Industrial Relations

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Class:- TYBBA
Sub:- Industrial Relation and Labour Law.(402)
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Unit 1
Introduction to Industrial Relation
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1. The Trade Unions Act came into operation from ____.

a. 1st June, 1927
b. 1st May, 1926
c. 1st June, 1926
d. None of the above

ANSWER: a.

2. In which year's amendment of the act was the word â€˜Indianâ€• removed?

a. 1947
b. 1960
c. 1964
d. 1962

ANSWER: c.

3. The act came into force from ______.

a. 1st June, 1927
b. 1st April, 1965
c. 1st May, 1960
d. 1st April, 1962

ANSWER: b.

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4. State true or false

i. The act was enacted with the objective of providing for the registration of trade unions and verification of the membership
of trade unions registered so that they may acquire a legal and corporate status.

a. True
b. False

ANSWER: a.

5. What is the minimum number of trade union members requires in registering themselves as a union?

a. 7
b. 10
c. 5
d. 15

ANSWER: a.

6. Which act in Industrial Relations defines the term trade union?

a. Industrial Trade Resolution, 1962
b. Industrial Policy, 1991
c. The trade union and labour relations (consolidation) Act, 1992
d. The industrial Employment Act, 1946

ANSWER: c.

7. Which section of the act deals with the registration of the trade unions?

a. Section 8
b. Section 7
c. Section 9
d. Section 10

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ANSWER: a.

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8. State true or false.

i. The registrar has the right to cancel the registration of the union if he is satisfied that the certificate has been obtained by
fraud or mistake.

a. True
b. False

ANSWER: a.

9. Which of the following acts do not apply to the registered trade unions?

a. The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912
b. The Societies Registration Act, 1860
c. The Companies Act, 1956
d. All of the above

ANSWER: d. All of the above

10. Which of the following is an object on which general funds could be spent as per section 15 of the act?

a. Payment to buy goods required for the enterprise

b. Payment of employees in the factory establishment

c. The payment of expenses for the administration of trade union or any member thereof

d. All of the above

Answer :- d

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11. State true or false

i. A person who has attained the age of 10 years can be a member of a registered trade union subject to any rules of the
trade union.

a. True
b. False

ANSWER: b.

12. On which of the following grounds an office bearer or executive of the trade union be disqualified?

A. Has been convicted by the court of any offence involving moral turpitude
B. Has not attained the age of 18 years
C. Is not working with any establishment

a. A & B
b. A & C
c. B & C
d. A, B and C

ANSWER: a.

13. How many member's consent is required to change the name of the registered trade union?

a. 1/4th of the total members
b. 3/4th of the total members
c. Half of the total members
d. 2/3rd of the total member

ANSWER: d.

14. How many percentage of votes should be recorded when amalgamating 2 or more registered trade unions?

a. 60%
b. 50%
c. 20%
d. 75%

ANSWER: a.

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15. How many members should sign the notice of dissolution?

a. 5 members and the secretary of the trade union
b. 10 members and the secretary of the trade union
c. 20 members and the secretary of the trade union
d. 7 members and the secretary of the trade union

ANSWER: d.

16. On what grounds can a union refuse to admit a person or expel a member?

a. Because of goodwill
b. Because of misconduct
c. Because of change in job
d. None of the above

ANSWER: b

17: Who developed the concept of worker participation in management?
a) Robert Owen
b) Karl Marx
c) Paret
d) Vroom

Ans : c

18 Which one of the following is not the main objective of trade unionism?

a) To ensure safety of workers
b) To promote militant activities in organisations
c) To educate the workers about their rights.
d) To protect the workers from retrenchment.

Ans:- c

19. - Which one of following is not the main activity of unionism

a) The morale of workers remain high.
b) Bargaining power of workers increases.
c) It develops the feeling of brotherhood among workers.
d) Hostility amongst the employees decreases.

Ans : d

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20:- Which one of the following is an odd statement about trade unionism in India.

a) It encourages strained employee- employer relations.
b) it create discipline among workers.
c) The worker always remain dissatisfied
d)Bargaining power of workers increases.

Ans:- b
21:- The appellate authority for an industrial dispute is

a) Labour courrts
b) High Court/ Supreme court
c) Board of directors
d) All of above

Ans : b

22:- which of the following is not the characteristics of a mob?
a) Rationality
b) Emotionality
c) Mental Homogenity
d) Security in anonymity

Ans :- a

23 Stopping or tend to stopping the employees or employees are doing their work by the workers already an strike is called

a) Strike
b) Lockout
c) Picketing
d) Gherao

Ans : d
24 Stopping the work in an industry by the employer is called

a) Strike
b) Lockout
c) Picketing
d) Gherao

Ans :- b

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25 The strike done to show sympathy with somebody is called

a) Stay-in strike
b) go slow strike
c) sympathy strike
d) normal strike

Ans : c
26 :- Protest against somebody by holding banners and stopping work is called

a) Strike
b) Lockout
c) Picketing
d) Gherao

Ans: c

27 CITU is affiliated to

a) CPI (M)
b) CPI
c) BJP
d) Congress (1)

Ans : a

28 The central trade union in India is/are
a. AITUC
b. INTUC
c. UTUC
d. All of the above

Ans : d

29 -Which of the following method had not been given a statutory form in India
a) Conciliation
b) Mediation
c) Voluntary arbitration
d) Adjudication

Ans : b

30:-Which area Industrial Relations does not cover
a) Economic development
b) Role of management, union and government
c) Collective bargaining
d) Machinery for resolution of industrial dispute

Ans : a

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31- The center of Indian Trade Union (CITU) was organized in
a)1970
b) 1980
c) 1948
d) 1990

Ans : a

32-Industrial relations cover the following area(s)
a) Collective bargaining
b) Labour legislation
c)Industrial relations training
d)All of the above

ANSWER: d

33-A course on Industrial relations in its MBA programme was firstly introduced by
a)IIM Indore
b)XLRI Jamshedpur
c)MDI Gurgaon
d) IIM Bangalore

ANSWER: b

33-Which of the following is not an approach to industrial relations?
a)Unitary approach
b)Pluralistic approach
c)Marxist approach
d)Employee’s approach

ANSWER: d

34-Under unitary approach, industrial relation is grounded in
a)Mutual co-operation
b)Individual treatment
c)Team work and shared goals
d)All of the above

ANSWER: d

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35-Pluralistic approach perceives ______ as legitimate representative of employee interests
a)Trade unions
b)Management
c)Board of Directors
d)None of the above
ANSWER: a

36-In Marxist approach, concerns with wage related disputes are
a)Primary
b)Secondary
c)Tertiary
d)Not considered
ANSWER: b

37-For the Marxists, all strikes are
a)Political
b)Social
c)Legislative
d) None of the above
ANSWER: a

38-Which of the following is (are) not acceptable to Marxists?
a)Enterprise bargaining
b)Employee participation
c)Co-operative work culture
d)All of the above

ANSWER: d

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Unit 2
Industrial Disputes Act -1946,Collective Bargaining

1. No person employed in a public utility service shall go on strike in breach of contract within ____ of giving such
a notice.

a. 14 days
b. 6 weeks
c. 7 days
d. None of the above

ANSWER: b.

2. Choose the correct option where no workmen shall go on a strike in breach of contract and no employer of any
such workmen shall declare a lock - out during:

a. The pendency of conciliation proceedings before a board and 7 days after the conclusion of such proceedings

b. The pendency of proceedings before labour court, tribunal or national tribunal and 2 months, after the conclusion of such
proceedings

c. During any period in which a settlement or award is in operation, in respect of any of the matters covered by the
settlement or award

d. All of the above

ANSWER: d.

3. Section ____ covers the definition of continuous service.

a. 25B
b. 25
c. 25A
d. 26

ANSWER: a.

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