VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

QUESTION BANK of Unit 2 for External Exams 2021

COURSE: - BA and BBA LLB
SEMESTER & SECTIONS:- 7th
SUBJECT: - Labour Law I NAME OF THE
FACULTY:- Ms. Richa Srivastava and Kusum Lata
PAPER CODE:- LL.B 401

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS unit 2

1. The minimum rate of subsistence allowance in case of suspension pending

enquiry has been given under which of the following legislations?
(a) Industrial Disputes Act
(b) Trade Union Act
(c) Industrial Employment (Standing Orders)
(d) None of the above, Act

2. Which of the following statements is not true regarding Industrial

Employment(Standing Orders) Act, 1946?
(a) Within 6 months from the date of application of the Act, the employer shall submit
to the Certifying Officer 5 copies of the draft standing orders.
(b) There is a schedule which sets out the matters to be incorporated in the standing
orders.
(c) There is no provision to refer the draft standing orders to the Unions/Workmen by
the Certifying Officer.
(d) Certifying Officers and appellate authorities shall have powers of Civil Courts.

3. Draft standing orders are to be submitted within

(a) Two years from the date on which the Act is applicable in five copies.
(b) One year from the date on which the Act is applicable in five copies
(c) Six months from the date on which the Act is applicable in five copies
(d) Six months from the date on which the act is applicable in ten copies
4. Which act requires employers in industrial establishments to define the conditions
of employment?
(a) The Factories Act, 1948
(b) The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
(c) The Industrial Employment (standing orders) Act, 1946
(d) The Trade Union Act, 1926

5. The Industrial Employment (standing orders) Act, 1946 applies to every

establishment employing
(a) 100 workmen
(b) 150 workmen
(c) 150 workmen on any day preceeding 12 months
(d) 100 workmen on any day preceeding 12 months and the government can order
by application to establishments employing less than 100.

6. The provision relating to suspension has been made under which of the following
legislations?
(a) Industrial Disputes Act
(b) Trade Union Act
(c) Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act
(d) None of the above

7. Which of the following amendments of Industrial Employment (standing order) Act

provided for payment of subsistence allowance by the employer to a suspended
employee pending enquiry against him?
(a) Industrial Employment (standing order) Amendment Act, 1956
(b) Industrial Employment (standing order) Amendment Act, 1963
(c) Industrial Employment (standing order) Amendment Act, 1982
(d) Industrial Employment (standing order) Amendment Act, 1961

8. Arrange the following steps of disciplinary procedure in the order in which they are
used:
(a) Dismissal and discharge
(b) Show-cause notice
(c) Domestic enquiry
(d) Serving of charge sheet
(e) Submission of the report
Codes:
(a) b, d, c, e, a
(b) b, e, c, d, a
(c) c, d, b, e, a
(d) d, b, c, e, a

9. The copies of the certified standing orders authenticated in the prescribed manner
may be send to ------- by the Certifying officer within 7 days.
(a) the employer
(b) the trade union
(c) other prescribed representatives of the workmen
(d) All the above

10. The appeal on the certified standing orders may be preferred within -------- days
before the appellate authority
(a) 60 days
(b) 30 days
(c) 15 days
(d) 90 days

11.Standing orders shall, unless an appeal is preferred under Sec. 6, come into
operation on the expiry of -------- days from the date on which authenticated copies
are sent under sub-section (3) of Sec. 5.
(a) 60 days
(b) 90 days
(c) 30 days
(d) 15 days
12.A copy of all standing orders as finally certified under this Act shall be filed by the
Certifying Officer in a register in the prescribed form maintained for the purpose, and
the Certifying Officer shall furnish a copy thereof to any person applying:
(a) through employer
(b) through court
(c) on free of cost
(d) on payment of the prescribed fee.

13.Standing orders finally certified under this Act shall not be liable to modification,
except on agreement between the employer and the workmen until the expiry of
--------- months from the date on which the standing orders or the last modifications
thereof came into operation.
(a) 6 months
(b) 3 months
(c) 12 months
(d) 9 months
14. If any workman is suspended by the employer, the employer shall pay to such
workman subsistence allowance at the rate of ----------- percent of the wages which
the workman was entitled to immediately preceding the date of such suspension, for
the first ninety days of suspension
(a) 75%
(b) 50%
(c) 60%
(d) 70%

15.An employer who fails to submit draft standing orders as required by Sec. 3, or
who modifies his standing orders otherwise than in accordance with Sec. 10, shall be
punishable with fine which may extend to ----------- rupees
(a) Rs.1000/-
(b) Rs.10000/-
(c) Rs.5000/-
(d) Rs.2500/-

16.An employer who does any act in contravention of the standing orders finally
certified under this Act for his industrial establishment shall be punishable with fine
which may extend to -------- rupees, and in the case of a continuing offence with a
further fine which may extend to ---------- rupees for every day after the first during
which the offence continues.
(a) Rs.100/- & Rs.25/- respectively
(b) Rs. 500/- & Rs.100/- respectively
(c) Rs,1000/- & Rs.100/- respectively
(d) Rs.100/- & Rs.50/- respectively

17.No prosecution for an offence punishable under -------- section shall be instituted
except with the previous sanction of the appropriate Government.
(a) Section 12
(b) Section 13
(c) Section 10
(d) Section 11

18.No Court inferior to that of ------------ shall try any offence under section 13.
(a) High Court
(b) Supreme Court
(c) Judicial Magistrate of the second class
(d) None of the above

19.If any question arises on the application or interpretation of a standing order

certified under this Act, any employer or workmen (or a trade union or other
representative body of the workmen) may refer the question to any one of the
(a) Supreme Court
(b) High Court
(c) Judicial Magistrate of the second class
(d) Labour Courts constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

20. Who have the power to exempt conditionally or unconditionally, any industrial
establishment or class of industrial establishment from all or any of the provisions of
this Act.
(a) The appropriate Government by notification in the official Gazette
(b) Supreme Court
(c) High Court
(d) Labour Courts constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

21. Nothing in this Act shall apply to.

(a) Any industry to which the provisions of Chapter VII of the Bombay Industrial
Relations Act, 1946 (Bombay Act II of 1947) apply

(b) Any Industrial establishment to which the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh
Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1961 (Madhya Pradesh Act 26 of 1961
apply

(c) Both (a) & (b)

(d) None of the above

22. Which section states that 'the draft standing orders submitted under this section
shall be, accompanied by a statement giving prescribed particulars of the workmen
employed in the industrial establishment including the name of the trade union, if
any, to which they belong'

(a) Section 3(1)

(b) Section 3(2)

(c) Section 3(3)

(d) Section 3(4)

23. The objections, which the workmen may desire to make to the draft standing
orders to be submitted to the Certifying Officer within --------- days from the receipt of
draft standing order from the Certifying Officer.
(a) 12 days

(b) 30 days

(c) 9 days

(d) 15 days

24. Which section states that 'certifying officer and appellate have the powers of Civil
Court'

(a) Section 11

(b) Section 10

(c) Section 9

(d) Section 12

25. . Which section deals with temporary application of Model Standing Orders

(a) Section 12A

(b) Section 13

(c) Section 11

(d) Section 10