MCQs on Industrial Dispute Act 1947 (1)

1. Under which of the following legislations there is a provision called protected

workmen?
(A) Trade Unions Act, 1926
(B) Industrial Employment
(Standing Orders) Act, 1946
(C) Factories Act, 1948
(D) Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Answ er - (D)

2. 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

Answ er - (C)

3. Under which Schedule of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Public Utility Services
have been listed out?
(A) 1st Schedule
(B) 2nd Schedule
(C) 3rd Schedule
(D) 4th Schedule

Answ er - (A)

4. Which of the following statements about the definition of industry as given in the
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 is not right?
(A) It means any business, trade, undertaking, manufacture or calling of employers.
(B) It includes any calling, service, employment, handicraft or industrial occupation or
avocation of workmen.
(C) This definition has been revised in 1982 in a leading case of 1978.
(D) The revised definition has been implemented after due notification.

Answ er - (D)

5. First come last go and last come first go is the principle of

(A) Lay-off
(B) Closure
(C) Retrenchment
(D) Dismissal

Answ er - (C)
6. Which of the following is machinery for settlement of industrial disputes?
(A) Indian Labour Conference
(B) Joint Management Council
(C) Industrial Tribunal
(D) Standing Labour Committees

Answ er - (C)

7. Award under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 is

(a) Not interim determination of labour court
(b) Not arbitration award under Section 10A
(c) Not final determination of labour court
(d) Not final determination of arbitration award under section 10A
(A) All statements are true.
(B) (a) and (d) are true.
(C) (b) is true.
(D) All statements are wrong.

Answ er - (D)

8. Grievance Handing Machinery is given in

(A) Industrial Disputes Act
(B) Factories Act
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

Answ er - (A)

9. The dispute of individual workman is deemed to be industrial dispute if the dispute

or difference is connected with or arising out of the following where no other
workman nor any union of workman is a party to the dispute.
(A) Grievance of an individual workman.
(B) Discharge of an individual workman.
(C) Dismissal of an individual workman.
(D) Discharge, dismissal, retrenchment or otherwise termination of services of an
individual workman.

Answ er - (D)

10. List of unfair labour practices on the part of the trade unions and employers was
included in
(A) Factories Act
(B) Industrial Dispute Act
(C) Trade union Act
(D) None of the above
 Answ er - (B)

11. Match the following schedules under the I. D. Act, 1947

(a) I schedule (i) conditions of service for change of which notice is to be
given
(b) II and III schedules (ii) Labour courts and Industrial Tribunals
(c) IV schedule (iii) Industries which may be declared as public utility services
(d) V schedule (iv) Unfair labour practices

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

Answ er - (C)

12. Which of the following is an illegal industrial action as per law?

(A) Mutual Insurance
(B) Collective Bargaining
(C) Lock out
(D) Gherao

Answ er - (D)

13. Under the Industrial Disputes Act, which of the following cannot be considered as
an industrial dispute?
(A) When employer fails to keep his verbal promises
(B) When closure is a pretence
(C) When demand made for alteration of conditions of service of employees in a
cooperative society
(D) When the lock-out is in disguise of closure

Answ er - (C)

14. Which of the following statements about the Grievance Redressal Machinery
given under the Industrial not true?
(A) Every industrial establishment employing 20 or more workmen shall have one or
more Grievance Redressal Committee.
(B) Grievance Redressal Committee can resolve any dispute arising in the industrial
establishment.
(C) It is a bipartite committee with equal number of members representing the
employer and workmen.
(D) There is a 45 days time limit from the date of written application to complete the
proceedings.
 Answ er - (B)

15. The ongoing globalization in India requires drastic changes under which of the
labour legislations?
(A) The Factories Act
(B) The Employees State Insurance Act
(C) The Industrial Disputes Act
(D) The Employees Provident Funds Act

Answ er - (C)