

(A) Selig Perlman
(B) G.D.H. Cole
(C) Robert F. Hoxie
(D) Frank Tannenbaum

11. Which of the following statements about welfare officer is not correct?

(A) Welfare Officer is statutory.
(B) The Qualifications and duties of Welfare Officer are prescribed.
(C) ‘Welfare Officer’ is a ‘Third Force’.
(D) Welfare Officer has to represent the employer in cases of industrial dispute.

12. The first Wage Board in India was set up in

(A) 1957
(B) 1958
(C) 1959
(D) 1960

13. Arrange the following in order of their amount in an ascending order:

a. Living Wage
b. Subsistence Wage
c. Fair Wage
d. Minimum Wage

Codes:

(A) b, c, d, a
(B) c, d, b, a
(C) b, d, c, a
(D) d, a, c, b

14. Which of the following cannot be regarded as a method of State Regulation of Wages?

(A) Wage Boards
(B) A Statutory Minimum Wage
(C) Adjudication and arbitration awards
(D) Collective Bargaining

15. Which of the following is regarded as Iron Law of Wage?

(A) Marginal Productivity Theory
(B) Subsistence Theory
(C) Wage Fund Theory
(D) Residual Claimant Theory

16. Which of the following is not a type of unemployment?

(A) Frictional Unemployment
(B) Technological Unemployment
(C) Disguised Unemployment
(D) Migratory Unemployment

17. Power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism and masculinity as dimensions of cross–cultural comparative model is given by

(A) Kluckhohn & Strodthbeck
(B) Geert Hofstede
(C) Andres Lauvent
(D) Hall and Trompenaar

18. Which of the following organizations are world oriented?

(A) Geocentric
(B) Polycentric
(C) Regiocentric
(D) Ethnocentric

19. Find out the characteristics of collective bargaining which is not applicable;

(A) It is a collective process.
(B) It is a flexible process.
(C) It is not a bipartile process.
(D) It is interdisciplinary system.

20. Find out the one which is not an element of employee empowerment:

(A) Belief system and trust
(B) Purposefulness
(C) Arbitrariness
(D) Self-sufficiency or Competency

21. Which of the following trends in the employment relations in the new economic era is not correct?

(A) Declining stability and security
(B) Declining labour intensity
(C) No shift from contract of service to contract of service
(D) Declining mutual commitment

22. A Trade Union means “An association of workers in one or more professions carried on mainly for the purpose of protecting and advancing the members’ economic interest in connection with their daily work”.

Identify the author:

(A) Sidney and Beatrice Webb
(B) J. Cunnison
(C) G.D.H. Cole
(D) Clyde E. Dankert

23. Who among the following advocated the Trusteeship Theory of Trade Union?

(A) N.M. Lokhande
(B) B.P. Wadia
(C) G.L. Nanda
(D) M.K. Gandhi

24. Inter and intra-union rivalry in Trade Unions is reduced by

(A) The provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act 1947
(B) By voluntary tripartite code of inter-union rivalry – 1957
(C) By bipartite mutual agreement at the industry level
(D) Above all

25. ‘Employment Injury’ means personal injury to an employee caused by accident or occupational disease arising out of and in the course of employment being an insurable employment if the accident occurs or occupational disease is contracted only within territorial limits of India and not outside India.

The above statement is

(A) Correct.
(B) Incorrect.
(C) true only in case of occupational injury.
(D) true only in case of accident.

26. Assertion (A): Labour Welfare is relative to time and space.
Reason (R): It shall be universal and perpetual.

(A) Assertion and Reason are right.
(B) Assertion is wrong and Reason is right.
(C) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
(D) Assertion is right but its explanation given in Reason is wrong.

27. Characteristics of Industrial Relations do not include:

(A) Industrial Relations are outcome of employment relationship in an industrial enterprise.
(B) Industrial Relations promote the skills and methods of adjustment and co-operation with each other.
(C) Industrial Relations create complex rules and regulations to maintain cordial relations.
(D) Industrial Relations system creates an environment of distrust and conflict.

28. Who are not the Actors of Industrial Relations?

(A) Workers and their organisations
(B) Employers and their organisations
(C) Community and cultural associations
(D) Government and the role of the State

29. Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act is the result of the ratification by India of which of the following Conventions of I.L.O?

(A) Unemployment Convention, 1919
(B) Forced Labour Convention, 1930
(C) Weekly Rest (Industry Convention) 1921
(D) Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921

30. Which of the following has not been implemented through any legislation at the National level?

(A) Joint Management Council
(B) Workers’ Participation in Management
(C) Recognition of Trade Unions
(D) None of the above

31. Which of the following conventions has secured highest number of ratifications?

(A) Forced Labour Convention (No 29)
(B) Freedom of Association and Protection of Right to Organize (No 87)
(C) Equal Remuneration Convention (No 100)
(D) All the above

32. The composition of which of the following is similar to the structure of I.L.O?

(A) Canteen Managing Committee
(B) Standing Labour Committee
(C) Safety Committee
(D) Works Committee

33. Which of the following is not an objective of Workers’ Education Scheme in India?

(A) To make workers’ responsible citizens
(B) To make them efficient at work.
(C) To enable them to earn more.
(D) To make them responsible Union members and Officers.

34. Which part of the Indian Constitution has shaped the labour welfare programmes?

(A) Preamble
(B) The Directive Principles of State Policy
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) None of the above

35. Who among the following advocated the theory of full employment?

(A) Beveridge
(B) Keynes
(C) Adam Smith
(D) A.C. Pigou

36. Which of the following provides for recognition of trade unions at the central level?

(A) Industrial Disputes Act
(B) Trade Unions Act
(C) Code of Discipline in Industry
(D) Inter-Union Code of Conduct

37. The concept of co-operation in Industrial Relations was implemented through which of the following?

(A) Works Committee
(B) Joint Management Councils
(C) Workers’ representatives on the Board of Directors
(D) All the above

38. In which type of collective bargaining workers lose something instead of gaining?

(A) Concession Bargaining
(B) Coalition Bargaining
(C) Productivity Bargaining
(D) All the above

39. Three tier framework of industrial relations was proposed by:

(A) Kochan, T.A., et. al
(B) Richardson J.H.
(C) Clark Kerr
(D) John T. Dunlop

40. A system of industrial relations where social and labour issues are discussed between trade unions and management at enterprise level is:

(A) Bipartism
(B) Tripartism
(C) Social dialogue
(D) None of the above

41. The relations between government and transnational corporations are divided into liberal, neo-mercantilist and neo-imperialist categories by:

(A) Richardson, J.H.
(B) Clark Kerr
(C) Kochan, T.A., et.al
(D) John T. Dunlop

42. “Model Grievance Procedure” is given in the

(A) Industrial Disputes Act
(B) Employee State Insurance Act
(C) Industrial Employment (standing orders) Act
(D) Code of Discipline

43. Who identified the types of unions as business, predatory, dependent and friendly?

(A) Roberts, B.C.
(B) Robert F. Hoxie
(C) Kirkaldy, H.S.
(D) Perlman Selig

44. Who proposed that industrial relations activities take place among three principal social partners at three levels?

(A) John T. Dunlop
(B) Richardson, J.H.
(C) Kochan, T.A. et.al
(D) Clark Kerr

45. Workers’ facilitation centres shall be set up by the facilitating agency under the

(A) Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
(B) Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
(C) Factories Act, 1948
(D) The unorganized sector workers’ Social Security Act, 2005

46. During whose prime ministership the New Economic Policy was introduced in India?

(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Rajiv Gandhi
(C) P.V. Narasimha Rao
(D) A.B. Vajpayee

47. The basic postulates on which the ILO standards lie are

(A) Labour is not a commodity
(B) Freedom of expression and of association are essential to sustained progress
(C) Poverty anywhere constitutes danger to prosperity everywhere
(D) All the above

48. Social security provided by a ‘means test’ is called:

(A) Social Insurance
(B) Mutual Insurance
(C) Social Assurance
(D) Social Assistance

49. In which of the following approaches ‘good will’ is considered as an important goal of labour welfare work?

(A) Placating Theory
(B) Public Relations Theory
(C) Fundamental Theory
(D) Philanthropic Theory

50. For which of the following categories of workers, there is no provision for welfare fund?

(A) The Beedi workers
(B) Workers working in Mica Mines
(C) Cine Workers
(D) Workers working in the Printing Industry

51. Under which segment of the Indian Constitution, the Labour Policy is designed?

a. Preamble
b. Fundamental Rights
c. Directive Principles of State Policy
d. Fundamental Duties
(A) Only c
(B) a, b and c
(C) a and c
(D) a, b, c and d

52. The conversion of the ‘nominal wages’ into ‘Real Wages’ is done by which of the following indices?

(A) Human Development Index
(B) Poverty Index
(C) Wholesale Price Index
(D) Consumer Price Index

53. The ‘New Lanark’ experiment is associated with:

(A) Human Relations at workplace
(B) Networking Organisations
(C) Welfare Movement in Industries
(D) Behavioural Theory

54. Which of the following statements about wage differentials is not true?

(A) Wage differentials can be attributed to imperfections in employment market.
(B) Social prejudices do not influence the wage differentials.
(C) Inter-industry wage differentials are bound to occur.
(D) Geographical wage differentials are a common phenomenon.

55. The International Organization of Employer’s (I.O.E) with headquarters in Genevas was formulated in
(A) 1910
(B) 1920
(C) 1930
(D) 1940

56. Trade Union movement in India emerged between
(A) 1920-1930
(B) 1850-1870
(C) 1870-1880
(D) 1930-1947

57. The code of discipline in industry was adopted by the Indian labourconference (tripantite) in
(A) 1948
(B) 1958
(C) 1968
(D) 1950

58. The constitution of India upholds the principle ‘Freedom of Association’ as a fundamental right enunciated by I. L. O. convention in
(A) Article 20(C)
(B) Article 19(C)
(C) Article 24(C)
(D) Article 18(C)

59. The ongoing globalization in the country needs reforms in our labour laws. Which of the following forces oppose changes in the existing labour legislations?
(A) Government
(B) Labour and Trade Unions
(C) Employers’ Associations
(D) Human Rights’ Commission

60. In USA collective bargaining mostly takes place at the
(A) Industrial level
(B) Regional level
(C) National level
(D) Enterprise level

61. In which among the following countries Productivity Bargaining was first used?
(A) USA
(B) India
(C) U.K.
(D) Germany

62. The purpose of granting recognition to trade unions in USA by NLRB is to
(A) send representatives to I.L.O.
(B) to participate in Government Bodies
(C) to raise labour disputes
(D) to be accepted by Management for Collective Bargaining purposes

63. The recent Industrial Relations problem at Maruti Udyog Ltd. at its Manesar Plant was concerned with
(A) Permanent workers
(B) Contract labour
(C) Displaced persons
(D) None of the above

64. Which of the following statements is not correct in the light of present Industrial Relations scenario in India?
(A) Number of strikes is declining
(B) Rate of unionism is increasing
(C) Number of Lockouts is higher than the number of strikes
(D) Wages are revising

65. Which of the following is the meaning of ‘Golden handshake’?

(A) It is a bribe.
(B) It is a gift.
(C) It is a gratis.
(D) It is a compensation.

66. Which of the following Federations is associated with International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)?

(A) AITUC
(B) INTUC
(C) BMS
(D) CITU

67. Which of the following can be said to be an Employers’ Association in India?

(A) Chambers of Commerce
(B) Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(C) All India Sugar Mills Employers’ Association
(D) All the above

68. Which of the following strikes are not authorised by Union?

(A) Quickie Strike
(B) Lightning Strike
(C) Wild-Cat Strike
(D) All the above

69. Which of the following legislations deals with collective bargaining in USA?

(A) Labour Management Relations Act
(B) Landrum Griffin Act
(C) OASDHI Act
(D) None of the above

70. Which of the following statements about Economic Reforms in India is not true?

(A) Economic reforms were initiated in July 1991
(B) The balance of payment crisis led to the hurried introduction of Economic reforms
(C) LPG were the three components of Economic reforms
(D) It had least impact on the human resources management

71. Rationalization of human resource means

(A) only downsizing
(B) only increasing the manpower strength
(C) right sizing
(D) skill enhancement only

72. Name the economist turned Finance Minister, who initiated economic reforms in India?

(A) P. Chidambaram
(B) Manmohan Singh
(C) Pranab Mukherjee
(D) Yashwant Sinha

73. Kim Cameron defines ‘downsizing’ as a set of activities undertaken on the part of management and designed to improve organizational efficiency, productivity and/or competitiveness. It represents a strategy implemented by managers that affects the size of firm’s workforce, the costs and the work processes.”

From this definition which one is not true?

(A) To improve organizational efficiency
(B) Strategic decision of management
(C) Trade Union approved action plan
(D) Affects the size of firms’ workforce, costs and work processes

74. In USA, the Labour Management Relations Act (Taft Hartley Act) was enacted in:

(A) 1937
(B) 1947
(C) 1957
(D) 1967

75. Who advanced the concept of ‘Three tier institutional structure’ of Industrial Relations?

(A) John T. Dunlop
(B) Allan Flanders
(C) Kochan, Katz & Mckersie
(D) Roy Adam

76. Which of the following is not a correct statement pertaining to the meaning of trade union?

(A) It is a continuous association of wage earners for maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives.
(B) It is a society of individuals in one or more professions for the purpose of protecting and advancing, members’ economic interest.
(C) It is a combination with an objective of regulating the relation between workmen and workmen, workmen and employer, employer and employer
(D) It is any combination, whether temporary or permanent formed primarily for regulating relations between the two parties.

77. Who formed the Bombay Millhands Association?

(A) Sorabjee Shaprujee Bengali
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) N.M. Lokhande
(D) V.V. Giri

78. In which country the trade union movement began with industrial unions?

(A) Great Britain
(B) U.S.A.
(C) India
(D) Canada

79. Which of the following statements about Joint Management Councils is wrong?

(A) The scheme of Joint Management Councils (JMCs) was formulated by the CentralGovernment.
(B) It was implemented in all industrial establishments in the country.
(C) It was not implemented through any statute.
(D) It consisted of representatives of labour and management.

80. Which of the following can be said to be an Industrial Relations body/ machinery in USA?

(A) Ministry of Labour
(B) National Labour Relations Board (NLRB)
(C) National Productivity Council
(D) AF of L & CIO.

81. The Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Services (ACAS) which was provided under the Industrial Relations Act of 1975 of Great Britain provides for

(A) Conciliation and Arbitration of disputes
(B) Disposal of dispute by collective bargaining
(C) Matter to be taken to adjudication
(D) None of the above

82. ‘Closed shop’ means which of the following?

(A) Joining union first and then employment.
(B) Employment first and joining union later.
(C) Not joining any union after employment.
(D) A shop which is closed.

83. Safety net provision is a part of which of the following?

(A) Accidents prevention andsafety policy
(B) New economic policy
(C) Corporate social responsibility policy
(D) Employee adjustment policy

84. Which of the following is not a mode of Workers’ Participation in Management?

(A) Works Committee
(B) Employee Stock Option Plan
(C) Joint Management Council
(D) Joint Committee for Policy Formulation

85. Which of the following is not a bipartite body?

(A) Works Committee
(B) Canteen Committee
(C) Safety Committee
(D) Standing Labour Committee

86. Which one of the following is not a tripartite body?

(A) Indian Labour Conference
(B) Standing Labour Committee
(C) Joint Management Council
(D) Minimum Wages Advisory Board

87. Under whose regime as Union Labour Minister, majority of codes were evolved by the Central Government?

(A) V.V. Giri
(B) Guljarilal Nanda
(C) Khandubhai Desai
(D) Bindheswari Dubey

88. Assertion (A): In the post economic reforms era Indian business houses initially had to take strong decisions in terms of cost cutting measures and human resource rationalization.

Reason (R): Economic reforms opened up markets and allowed foreign direct investment causing the domestic industry to compete on uneven level playing ground.

Codes:
(A) (A) is right, but (R) attributed is wrong.
(B) (A) is wrong, but (R) is right.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(D) (A) is right and (R) is attributed is logical.

89. During whose tenure as Prime Minister, the Economic Reforms in India were initiated?

(A) Smt. Indira Gandhi
(B) Rajiv Gandhi
(C) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(D) Dr. P.V. Narasimha Rao

90. Which of the following practices lead to democracy in trade unions?

(A) Regular meeting
(B) Fair and timely elections
(C) Audit of accounts of union
(D) All the above

91. The trusteeship approach to industrial relations was advocated by:

(A) Karl Marx
(B) Max Weber
(C) Allan Flanders
(D) Mahatma Gandhi

92. Which one of the following is not a principle of labour legislation?

(A) Principle of Protection
(B) Principle of Social Justice
(C) Principle of Social Security and Welfare
(D) Principle of Reasonable Standard of Living

93. Which part of the Indian Constitution divides jurisdiction for enactment of Labour Legislations?

(A) Distribution of Legislative Power
(B) Directive Principles of State Policy
(C) Fundamental Rights
(D) None of the above

94. which of the following is not industry?
A) Radio and door Darshan
B) central institute of fisheries
C) postal and telegram department
D) public service commission

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