Q1: Parties to industrial relations are
- A. ILO, Government, Association of employers
- B. ILO, Government, IMF
- C. ILO, Board of Directors, Association of employers
- D. Government, Board of Directors, Association of employers
Answer
Answer A. ILO, Government, Association of employers
Q2: The following is (are) included in ILO’s standards with regard to industrial relations
- A. Right of association
- B. Right to organize and collective bargaining
- C. Tripartite consultants
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer D. All of the above
Q3: According to Indian Labour Commission (ILC) major recommendations, Union once recognised should be valid for a period of___years to be co-terminus with the period of settlement
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Five
Answer
Answer C. Four
Q4: Who is known as ‘safety valve’ in the field of industrial relations?
- A. Employer
- B. Trade Union
- C. Safety officer
- D. Welfare officer
Answer
Answer D. Welfare officer
Q5: Which one of the following cannot be included under the purview of industrial relations?
- A. Relations between trade unions and trade unions
- B. Relations between employers and trade unions
- C. Relations between employers and customers
- D. Relations between state, employer and trade unions
Answer
Answer C. Relations between employers and customers
Q6: Absence of strikes and lock-outs is an indicator of
- A. Peaceful industrial relations
- B. Friendly industrial relations
- C. Disturbed industrial relation
- D. None of the above
Answer
Answer A. Peaceful industrial relations
Q7: The Government’s strategy in maintaining industrial relations in India is
- A. Laissez fair
- B. Total intervention
- C. Required intervention
- D. none of the above
Answer
Answer C. Required intervention
Q8: Bipartite industrial relations include relations between
- A. Management and unions
- B. Union and government
- C. Management & Government
- D. Management, Government & Union
Answer
Answer A. Management and unions
Q9: Which of the following cannot be said to be tripartite machinery in the field of industrial relations?
- A. Indian Labour Conference
- B. Standing Labour Committee
- C. International Labour Organisation
- D. Wage board
Answer
Answer D. Wage board
Q10: Which of the following is said to be an important aspect of industrial relations?
- A. Profit and loss of the organisation
- B. Future expansion programme
- C. Conflict and co-operation
- D. Quality Control
Answer
Answer C. Conflict and co-operation
Q11: Which of the following ministries looks after industrial relations situation in the country?
- A. Ministry of Home Affair
- B. Ministry of Human Resource Development
- C. Ministry of Welfare
- D. Ministry of Labour and employment
Answer
Answer D. Ministry of Labour and employment
Q12: Which one of the following international organisations is directly related to industrial relations?
- A. United Nations Organisation
- B. UNESCO
- C. World Health Organisation
- D. International Labour Organisation
Answer
Answer D. International Labour Organisation
Q13: Which of the following areas cannot be directly included in the field of industrial relations?
- A. Trade Union Recognition
- B. Strike and Lock-out
- C. Minimum wages, Fair wages and Living wages
- D. Collective bargaining
Answer
Answer C. Minimum wages, Fair wages and Living wages
Q14: Which of the following legislations cannot be included in the category of industrial relations legislations in India?
- A. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
- B. Trade Union Act, 1926
- C. Industrial Employment (Standing orders)Act, 1946
- D. Equal Remuneration Act. 1976
Answer
Answer D. Equal Remuneration Act. 1976
Q15: Which of the following is not included under industrial relations policy of a country?
- A. Recognition of trade unions and collective bargaining
- B. Restrictions on strikes and lock-outs
- C. Workers participation in management
- D. Principles of wages determination
Answer
Answer D. Principles of wages determination
Q16: Which of the following regulates industrial relations in India?
- A. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and Trade Unions Act, 1926
- B. Industrial Employment (Standing orders) Act, 1946
- C. Code of Discipline and Inter-union Code of Conduct
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer D. All of the above
Q17: Peaceful industrial relations denote
- A. Absence of strike and lock out
- B. Emphasis on bipartite
- C. Co-operation between the parties
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer D. All of the above
Q18: Which of the following is not a determinant factor of industrial relations?
- A. Institutional factors
- B. Economic factors
- C. Technological factors
- D. Social stratification factors
Answer
Answer D. Social stratification factors
Q19: Which of the following approaches assumes that the understanding of industrial relations requires an understanding of the capitalised society?
- A. Marxist approach
- B. Gandhian approach
- C. Human relations approach
- D. Giri approach
Answer
Answer A. Marxist approach
Q20: Which of the following approaches assumes that voluntary negotiations between employers and employees are a means of settling disputes?
- A. Marxist approach
- B. Giri approach
- C. Human relations approach
- D. Gandhian approach
Answer
Answer B. Giri approach
Q21: Which of the following approaches insists on investigating the underlying trends and patterns in the cause and effect of industrial disputes?
- A. Gandhian approach
- B. Giri approach
- C. Industrial sociology approach
- D. Pluralist approach
Answer
Answer C. Industrial sociology approach
Q22: Which of the following is usually not an objective of industrial relations?
- A. Connectedness
- B. Collective wisdom
- C. Conflict prevention
- D. None of the above
Answer
Answer A. Connectedness
Q23: What is the meaning of Employment relations?
- A. Relationship between worker and workers
- B. Relationship between employer and employers
- C. Relationship between management and workers
- D. None of the above
Answer
Answer C. Relationship between management and workers
Q24: Which of the following statements about workers’ participation in Management in India is not true?
- A. It is a part of the 20 point Economic programme
- B. It is provided in the Directive Principles of State Policy
- C. It is made a Constitutional provision under the 42ndAmendment Act
- D. It is a justice able right of the workers
Answer
Answer D. It is a justice able right of the workers
Q25: 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
Answer C. Collective Bargaining
Q26: Which are not the characteristics of grievances?
- A. Factual
- B. Fabricated
- C. Disguised
- D. Imaginary
Answer
Answer B. Fabricated
Q27: Which of the following cannot be said to be an objective of Workers’ Participation in Management?
- A. To associate in decision making process of the organization
- B. To satisfy the urge of self-expression of workers
- C. To promote a conducive environment in the organisation
- D. To promote higher income and better conditions of employment for workers
Answer
Answer D. To promote higher income and better conditions of employment for workers
Q28: Which of the following is an outcome of collective bargaining?
- A. Award of Labour Court
- B. Award of Tribunal
- C. Arbitration Award
- D. Consent Award
Answer
Answer D. Consent Award
Q29: By which amendment the provisions of Workers’ Participation in Management was incorporated in the Indian Constitution?
- A. 41
- B. 42
- C. 43
- D. 44
Answer
Answer C. 43
Q30: Find out the characteristics of collective bargaining which is not applicable
- A. It is a collective process
- B. It is a flexible process
- C. It is not a bipartite process
- D. It is interdisciplinary system
Answer
Answer C. It is not a bipartite process
Q31: Which of the following is not a mode of Workers’ Participation in Management?
- A. Works Committee
- B. Employee Stock Option Plan
- C. Joint Management Council
- D. Joint Committee for Policy Formulation
Answer
Answer B. Employee Stock Option Plan
Q32: In which type of collective bargaining workers lose something instead of gaining?
- A. Concession Bargaining
- B. Coalition Bargaining
- C. Productivity Bargaining
- D. All the above
Answer
Answer A. Concession Bargaining
Q33: The method of collective bargaining refers to
- A. Negotiations between Employer, workers and Government Representative
- B. Negotiations between Employer’s representative and Trade union’s Representative
- C. Negotiations between Employers and the Government
- D. Negotiations between Employer, and Customers
Answer
Answer B. Negotiations between Employer’s representative and Trade union’s Representative
Q34: Who has first made use of the term Collective Bargaining?
- A. G.D.H., Cole
- B. Samuel Gompers
- C. Sidney Webb
- D. Robert Owen
Answer
Answer C. Sidney Webb
Q35: Which of the following is helpful in the process of collective bargaining
- A. Conciliation and Mediation
- B. Voluntary Arbitration
- C. Adjudication
- D. None of the above
Answer
Answer A. Conciliation and Mediation
Q36: If representatives of an employer and trade union meet together and discuss the terms and conditions of employment with a view to reaching and agreement, the process is called
- A. Collective Bargaining
- B. Join Consultation
- C. Worker’s Publication and Management
- D. Arbitration
Answer
Answer A. Collective Bargaining
Q37: An agreement arrived at by the parties and approved by a Labour Court or Tribunal is called
- A. Award
- B. Settlement
- C. Consent Award
- D. None of the above
Answer
Answer C. Consent Award
Q38: Which of the following weakens collective bargaining?
- A. Inter-union rivalries
- B. Absence of a collective bargaining legislation
- C. Hostility among the parties
- D. All the above
Answer
Answer D. All the above
Q39: According to V.V.Giri, which one is the best method for the settlement of industrial disputes?
- A. Conciliation
- B. Mediation
- C. Adjudication
- D. Collective Bargaining
Answer
Answer D. Collective Bargaining
Q40: When a dispute is settled by the process of collective bargaining, the document arrived a, is called
- A. Settlement
- B. Agreement
- C. Judgment
- D. Award
Answer
Answer B. Agreement
