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Consider the following for the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.<br>1. The appropriate government will have the power to fix the minimum rates of wages payable to employees employed in an employment specified in Part I or Part II of the Schedules.<br>2. The appropriate government will review and revise the minimum rate of wages after five years.<br>3. The appropriate government will fix the minimum rate of wages in any scheduled employment in which there are in the whole state less than one thousand employees engaged in such employment.<br>Which of the following statement given above is/are correct?
A
Both 1 and 2
B
Only 1
C
Only 2
D
All of the above
Correct Answer:
Only 1
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.
A
1, 2, 3 and 4 are true
B
1, 3 are true and 2, 4 are false
C
2, 4 are true and 1, 3 are false
D
3, 4 are true and 2, 1 are false
Which of the following is incorrect in context of Minimum Wages Act, 1948?
1. The minimum rates of wages may be fixed only by the hour.
2. There will be different minimum rates of wages fixed for different scheduled employments, different classes of work in the same scheduled employment, adults adolescents children and apprentices and different localities.
3. The appropriate government has the power to fix the number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day.
A
Only 1
B
Only 2
C
Only 3
D
Both 2 and 3
Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. The employer needs to maintain a register of the employees working under him. This register needs to be preserved for a period of two years after the date of the last entry made therein.
2. In case of a person who is working in any railway factory or industrial or other establishment upon or in which more than one thousand persons are employed, the wages need to be paid by tenth of that month.
3. In case of a person who is working in any railway factory or industrial or other establishment upon or in which less than one thousand persons are employed, the wages need to be paid by third of that month.
4. In case, an employer terminates an employee, the wages earned by him must be paid before the expiry of the second working day from the day on which his employment is terminated.
A
1, 2, 3 and 4 are true
B
1, 3 are true and 2, 4 are false
C
2, 4 are true and 1, 3 are false
D
3, 4 are true and 2, 1 are false
Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. In case an employee whose minimum rate of wages is fixed under this Act, works overtime, the employer need not pay the money for the extra hours devoted by the employee.
2. If an employee whose minimum rate of wages has been fixed under this Act, works for a less number of hours than the requisite number of hours on a given day, he shall be entitled to receive wages in respect ofwork done by him on that day as ifhe had worked for a full normal working day.
3. In case an employee is involved in two or more classes of work, he shall be paid on the basis of pieces involved.
4. If an employee is employed on piece work for which minimum time rate and not a minimum piece rate has been fixed under this Act, the employer shall pay to such employee wages at not less than the minimum time rate.
A
1, 4 are true and 2, 3 are false
B
1, 3 are true and 2, 4 are false
C
2, 4 are true and 1, 3 are false
D
3, 4 are true and 2, 1 are false
Which of the following statements are true in context of scheduled banks?
1. All banks which are included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 are Scheduled Banks.
2. These banks comprise Scheduled Commercial Banks and Scheduled Co-operative Banks.
3. Scheduled Commercial Banks in India are categorized into five different groups - SBI, Nationalised Banks, Regional Rural Banks, Foreign Banks and Other Indian Scheduled Commercial Banks in the private sector.
4. Scheduled Co-operative Banks consist of Scheduled State Co-operative Banks and Scheduled Urban Co-operative Banks.
A
1, 2 and 3
B
2, 3 and 4
C
1, 2 and 4
D
1, 2, 3 and 4
Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. The Inter-state Migrant Workmen Act, 1979 is applicable in any establishment in which five or more inter-state migrant workmen are employed.
2. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 35 of the Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979, the Central Government made the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditionsof Service) rules.
3. An inter-state migrant workman shall be equal to the wages fixed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
4. The principal officer issue a certificate of registration in Form III after the registration of establishment.
A
1, 2 are true and 3, 4 are false
B
1, 3 are true and 2, 4 are false
C
2, 4 are true and 1, 3 are false
D
3, 4 are true and 2, 1 are false
Which of the following is correct in context of Minimum Wages Act, 1948?
1. The minimum rate of wages will be fixed or revised by the appropriate government in respect of scheduled employment sunder Section 3.
2. Cost of living allowance includes basic wages.
3. The government has the power to appoint an advisory board for the matter of fixing and revising minimum rates of wages.
4. One-third members of the Central Advisory Board will be independent.
A
1, 2 and 3
B
Both 2 and 3
C
Both 1 and 3
D
All of the above
Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. Wages includes remuneration payable under any award or settlement between the parties or order of a court.
2. The employer needs to fix wage period for the payment of wages and this period shall not exceed two months.
3. Wages do not include travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession.
4. In case of a person who is working in any railway factory or industrial or other establishment upon or in which more than one thousand persons are employed, the wages need to be paid by tenth of that month.
A
1, 4 are true and 2, 3 are false
B
1, 3 are true and 2, 4 are false
C
2, 4 are true and 1, 3 are false
D
3, 4 are true and 2, 1 are false
Which of the following is correct in context of Inter-state Workmen Regulation Act, 1979?
1. An inter-state migrant workman shall be paid twice than the wages fixed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
2. Wages payable to an inter-state migrant workman/under this section shall be paid in 'cash' only.
3. The contractor is bound to pay every inter-state migrant workman at the time of recruitment, a displacement allowance equal to 50% of the monthly wages payable to him or ninety-five rupees.
A
Only 2
B
Only 3
C
Both 1 and 3
D
All of the above
Consider the following statements:
1. Parliament shall, while a proclamation of Emergency is in operation, have the power to make laws of the whole or any part of territory of India with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the list
2. Parliament has exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in the Concurrent List or State List
3. Parliament has power to make any law for the whole or any part of the territory of India for implementing any treaty, agreement, or convention with any other country
4. Parliament has power to legislate with respect to a matter in the State List in the national interest subject to the resolution passed by the Council of States by two-thirds majority
Which of these statements are correct?
A
1, 2 and 3
B
1, 2, 3, and 4
C
1, 3 and 4
D
2 and 4