1. Which of the following statements is not true, when it is the issue of referring a dispute to a labour court under the Industrial Disputes Act?

(A) If the matter is related to matters specified in the second schedule, the appropriate government may refer it to the labour court.
(B) If the matter is related to the matters specified in the third schedule, the appropriate government may refer it to the labour court, provided the issue does not affect more than one hundred workmen.
(C) If the dispute in relation to which the central government is the appropriate government, it can refer it to the labour court constituted by the state government.
(D) If the matter is related to issue of national importance, the same can be referred to the labour court by the appropriate government.



2. What is/are common to the Factories Act, the Mines Act, and the Plantation Labour Act?

a. They are protective legislations
b. They are social security legislations
c. They are welfare legislations
d. They are wage legislations

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



3. The shifts that have been taking place in the collective bargaining front in India in the post-liberalisation period include

a. collective to individual contracts.
b. increased wages/incomes and benefits accompanied by erosion of job control.
c. concession bargaining.
d. Attendance, skill or performance-linked rather than age-weighted and seniority based wages and benefits.

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



4. Fish bone diagram is also known as

(A) Kaizen Diagram
(B) Ishikawa Diagram
(C) Taguchi Diagram
(D) Pareto Diagram



5. During whose tenure as a union labour minister, the code of Discipline was adopted?

(A) V.V. Giri
(B) G.L. Nanda
(C) Khandubhai Desai
(D) P.A. Sangma



6. Which four of the Central Trade Union Organizations were signatories to the inter-union code of conduct?

(A) INTUC, AITUC, BMS and UTUC
(B) AITUC, BMS, CITU and HMS
(C) AITUC, HMS, INTUC and UTUC
(D) BMS, CITU, HMS and INTUC



7. Which of the following organizations received a bad publicity in the print and electronic media in 2005 for adopting unfair labour practices and causing police brutality on its workers?

(A) Maruti Udyog Limited
(B) Tata Motors
(C) Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Limited
(D) Durgapur Steel Plant



8. What is the role of the Arbitration Board in United Kingdom?

(A) Agreement
(B) Settlement
(C) Award
(D) Collective Agreements Non-legal



9. Which of the following are tripartite bodies?

a. Indian Labour Conference
b. Wage Board
c. Standing Labour Committee
d. Works Committee

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



10. Which is not an association of employers?

(A) CIE
(B) AIOE
(C) CITU
(D) IOE