Siddhi R.

Chavan | 9204-HRM

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (SOLVED TEST)

1. A.] FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1. Synonymous
2. Legal
3. Efficiency
4. Strike
5. Committees

2. B.] MATCH THE FOLLOWING:

i. Bad working conditions – cause of dispute
ii. Significance of IR – protect workers interest
iii. Gherao – encirclement of managers
iv. Scope of IR – facilitates change
v. Essential of IR – sound personnel policies

3. ANSWER IN ONE SENTENCE:

1. Industrial Relations: According to Dale Yoder, “The term industrial
relations relations refers to the relationships between Management and
employees or among employees and their organisation that arise out of
employment.”
2. Name two objectives of IR:
a. To avoid industrial conflicts and minimise the occurrence of
strikes, lockouts and gheragos.
b. To establish government control over industries to regulate
production and industrial relations.
3. Retrenchment means permanent termination of employees services for
economic reasons like surplus staff, poor demand for products, general
economic slowdown, etc.
4. Name two causes of industrial disputes:
a. Wages and allowances – Demand for increase in wages and
allowances is the most important cause of industrial disputes.
b. Irregular layoff and retrenchment – Layoff and retrenchment are
reasons to be mentioned for encouraging industrial disputes.
5. The Indian Labour Conference (ILC) is the apex level tripartite
consultative committee in the Ministry of Labour & Employment to
advise the Government on the issues concerning working class of the
country.