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<u>Statement :</u> The employees union of the Municipal Corporation has decided to strike work for indefinite period in protest against the management's refusal to grant bonus.<br><br><u>Courses of Action :</u><br> I. The government should immediately pay ex-gratia grant to the Municipal Corporation to grant bonus to its employees.<br>II. The striking employees should be persuaded to defer the strike notice.

Correct Answer: Only II follows
Immediately conceding to the employees' demands may entice the employees into black-mailing the management frequently. A better way is to have talks with them and persuade them to end strike. So, only course II follows.

Which of the following statements are true/ false?
1. Every employer shall be bound to pay to every employee in respect of the accounting year commencing on any day in the year 1979 and in respect of every subsequent accounting year, a minimum bonus which shall be 9.33% of the salary or wages earned by the employee during the accounting year or one hundred rupees, whichever is higher, whether or not the employer has any allocable surplus in the accounting year.
2. Bonus will be paid in cash to the employees.
3. If the allocable surplus exceeds the amount of minimum bonus payable to the employees, the employer is bound to pay to every employee in respect of that accounting year bonus which shall be an amount in proportion to the salary or wages earned by the employee during the accounting year subject to a maximum of 10% of such salary or wage.
4. Bonus needs to be paid within a period of eight months from the close of the accounting year.

Statement : There has been unprecedented increase in the prices of essential commodities during the past few days due to the strike call given by the transporters association.

Courses of Action :
I. The transporters' association should be ordered by the government to immediately withdraw strike call or else they will face severe consequences.
II. The government should immediately make alternative arrangements to ensure adequate supply of essential commodities in the market.
III. The government should immediately declare the strike illegal and put all those responsible for the strike behind the bars.

Statement : A large number of students studying in municipal schools could not pass the Xth Std. Board examination causing frustration among the students and their parents.

Courses of Action :
I. The municipal authority should immediately review the position and initiate measures to improve the situation.
II. The municipal authority should immediately fill up the teachers' vacancies in the municipal schools.
III. The municipal authority should close down some of their schools and concentrate their attention on remaining schools to improve the conditions.

Consider the given statement to be true and decide which of the given courses of action logically follow(S) from the statement. Statement : All the central government employees went on strike due to non-implementation of 7th pay commission. Course of Action : 1. 7th pay commission should be implemented immediately. 2. All the central government employees should be suspended.

Consider the following for the dissolution of trade unions under the Trade Union Act, 1926. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
1. When a registered Trade Union is dissolved, notice of the dissolution is signed by nine members and by the Secretary of the Trade Union.
2. The notice of dissolution must be sent within ten days to the Registrar.
3. Where the dissolution of a registered Trade Union has been registered and the rules of the Trade Union donot provide forthe distribution of funds of the Trade Union on dissolution, the registrar shall divide the funds amongst the members in such manner as may be prescribed.

Statement : Financial stringency prevented the State Government from paying salaries to its employees since April this year.

Courses of Action :
I. The State Government should immediately curtail the staff strength at least by 30%.
II. The State Government should reduce wasteful expenditure and arrange to pay the salaries of its employees.

Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. A minimum rate of wages for the time spent by employees for the production of output is minimum time rate.
2. Minimum piece rate is the rate based on the quantity of the output employees have produced.
3. The guaranteed time rate is a minimum rate of remuneration to apply in the case of employees employed on piece work for the purpose of securing to such employees a minimum rate of wages on a time work basis.
4. A minimum rate of remuneration to apply in the case of employees employed on piece work for the purpose of securing to such employees a minimum rate of wages on a time work basis is overtime rate.

Statement : Residents from Model Colony coming under North Ward of City X have complained to the Ward Officer that for last three days the tap water in the ward is contaminated and no action is being initiated by municipal staff.

Courses of Action :
I. The Ward Officer of North Ward should initiate action against residents who have lodged complaints against municipal staff.
II. The Ward Officer should ask his junior officer to visit Model Colony to assess the actual condition of water with his staff and to get samples of water tested from laboratories.
III. The Ward Officer should ask Ward Engineer to check water installations and pipelines in the Model Colony area.

Seven people A, B, C, D, E, F and G live on separate floors of a 7-floor building. Ground floor is numbered 1, first floor is numbered. 2 and so on until the topmost floor is numbered 7. Each one of these having a different cars-Cadillac, Ambassador, Fiat, Maruti, Mercedes, Bedford and Fargo but not necessarily in the same order. Only three people live above the floor on which A lives. Only one person lives between A and the one having a car Cadillac. F lives immediately below the one having a car Bedford. The one having a car Bedford lives on an even-numbered floor. Only three people live between the ones having a car Cadillac and Maruti. E lives immediately above C. E is not having a car Maruti. Only two people live between B and the one having a car Fargo. The one having a car Fargo lives below the floor on which B lives. The one having a car Fiat does not live immediately above D or immediately below B. D does not live immediately above or immediately below A. G does not have a car Ambassador. Question : How many people live between the floors on which D and the one having a car Bedford ?

Statement : Number of dropouts from the municipal schools has significantly increased after withdrawal of mid-day meal scheme.

Courses of Action :
I. The government should reconsider its decision of withdrawal of midday meal scheme.
II. The government should close down some of the municipal schools.
III. The government should carry out a detailed study to find out the reasons for school dropouts.