Settlement Machinery - Conciliation, Mediation, Arbitration and Adjudication - MCQs with answers - Part 3

Settlement Machinery - Conciliation, Mediation, Arbitration and Adjudication - MCQs with answers - Part 3


1. Which of the following is an essential element in voluntary arbitration?

a. Subsequent attendance of witnesses and investigations
b. Industries of strategic importance are involved
c. Country is passing through grave economic crisis
d. All of the above

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ANSWER: a. Subsequent attendance of witnesses and investigations

Reason: Except for option "a" all are the situations when compulsory arbitration is imposed on the disputing parties.



2. What is the main drawback of compulsory arbitration?

a. Compulsory implication of award

b. Non - compromising

c. It deprives both the parties of their very important and fundamental rights

d. None of the above

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ANSWER: c. It deprives both the parties of their very important and fundamental rights



3. Which of these is a condition for which compulsory arbitration is imposed on the disputing parties?

a. When an industrial dispute is apprehended

b. Disputing parties fail to arrive at a settlement by a voluntary method

c. The issue of the dispute should be mentioned in the arbitration agreement

d. All of the above

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ANSWER: b. Disputing parties fail to arrive at a settlement by a voluntary method

Reason: The option a, c and d are the conditions under which a dispute is referred to arbitration under the industrial disputes act, 1947.



4. Which of the following is a quality which should be present in a successful arbitrator?

a. High integrity
b. Knowledge of collective bargaining
c. Understanding of complexities of labour – management relationship
d. All of the above

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ANSWER: d. All of the above



5. Which are the departments from where a qualified arbitrator be hired?

a. Legal profession
b. Government servants
c. Psychologists
d. All of the above

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ANSWER: d. All of the above



6. Match the following procedure of investigation with the correct step no. in the sequence of events.

A. 1 ------- 1. Collecting facts and supporting materials
B. 2 ------- 2. Hearing out to both the parties along with mastery of the facts of dispute
C. 3 ------- 3. Investigation of the facts and circumstances

a. A-1, B-2, C-3
b. A-2,B-1,C-3
c. A-2,B-3,C-1

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ANSWER: a. A-1, B-2, C-3



7. Choose the correct option that states the principle followed by an arbitrator.

A. High integrity
B. Fair hearing
C. Natural justice
D. Maintain harmonious labour - management relations

a. A & D
b. B & D
c. B & C
d. A & C

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ANSWER: c. B & C



8. With the advocacy of __________ voluntary arbitration came into prominence for resolving industrial disputes.

a. Bombay Industrial Disputes Act
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. V. V. Giri
d. None of the above

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ANSWER: b. Mahatma Gandhi



9. __________ reiterated the faith of the parties in voluntary arbitration.

a. The code of discipline (1958)
b. Indian Labour Conference (1962)
c. ILO
d. Industrial Disputes Act

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ANSWER: a. The code of discipline (1958)



10. The need for a wide acceptance of voluntary arbitration was reiterated by _____.

a. National Tribunal
b. Court of Enquiry
c. Indian Labour Conference (1962)
d. ILO

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ANSWER: c. Indian Labour Conference (1962)


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