Question Pre and Post-Orientation
Question Pre and Post-Orientation
Question Pre and Post-Orientation
1. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, excludes from the definition of
‘contractor’ one who:
(a) Undertakes to produce a given result for an establishment through contract labour.
(b) Supplies contract labour for any work of the establishment.
(c) Supplies goods and articles of manufacture to an establishment.
(d) Is a subcontractor.
Answer: (c)
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2. As per Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, what is the minimum number
of contract laborers ordinarily to be employed by a contractor so that the employer must provide
a canteen?
(a) 100
(b) 150
(c) 250
(d) 500
Answer: (a)
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3. Which one of the following is the maximum spread over of the daily hours of work including
interval for rest, time spent in waiting for work under the Child and Adolescent Labour
(Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986?
(a) Five hours
(b) Six hours
(c) Seven hours
(d) Three hours
Answer: (b)
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4. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 is applicable to establishments in
which:
1. A minimum of fifty workmen are employed or were employed on any day of the
preceding twelve months as contract labour.
2. Work of an intermittent nature is performed for more than one hundred twenty days in
the preceding twelve months.
3. Work of seasonal character is performed for more than sixty days in a year.
(a) 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1,2 and 3
Answer: (b)
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10. What are the other facilities are needed for employees by an organization, as per the Contract
Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
Answer: (d)
1. When did The Payment of Gratuity Act 1972, come into force?
A) 01 April 1955
B) 01 March 1955
C) 01 May 1955
D) 16 September 1972.
Answer –D
2. Which section of The Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 deals with the Mode of payment of
gratuity?
Answer B.
3. Which section of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 deals with Maintenance of records of
cases by the controlling authority._?
A. Section 16 of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972
B. Section 14 of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972
C. Section 13 of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972
D. Section 18 of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972
Answer – A.
Ans- B.
5. Procedure for dealing with application for direction, is provided in section____ of the Payment
of Gratuity Act 1972
Ans- B.
6. According to Section 2 (b) of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972, completed year of service”
means continuous service for_______year
A) 2
B) 4
C) 1
D) 4
Answer –C)
7. The employer shall arrange to pay the amount of gratuity within ______days from the date it
becomes payable to the person to whom the gratuity is payable.
A) 30
B) 15
C) 45
D) 60
Answer –A
8. Which section of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 deals with Place and time of hearing?
9. Which section of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 deals with Application to controlling
authority for direction?
Answer – C.
A) 20 lakh
B) 15 lakh
C) 45 lakh
D) 60 lakh
Answer –A
A. 14
B. 37
C. 32
D. 9
Answer: A
Answer: C
A. 22 April 2013
B. 9 December 2013
C. 21 August 2014
D. 22 January 2015
Answer: B
Answer: D
A. regular employee
B. temporary employee
C. adhoc/daily wage employee
D. All the above
Answer: D
7. Which among the following is a “sexual harassment” as defined under Sexual Harassment of
Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act 2013?
Answer: D
8. Which among the following does not come under the meaning “workplace” under Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act 2013?
Answer: D
9. Which of the following may amount to sexual harassment under Sexual Harassment of
Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act 2013?
Answer: D
Answer: D
2. The ceiling on wage or salary for calculation of Bonus under the Payment of Bonus Act 1965
is
(a) Rs. 2,500
(b) Rs. 3,500
(c) Rs. 7,000
(d) Rs. 6,500
Answer: C
3. Under the payment of Bonus Act, 1965, the gross profits derived by an employer from an
establishment in respect of any accounting year shall be computed
(a) In case of Banking Company according to schedule II and in any other case schedule I.
(b) In case of Banking Company according to schedule I and in any other case schedule II.
(c) In case of Banking Company and in any other case schedule I.
(d) In case of Banking Company and in any other case schedule II.
Answer: B
4. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 is applicable to an employee who draws wage or salary of
(a) Rs. 3500 in case of apprentice
(b) Rs. 5000 in case of apprentice and employee
(c) Rs. 7500 in case of employee only
(d) Rs. 10,000 in case of employee only
Answer: D
5. Payment of Bonus Act 1965 is applicable to every factory and to every other establishment
where ---------- workmen are employed on any day during an accounting year
(a) 20 or more
(b) 10 or more
(c) 50 or more
(d) 30 or more
Answer: A
6. Every employee receiving salary or wages upto RS. 7000 p.m. and engaged in any kind of
work whether skilled, unskilled, managerial, supervisory etc. is entitled to bonus for every
accounting year if he has worked for at least ---------- days in that year.
(a) 15 working days
(b) 30 working days
(c) 60 working days
(d) 90 working days
Answer: B
7. The minimum bonus which an employer is required to pay even if he suffers losses during the
accounting year or there is no allocable surplus is --------- % of the salary or wages during the
accounting year
(a) 10%
(b) 20%
(c) 8.33 %
(d) 6.33%
Answer: C
8. If in an accounting year, the allocable surplus calculated after taking into account the amount
‘set on’ or the amount ‘set of’ exceeds the minimum bonus, the employer should pay bonus in
proportion to the salary or wages earned by the employee in that accounting year subject to a
maximum of ------- % of such salary or wages.
(a) 25%
(b) 30%
(c) 10%
(d) 20%
Answer: D
9. The bonus should be paid in cash within ----------- months from the close of the accounting
year
(a) 8 months
(b) 6 months
(c) 12 months
(d) 3 months
Answer: A
10. An employer has the following rights:
1. Right to forfeit bonus of an employee, who has been dismissed from service for fraud,
riotous or violent behaviour, or theft, misappropriation or sabotage of any property of the
establishment.
2. Right to make permissible deductions from the bonus payable to an employee, such
as, festival/interim bonus paid and financial loss caused by misconduct of the employee.
3. Right to refer any disputes relating to application or interpretation of any provision of
the Act, to the Labour Court or Labour Tribunal.
(a) 1 & 2
(b) 1, 2 & 3
(c) 2 & 3
(d) 1 & 2
Answer: B
11. The employer has to submit an annul return of bonus paid to employees during the year, in
Form D, to the Inspector, within ---------- of the expiry of the time limit specified for payment of
bonus.
(a) 10 days
(b) 20 days
(c) 30 days
(d) 60 days
Answer: C
12. The contravention of the provisions of the Act or rules may attracts the punishment of
(a) imprisonment upto 3 months, or fine up to Rs.500, or both
(b) imprisonment upto 2 months, or fine up to Rs.1000, or both
(c) imprisonment upto 6 months, or fine up to Rs.10000, or both
(d) imprisonment upto 6 months, or fine up to Rs.1000, or both
Answer: D
13. Excess allocable surplus remain after paying the maximum bonus of 20% on the wage or
salary of the employee, should be carried forward to the next following year for utilizing
the payment of bonus in case of the shortage of the allocable surplus or losses occur. This is
called as
(a) Set-On
(b) Set-Off
(c) Take-On
(d) Set-Off
Answer: A
14. Which section states about the classes of employees where Payment of Bonus Act is not
applicable?
(a) Section 16
(b) Section 32
(c) Section 22
(d) Section 30
Answer: B
15. When there are no profits or the amount falls short or deficiency for payment of minimum
bonus to employees, such deficiency amount should be adjusted to the current accounting year
from the Set-On amount which was carried forward in case of excess allocable surplus in the
previous year. This is called as .
(a) Set-On
(b) Set-Off
(c) Take -On
(d) Take –Off
Answer: B
Workmen’s compensation Act, 1923
1. Under Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923
(A) Individual manager subordinate to an employer cannot act as managing agent.
(B) Managing agent includes an individual manager subordinate to an employer.
(C) Only employer can act as managing agent.
(D) The appropriate government shall appoint managing agent.
Answer: D
2. The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923, the Maternity Benefit Act, 1965 and the Employees
State Insurance Act, 1948
(A) Together can be applicable.
(B) The Maternity Benefit Act and the Employees State Insurance Act can be applicable at a
time.
(C) The Workmen’s Compensation Act and the Employees State Insurance Act can be applicable
at a time.
(D) If the Workmen’s Compensation Act and the Maternity Benefit Act are applicable, the
Employees State Insurance Act is not applicable.
Answer: D
3. Assertion (A): Provisions of Employees’ compensation Act and Maternity Benefit Act do not
apply to all industries.
Reason (R): Employees’ Compensation Act is a comprehensive social security legislation.
(A) (A) is wrong, but (R) is right.
(B) (A) is right, but (R) does not related to the (A).
(C) (A) and (R) are right, and (R) validates the (A).
(D) (A) and (R) are wrong.
Answer: C
4. While working at the construction of a multi-storeyed building of a company, a worker
employed by a ‘contractor’, supplied by a ‘sirdar’, faced an accident and became temporarily
disabled. For paying compensation to the worker, who shall be held responsible as per law?
(A) The contractor who employed the worker
(B) The sirdar who supplied the worker
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Answer: A
5. No contribution is required for getting benefit under which of the following legislations?
(A) Maternity Benefit Act
(B) Employees’ Compensation Act
(C) Both under (A) & (B)
(D) None of the above
Answer: C
6. If the money is due from the employer under the settlement or award, the workman or his
assignee can make an application to the appropriate government for the recovery within the
period given below.
(A) One year.
(B) One year and also after the said period of the appropriate government is satisfied that the
applicant has sufficient cause for not making the application within one year.
(C) Two years.
(D) Three years.
Answer: B
7. The name of which of the following legislations has been recently changed?
(A) Workmens’ Compensation Act
(B) Employees’ State Insurance Act
(C) Maternity Benefit Act
(D) Payment of Gratuity Act
Answer: A
8. Which of the following statements relating to the Employees’ Compensation Act is not
correct?
(A) This Act has a link with the Workmen’s Compensation Act
(B) This act is the outcome of the amendment that was made to the Workmen’s Compensation
Act
(C) This act does not have any provision relating to temporary disablement of workmen
(D) This act has a provision relating to permanent partial disablement
Answer: C
9. Assertion (A): Industrial accidents occur inter-alia due to fatigue.
Reason (R): Fatigue is the result of personal health condition of the worker as well as by
overwork, monotony and boredom as part of work experience.
Codes:
(A) (A) is right but (R) is wrong.
(B) (A) is right and the (R) rightly explains the (A).
(C) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is right
Answer: B
10. If there is willful removal or disregard by the workman of any safety guard or other device
which he knew to have been provided for the purpose of securing safety of workman,
(A) Employer is liable to pay compensation
(B) Employer is not liable to pay compensation
(C) Appropriate government is liable to pay compensation
(D) The Trade Union is liable to pay compensation
Answer: B
11. In case of fatal accident if the commissioner serves notice to the employer based on his
source
(a) The employer can neglect the notice.
(b) If the employer thinks liable, he shall make the deposit within sixty days of the service of
notice.
(c) If the employer thinks liable, he shall make the deposit within thirty days of the service of
notice.
(d) If the employer is not liable, he shall in his statement indicate the grounds on which he
disclaims liability.
Answer: D
12. Under Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923, which of the following are considered as
dependent of deceased workman for the purpose of paying compensation?
(i) a minor brother or an unmarried sister or a widowed sister
(ii) a widowed daughter-in-law
(iii) a minor child of a pre-deceased son
(iv) a minor child of a pre-deceased daughter where no parent of the child is alive
(v) a paternal grandparent if no parent of the workman is alive;
(A) i, ii & v
(B) i, ii. iii & iv
(C) i, ii, iii & v
(D) i, ii, iii, iv & v
Answer: D
13. Under this Act, employer shall not be liable to pay compensation in respect of any injury
which does not result in the total or partial disablement of the workman for a period exceeding
------- days;
(A) 7
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 2
Answer: B
15. Under this Act, employer shall not be liable to pay compensation in respect of any injury not
resulting in death or permanent total disablement caused by an accident
(A) under the influence of drink or drugs
(B) Due to the wilful disobedience of the workman to an order expressly given or to a rule
expressly framed for the purpose of securing the safety of workmen
(C) Due to the wilful removal or disregard by the workman of any safety guard or other device
he knew to have been provided for the purpose of securing the safety of workman
(D) All the above
Answer: D