Industrial Dispute Act 1947 Multiple Choice Questions
1. The provision of minimum of one year and maximum of three years of operation under the Industrial Disputes Act is related to which of the following?
A. Converted settlement
B. Settlement
C. Award
D. None of the above
Answer: C
2. What is the limit of the salary of the supervisor to be covered under the I.D. Act, 1947?
A. Rs. 1200 per month
B. Rs. 1600 per month
C. Rs. 2500 per month
D. Rs. 3500 per month
Answer: D
3. Which Act provides for the appointment of conciliation officers and adjudication authorities?
A. The Factories Act, 1948
B. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
C. The Trade Unions Act, 1926
D. None of the above
Answer: B
4. Which is the correct order of settlement of industrial disputes?
a. Industrial Tribunal
b. National Tribunal
c. Conciliation
d. Labour Court
Chose the correct code:
A. c, a, d, b
B. c, d, a, b
C. a, d, c, b
D. c, b, d, a
Answer: B
5. Unfair Labour Practices are listed in
A. The Factories Act, 1948.
B. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946.
C. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
D. The Trade Unions Act, 1926.
Answer: C
6. The special provisions relating to Lay-off, retrenchment and closure as given under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 apply to those establishments where at least
A. 100 workers are employed.
B. 50 workers are employed.
C. 200 workers are employed.
D. 500 workers are employed.
Answer: A
7. Which of the following is not an industrial action in India?
A. Strike
B. Lockout
C. Picketing
D. Mass casual leave
Answer: D
8. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 requires advance notice to be given for going on strike and lockout in public utility services only. Which of the following specifies serving of notices for strike and lockout in nonpublic utility services also?
A. Inter-Union Code of Conduct
B. Code of Discipline in Industry
C. Code of Efficiency and Welfare
D. None of the above
Answer: B
9. Which of the following is a machinery for the settlement of Industrial Disputes in India?
A. National Commission on Labour
B. Wage Board
C. Industrial Tribunal
D. Standing Labour Committee
Answer: C
10. Under which of the following legislations a statutory machinery for grievance handling is given?
A. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
B. The Factories Act, 1948
C. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
D. The Trade Pensions Act, 1926
Answer: C
11. Under which of the following legislations there is a provision called ‘protected workmen’?
A. Trade Unions Act, 1926
B. Industrial Employment
(Standing Orders) Act, 1946
C. Factories Act, 1948
D. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
Answer: D
12. Which one of the following is not a machinery for settlement of Industrial Disputes under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947?
A. Conciliation Officer
B. Board of Conciliation
C. Collective Bargaining
D. Labour Court
Answer: C
13. Under which Schedule of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Public Utility Services have been listed out?
A. 1st Schedule
B. 2nd Schedule
C. 3rd Schedule
D. 4th Schedule
Answer: A
14. Which of the following statements about the definition of industry as given in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 is not right?
A. It means any business, trade, undertaking, manufacture or calling of employers.
B. It includes any calling, service, employment, handicraft or industrial occupation or avocation of workmen.
C. This definition has been revised in 1982 in a leading case of 1978.
D. The revised definition has been implemented after due notification.
Answer: D
15. ‘First come last go and last come first go’ is the principle of
A. Lay-off
B. Closure
C. Retrenchment
D. Dismissal
Answer: C
16. Which of the following is machinery for settlement of industrial disputes?
A. Indian Labour Conference
B. Joint Management Council
C. Industrial Tribunal
D. Standing Labour Committees
Answer: C
17. ‘Award’ under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 is
A. Not interim determination of labour court
B. Not arbitration award under Section 10A
C. Not final determination of labour court
D. Not final determination of arbitration award under section 10A
A. All statements are true.
B. A. and D. are true.
C. B. is true.
D. All statements are wrong.
Answer: D
18. Grievance Handing Machinery is given in
A. Industrial Disputes Act
B. Factories Act
C. Both A. and (B)
D. None of the above
Answer: A
19. The dispute of individual workman is deemed to be industrial dispute if the dispute or difference is connected with or arising out of the following where no other workman nor any union of workman is a party to the dispute.
A. Grievance of an individual workman.
B. Discharge of an individual workman.
C. Dismissal of an individual workman.
D. Discharge, dismissal, retrenchment or otherwise termination of services of an individual workman.
Answer: D
20. List of unfair labour practices on the part of the trade unions and employers was included in
A. Factories Act
B. Industrial Dispute Act
C. Trade union Act
D. None of the above
Answer: B
21. Which of the following is an illegal industrial action as per law?
A. Mutual Insurance
B. Collective Bargaining
C. Lock out
D. Gherao
Answer: D
22. Under the Industrial Disputes Act, which of the following cannot be considered as an industrial dispute?
A. When employer fails to keep his verbal promises
B. When closure is a pretence
C. When demand made for alteration of conditions of service of employees in a cooperative society
D. When the lock-out is in disguise of closure
Answer: C
23. Which of the following statements about the Grievance Redressal Machinery given under the Industrial not true?
A. Every industrial establishment employing 20 or more workmen shall have one or more Grievance Redressal Committee.
B. Grievance Redressal Committee can resolve any dispute arising in the industrial establishment.
C. It is a bipartite committee with equal number of members representing the employer and workmen.
D. There is a 45 days time limit from the date of written application to complete the proceedings.
Answer: B
24. The ongoing globalization in India requires drastic changes under which of the labour legislations?
A. The Factories Act
B. The Employees’ State Insurance Act
C. The Industrial Disputes Act
D. The Employees’ Provident Funds Act
Answer: C