NPTEL Online Certification Courses Indian Institute
of Technology Kharagpur
New Labour Codes
of India
Assignment- Week-1
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 15 Total mark: 15 X 2 = 30
QUESTION 1:
The Factories Act is established in consonance with which of the following?
a. Directive Principles of State Policy
b. Administrative Law
c. Commercial Laws
d. Tort Law
Correct Answer: (a): Directive Principles of State Policy
Please refer Lecture 1 for better understanding
QUESTION 2:
Which of the following laws was repealed with the enactment of the Code on Wages, 2019?
a. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
b. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
c. The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
d. All of these
Correct Answer: (d): All of these
Please refer Lecture 1 for better understanding
QUESTION 3:
The Trade Unions Act, 1926 was replaced by which of the following?
a. The Code on Wages, 2019
b. Industrial Relations Code, 2020
c. Social Security Code, 2020
d. Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
Correct Answer: (b): Industrial Relations Code 2020
Please refer Lecture 1 for better understanding
QUESTION 4:
Who can register in eShram (NUDW) Portal?
a. Unorganised Worker between the ages of 16-59 years
b. Unorganised Worker between the ages of 10-15 years
c. Unorganised Worker who is a member of NPS
d. None of these
Correct Answer: (a): Unorganised Worker between the ages of 16-59 years
Please refer Lecture 2 for better understanding
QUESTION 5:
Which of the following is an Unorganised worker?
a. Home Based Worker
b. Self-employed Worker in the Unorganised Sector
c. Worker in the Organised Sector not a member of ESIC
d. All of these
Correct Answer: (d): All of these
Please refer to Lecture 2 for a better understanding
QUESTION 6:
What is the purpose of the Central Government Industrial Tribunal?
a. Adjudicating Industrial Disputes arising in Central Sphere
b. Adjudicating Industrial Disputes arising in States
c. Both adjudicating Industrial Disputes arising in the Centre and in the States
d. None of these
Correct Answer: (a): Adjudicating Industrial Disputes arising in the Central Sphere
Please refer to Lecture 2 for a better understanding.
QUESTION 7:
When was the First Royal Commission on labour appointed?
a. 1901
b. 1943
c. 1929
d. 1916
Correct Answer: (c): 1929
Please refer to Lecture 3 for a better understanding
QUESTION 8:
Which of the following regulates Contract Labour in the Country?
a. Industrial Disputes Act
b. Factories Act
c. Contract Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act
d. Trade Union Act
Correct Answer: (c): Contract Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act
Please refer to Lecture 3 for a better understanding
QUESTION 9:
Which of the following is an example of a Central Act enumerating Workers’ Rights?
a. Trade Union Act, 1926
b. Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
c. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
d. All of these
Correct Answer: (d): All of these
Please refer to Lecture 3 for a better understanding
QUESTION 10:
Which of the following terms does the Industrial Disputes Act define?
a. Lockout
b. Strike
c. Wages
d. All of these
Correct Answer: (d): All of these
Please refer to Lecture 4 for a better understanding
QUESTION 11:
Which of the following International Conventions influenced Indian Labour Laws?
a. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
b. International Convention on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
c. Both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Convention on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights
d. None of these
Correct Answer: (c): Both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International
Convention on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
Please refer to Lecture 5 for better understanding.
QUESTION 12:
Who was the Chairman of the first National Commission on Labour ?
a. Justice H. R. Khanna
b. Justice A. N. Ray
c. Justice P. B. Gajendragadkar
d. Justice Nariman
Correct Answer: (c): Justice P. B. Gajendragadkar
Please refer to Lecture 5 for better understanding.
QUESTION 13:
When was the first Mines Act enacted?
a. 1901
b. 1902
c. 1904
d. 1905
Correct Answer: (a): 1901
Please refer to Lecture 3 for a better understanding
QUESTION 14:
When was the All India Trade Union Congress established in India?
a. 1918
b. 1920
c. 1923
d. 1922
Correct Answer: (b): 1920
Please refer to Lecture 3 for a better understanding
QUESTION 15:
When was the Maternity Benefit Act enacted?
a. 1970
b. 1911
c. 1961
d. 2000
Correct Answer: (c): 1961
Please refer Lecture 4 for better understanding
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