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Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

PART A — (10  1 = 10 marks)

Answer any TEN questions.

Write short notes on the following :

1. Industrial dispute.

2. Employee stability.

3. Conciliation officers.

4. Lay off.

5. Works committee.

6. Tripartite bodies.

7. Joint consultation.

8. INTUC.

9. Principles of Trade Union.

10. Negotiation.

11. Industrial tribunal.

12. Unfair labour practice.

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PART B — (5  5 = 25 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
13. Discuss the statutory support given by the
government to the labour community to promote
industrial peace.
14. Explain the non-statutory measures to improve
union-management relations.
15. Describe the various levels of workers
participation in management.
16. What are the problems faced by Indian trade
unions?
17. What do you mean by preparation for negotiation
in collective bargaining? Explain briefly.
18. Explain the various forms of strikes.
19. What are the recommendations of National
Commission on labour to improve trade unionism
in India?

PART C — (4  10 = 40 marks)
Answer Q.No. 20 compulsorily and answer any THREE
questions from Q.No. 21 to 24.
20. ‘‘A strike is unjust in that it is an appeal to force in
a matter of disputed right; it is inhuman because
of the misery it causes to the workers; it is
wasteful of resources of capital and labour, it is
wicked because it stirs up hate; it is anti-social, in
that it denies and disrupts the solidarity of the
community’’ – Prof. H.J. Laski. Comment on this
statement.
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21. Trace out the evolution of Industrial Relations in

India and bring out its future prospects.

22. Critically evaluate the administrative machinery

set up by Central and State governments for
resolving industrial dispute. Give your suggestions
to make them more effective.

23. Discuss the various classification of Trade Union.

What are their salient features?

24. Write an essay on collective bargaining in public

sectors in India. How does it differ with that of
private sectors? Explain with appropriate
examples.

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