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10 questions on industrial relations & labour laws, each with the answer and where it comes from. Try each one before you tap Show answer.
Answer them against the clock and see your score with every answer explained.
Start the testQ1.Who is the Chairman of the National Council under the JCM scheme?
Answer: (D) Cabinet Secretary
The National Council is chaired by the Cabinet Secretary; the Railways' Departmental Council is chaired by the Chairman, Railway Board.
Source: RailPro e-book Vol 4, page 215
Q2.How often are PNM meetings held at the divisional level?
Answer: (B) Once in two months
PNM meets once in two months at divisional level and quarterly at headquarters level.
Source: RailPro e-book Vol 4, page 202
Q3.Under employees' compensation law (Employees' Compensation Act, 1923, now carried into the Code on Social Security, 2020), compensation where death results from an injury is based on what share of the monthly wages multiplied by the relevant factor?
Answer: (C) 50%
For death it is 50% of monthly wages times the relevant factor (subject to a notified minimum); for permanent total disablement it is 60%.
Source: RailPro e-book Vol 4, page 247
Q4.The principle that 'in the course of employment' extends reasonably to the time and place of going to and leaving the workplace is called ______
Answer: (B) Doctrine of notional extension
The doctrine of notional extension extends the employer's premises to the area a workman passes through while going to or leaving work.
Source: RailPro e-book Vol 4, page 243
Q5.In which year was the Permanent Negotiating Machinery (PNM) set up on Indian Railways?
Answer: (A) 1952
PNM was set up in 1952 to resolve disputes between organised labour and the administration.
Source: RailPro e-book Vol 4, page 201
Q6.Under HOER, what are the weekly rostered hours of a worker classified as 'Intensive'?
Answer: (C) 42 hours
Intensive workers have 42 rostered hours a week, a statutory limit of 45 hours and 30 hours of weekly rest.
Source: RailPro e-book Vol 4, page 224
Q7.Under HOER, which of the following staff fall in the 'Excluded' category?
Answer: (D) Supervisors
All supervisors, stenographers, railway school teachers and training-centre instructors are classified as Excluded.
Source: RailPro e-book Vol 4, page 227
Q8.Which of the following does NOT amount to a strike?
Answer: (A) Go-slow
Pen-down, tool-down and collective refusal of work are strikes, while go-slow does not amount to a strike.
Source: RailPro e-book Vol 4, page 190
Q9.Under HOER, what is the statutory limit of weekly hours for a 'Continuous' worker?
Answer: (B) 54 hours
Continuous workers are rostered for 48 hours a week with a statutory limit of 54 hours.
Source: RailPro e-book Vol 4, page 226
Q10.Under employees' compensation law (the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923, now subsumed in the Code on Social Security, 2020), the employer is NOT liable to pay compensation for an injury that does not disable the employee for more than ______.
Answer: (B) 3 days
No compensation is payable for an injury that does not disable the employee for more than three days. The Code on Social Security, 2020, which replaced the 1923 Act, keeps this rule.
Source: RailPro e-book Vol 4, page 238
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