Bba - IR QUESTIONS
Bba - IR QUESTIONS
d. All of these
10) Collective bargaining was considered as apex of IR system is concerned with
a.Gandhian approach
b. Systems approach
c.Oxford approach
d. All of these
11) Which of the following is an objective for IR?
a.To safeguard mutual trust
b. To raise productivity
c.To avoid industrial strike
d. None of these
12) Temporary closing down the undertaking with the intention of forcing workers to
accept the demand of the employer is called
a.Lockout
b. Layoff
c.Strike
d. Retrenchment
13) The conflicts and dispute between employers and employees on any industrial
matters are known as
a.Industrial disputes
b. Human relations
c.Conflict relations
d. All of these
14) The phrase collective bargaining was first coined by
a. Sydney and Beatrice web
b. U.K.
c.Both A& B
d. None of these
15) Workers participated in management is highlighted in
a. Article 43A
b. Article 42 A
c.Both ( a) and (b)
d. None of these
16) Workers participated in management has _______________objectives
a.Economic
b. Psychological
c.Both A& B
d. None of these
17) __________ is the ultimate remedy for the settlement of industrial dispute
through the intervention by the third party appointed by the government
a.Conciliation
b. Voluntary Arbitration
c.Adjudication
d. Collective bargaining
18) The utility of non violence as the means of conflict resolution is the principle of
a. Gandhian approach
b. System approach
c.Both ( a) and (b)
d. All of these
19) A trade union is a continuous association of wage earners for the purpose of
maintaining or improving the condition of their working lives
d) Personal relation
77) ___________ with the rules , laws and agreement through executive and judicial
machinery influences and shapes industrial relation
a) Society
b) Industry
c) Government
d) None of these
78) _____________ approach focus on the types of society in which organization
functions
a) Lenin
b) Gandhian
c) Marxist
d) None of these
79) According to ___________approach industrial relations a social sub system
within the economic and political system
a) System approach
b) Human relation approach
c) Leadership approach
d) Group discipline approach
80) _____________ Having a protecting role of safe guarding workers interests
a) Trade unions
b) Management
c) International agencies
d) Society
81) _________or ______________regulates the relationship between workers
organization and employers organization
a) Society, Employees
b) NGOs , Government
c) Government, State Machinery
d) None of the above
82) _____________ is process in which representatives of workers and employees
are brought together before a third person or a group of person with view to come
to mutually satisfying agreement
a) Conciliation
b) Merger
c) Diversification
d) Expansion
83) _____________ is person appointed voluntarily if the dispute is not settled by
conciliation
a) Bidder
b) Arbitrator
c) Nominee
d) Representative
84) _________________ is another name of compulsory arbitration
a) Adjudication
b) Amortization
c) Dissolution
d) Fraction
85) ______________ is the technique that has been adopted by unions and
management to reconcile their conflicting interests
a) Arbitration
b) Collective bargaining
c) Court intervention
d) Social norms
86) ___________ refers to mental and emotional involvement of a person in a group
situation which encourages him to contribute to goals and share responsibilities in
them
a) Workers participation in management
b) Rehabilitation
c) Discipline
d) None of the above
87) __________ is a powerful weapon used by trade unions and their labour
associations to get their demand accepted
a) Strikes
b) Lockout
c) Picketing
d) Gherao
88) _____________ is a work stoppage in which an employer prevents employees
from working
a) Strike
b) Gherao
c) Picketing
d) Lockout
89) Work committee and joint consultation are the measures to encourage
___________ which will increase productivity and lead to greater effectiveness.
a) Rehabilitation
b) Workers participation in management
c) Discipline
d) Creativity
90) __________is a consultive body comprising of 100 or more persons , which aims
at giving greater participation to workers
a) Advisory committee
b) Managing committees
c) Work committees
d) None of these
91) ___________ are the rules and regulations which govern the conditions of
employment of workers
a) Standing orders
b) Policies
c) Advice
d) None of these
92) ___________is an authority appointed by the government to mediate dispute
between parties brought to his notice, enjoying the powers of a civil court
a) Arbitrator
b) Conciliation officer
c) Disciplinarian
d) None of these
93) ___________is constituted if the conciliation proceedings fail to resolve a
dispute by the government to investigate the dispute
a) A court of enquiry
b) A court of social justice
c) A court of norms
c) Layoff
d) Right sizing
103) The decision given by Arbitrator is called
a) Degree
b) Sentence
c) Award
d) Reward
104) In which five year plan removal of poverty received top priority
a) Second
b) Fourth
c) Fifth
d) Sixth
105) Which of the following National Level Federation was established in 1921
a) INTUC
b) AITUC
c) UTUC
d) HMS
106) Which of the following methods are used in industrial relations system
a) Collective bargaining
b) Discipline procedure
c) Grievance redressal procedure
d) All of the above
107) Which of the following is not a objective of industrial relations
a) To enhance economic status of workers
b) To settle the disputes with workers neighbor
c) To regular production by minimizing conflict
d) To provide an opportunity to the worker to have a say in management decision
making
108) Which of the following is the exact meaning of lockout according industrial
dispute Act 1947
a) Temporary closing of a place of employment
b) Suspension of work
c) Refusal by an employer to continue to employ any number of persons
employed by him
d) All of the above
109) Which of the following is not a main purpose picketing
a) To stop workers to go to work
b) TO stop workers to take sick leaves
c) To tell the public about the strike
d) To persuade workers to take their union side
110) In __________ the workers acquire complete control of management through
election boards
a) Workers participation in management
b) Participation through complete control
c) Participation through partial control
d) None of the above
111) ___________ refers to the deep commitment, almost obsession of an
organization to quality
a) Production management
b) Human resource management
c) Total quality management
d) All of these
131) What should be the minimum number of persons required to register a trade
union
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9
132) Any communications and notices concerning registered trade union may be
addressed to its
a) Head office
b) Government
c) President
d) None of the above
133) Trade unions not only take care of wages and salaries of the workers but also
provide valuable _________ and _____________ to the workers
a) Notice, information
b) Information, Advice
c) Suggestion, Notice
d) None of these
134) ___________ are the bodies comprising representatives from employers and
employees
a) Management committees
b) Joint councils and committees
c) Discipline committees
d) None of the above
135) ___________________is the term used for the workers/employees who are the
members of the trade unions or employee association
a) Unorganized labour
b) Organized labour
c) Uneducated labour
d) None of these
136) Which of the following is not right of registered unions
a) Right to employ anyone without consulting the management
b) Right to collect membership fees within premises of the organization
c) Right to raise issues with the management
d) Right to discuss members grievances with employer
137) ______________ is technique that has been adopted by unions and
management to reconcile their conflicting interests
a) Negotiation
b) Collective bargaining
c) Enforcement
d) None of these
138) __________ refers to the mental and emotional involvement of a person in a
group situation which encourage him to contribute to goals and share
responsibilities in them
a) Workers participation in management
b) Rehabilitation
c) Discipline
d) None of the above
139) _____________is a powerful weapon used by Trade unions and other labour
organizations to get their demands accepted
a) Strikes
b) Lockout
c) Picketing
d) Gherao
140) When workers are dissuaded from work by stationing certain men at the factory
gates such a step is known as
a) Strike
b) Lockout
c) Picketing
d) Gherao
141) ___________ represent individual workers when they have a problem and also
offer legal representation
a) Socialism
b) Trade Unionism
c) Communalism
d) None of these
142) In ___________ union representatives discuss with management with the
issues which affect people working in an organization
a) Negotiation
b) Beater
c) Meeger
d) None of these
143) Which of the following is a hall mark of the hot stove approach to disciplinary
action
a) Provides warning
b) Happiness immediately
c) Give consistent consequences
d) All of the above
144) The causes for unsound functioning of Indian trade unions are
a) Multiple union
b) Intra union and inter union rivalry
c) Category wise union
d) All of the above
145) ________________ refers to the relationship and trust between labor and
management negotiators
a) Collective bargaining
b) Integrative bargaining
c) Inter organizational bargaining
d) Attitudinal structuring
146) How many parties are involved in collective bargaining
a) 3
b) 4
c) 2
d) 5
147) ______________ is focused on workers educational and has established an
Institute of Indian labor in Calcutta
a) International Labor Organization
b) National Front of Indian Trade Union
c) World Trade organization
d) None of the above
148) The day to day operations of All India Trade Union Congress are carried out by
the _____________ at the National and state levels
a) Secretariat
b) Department
c) Cabinet
d) None of these
149) Negotiations and collective bargaining are the tools for _________ to
accomplish the objectives
a) NGOs
b) Social organization
c) Government
d) Trade union
150) At present there are ___ central trade union organization in India
a) 12
b) 13
c)14
d) 15
151) Which of the following are the main causes of indiscipline
a) Wage differentials
b) Unreasonable work assignment
c) Nonpayment of bonus
d) Any of the above
152) Which of the following is not a reason for joining trade unions
a) Great bargaining power
b) Minimize discrimination
c) Good contact with politicians
d) Platform for self expression
153) Business and uplift union are types of
a) Revolutionary unions
b) Reformist unions
c) Political unions
d) None of these
154) Which section empowers the appropriate government to appoint a person to be
registrar of trade unions
a) Section3
b) Section 4
c) Section5
d) Section9
155) If the workers of different categories form into a union that union is called
a) Industrial union
b) General union
c) Craft union
d) None of these
156) The center of Indian Trade Union (CITU) was organized in
a) 1970
b) 1980
c) 1948
d) 1990
157) Registration and conciliation of trade union is governed by
a) Trade unions Act, 1926
b) The Industrial Disputes Act,1948
c) The factories Act, 1948
d) None of the above
158) By which of the following methods workers participation can take place in
management
a) Staff or work councils
b) Board level participation
c) Joint councils and committees
d) All of the above
159) Which of the following are essential pre requisites of workers participation in
management
a) Free flow communication and information
b) Mutual trust between parties
c) Avoidance of participation of outside trade unions
d) All of the above
160) Which of the following are considered to be the bottle neck of workers
participation in management
a) Employers cannot think beyond their knowledge and skills
b) Role of trade unions is not satisfactory
c) Employers are unwilling to share power with workers representatives
d) All of the above
161) Which of the following are the basic objectives of code of discipline
a) Maintain peace and order in industry
b) Avoid work stoppage in industry
c) Promote opinions from all levels of management and employment
d) All of the above
162) 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) Gandhian approach
d) System approach
163) Trade union perform functions relating to
a) Society
b) Organization
c) Members
d) All of these
164) Which of the following is not the most important aspect of process of collective
bargaining
a) Negotiations
b) Confrontations
c) Discussions
d) Compromise
165) Which of the following is not a principle of industrial relations policy
a) The code of conduct
b) The code of discipline
c) Labor welfare
d) None of these
166) Which of the following matters are usually brought under collective bargaining
a) Working conditions
b) Labor welfare
c) Organizational matters
d) All of these
167) The main aim of International Labor Organization(ILO) is to
a) Promote rights at work
b) Strengthen dialogue on work related issues
c) Enhance social protection
d) All of the above
168) According to --------------------- the main function of Trade unions is to raise the
moral and intellectual standards of labor through reformatory measure.
a) Abraham Linkon
b) Lenin
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Bal Gangathar Thilak
169) By which of the following methods workers participation can take place in
management?
a) Staff or work councils
b) Board level participation
c) Joint councils and committees
d) All of these
170) Industrial relations is a set of functional interdependence of all walks of life as it
involves the issues related to
a) Economic and occupational
b) Social and physiological
c) Technological and political
d) All of the above
171) Who of the following is not associated with the concept of industrial relations
system
a) Fredrick Taylor
b) R.A Lester
c) Dale Yoder
d) Prof.Dunlop
172) ______________ condemned the system of private ownership and believed in
replacing existing social order
a) Trade union
b) Revolutionary Union
c) Productive Union
d) None of these
173) Managerial associations are commonly referred to as _________ and registered
under Trade unions Act 1926
a) Workers Association
b) Employers Association
c) Officers Association
d) None of these
174) _________ are formal groups of employers set up to defend, represent or
advice affiliated employers and to strengthen their position in society.
a) Workers Association
b) Employers Association
c) Officers Association
d) None of these
175) Both employers and employees associations come under the purview of
a) Trade union
b) General union
c) Industrial union
d) Government
176) Employers association came into existence as a result of the formation of
_________ after the first world war
a) Hind Mazdoor Sangh
b) Indian labor Congress
c) International labor Organization
d) None of these
Answer Key
1.A
6.D
11.D
16.C
21.D
26.B
31.D
36.D
41 .A
46.B
2.D
7.C
12.A
17.A
22.C
27.C
32.B
37.D
42.C
47.A
3.C
8.D
13.A
18.A
23.D
28.B
33.C
38.D
43.B
48.A
4.D
9B
14.A
19.A
24.D
29.C
34.C
39.C
44.C
49.C
5.C
10.A
15.C
20.C
25.D
30.A
35.D
40.A
45.D
50.C
51.D
56. B
61.C
66.D
71.D
76.A
81.C
86.A
91.A
96.A
101.D
106.D
111.C
116.D
121.D
126.C
131.B
136.A
141.B
146.C
151.D
156.A
161.D
166.D
171.A
176.C
181.A
186.A
191.A
196.A
52.D
57.D
62.D
67.D
72.B
77.C
82.A
87.A
92.B
97.A
102.B
107.B
112.A
117.B
122.B
127.D
132.A
137.B
142.A
147.B
152.C
157.A
162.C
167.D
172.B
177.D
182.D
187.D
192.A
197.C
53.A
58.B
63.D
68.D
73.D
78.C
83.B
88.D
93.A
98.A
103.C
108.D
113.A
118.C
123.D
128.D
133.B
138.A
143.D
148.A
153.B
158.D
163.D
168.C
173.C
178.B
183.A
188.C
193.A
198.A
54.D
59.D
64.D
69.D
74.A
79.A
84.A
89.B
94.A
99.B
104.D
109.B
114.D
119.A
124.D
129.D
134.B
139.A
144.D
149.D
154.C
159.D
164.B
169.D
174.B
179.B
184.D
189.B
194.
199.B
55.D
60. B
65.A
70.D
75.B
80.A
85.B
90.C
95.A
100.A
105.B
110.B
115.D
120.C
125.A
130.D
135.B
140.C
145.D
150.A
155.A
160.D
165.D
170.D
175.A
180.B
185.D
190.A
195. A
200.B