Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - MCQs with answers - Part I

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - MCQs with answers - Part I

1. In which year did the act come into operation?

a. 1947
b. 1949
c. 1953
d. 1963

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2. To which settlement machinery can the central government refer the disputes under rule 81 - A?

a. Conciliation
b. Arbitration
c. Adjudicator
d. Supreme Court

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3. Before the industrial disputes act was implemented in the year 1947, which act took care of the industrial disputes?

a. Trade Disputes Act, 1929
b. Royal Commission on Labour, 1934
c. Labour Management Relations Act, 1947
d. None of the above

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4. Choose the correct option that correctly states out the defect in the Trade Disputes Act, 1929.

a. Restraints imposed on the rights of strike

b. To render the proceedings unstatutable under the Act for the settlement of an industrial dispute

c. Solution to industrial unrest

d. All of the above

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5. The bill passing rule 81A has made two new institutions for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes, i.e. Work Committees and _______

a. Industrial Tribunal
b. Commission on Labour
c. Arbitration
d. Adjudication

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6. The industrial peace is secured through voluntary _______ and compulsory ________

a. Compromise and Arbitration
b. Adjudication and Arbitration
c. Work Committee and Industrial Tribunal
d. Negotiation and Adjudication

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7. Choose the correct objective of the Industrial Disputes Act.

a. To prevent illegal strikes

b. To promote measures for securing and preserving good relations between the employers and the employees

c. To provide relief to workmen in matters of lay - offs,
retrenchment, wrongful dismissals

d. All of the above

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8. State true or false

i. Industrial disputes act can be described as the milestone in the historical development of industrial law in India.

a. True
b. False

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9. The act was first amended in the year ______

a. 1929
b. 1946
c. 1947
d. 1949

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10. Power has been given to _______________ to require Works Committee to be constituted in every industrial establishment employing 100 workmen or more.

a. Appropriate Government
b. State Government
c. High Court
d. Board of Conciliation

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