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Which of the following statements are true/false?<br>1. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 came into force on 15<sup>th</sup> March, 1948.<br>2. The State-Central Government has the power to appoint a central advisory board for the purpose of advising the Central and State Governments in the matters of the fixation and revision of minimum rates of wages.<br>3. The minimum rate of wages includes only cost of living allowance.<br>4. The minimum rates of wages may be fixed by the hour, day, month.

Correct Answer: 1, 4 are true and 2, 3 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.

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.

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.

Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The Central Government has directed the State Governments to reduce government expenditure in view of the serious resource crunch and it may not be able to sanction any additional grant to the states for the next six months.

Assumptions :
I. The State Governments are totally dependent on Central Government for its expenditures.
II. The Central Government has reviewed the expenditure account of the State Government.
III. The State Governments will abide by the directive.

Under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, in matters of fixation and revision of minimum wages, the Central Advisory Board is to advise to which of the following authority?

Consider the following for the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
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.
2. The appropriate government will review and revise the minimum rate of wages after five years.
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.
Which of the following statement given above is/are correct?

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.

Which of the following is correct in context of Minimum Wages Act, 1948?
1. In case an employee whose minimum rate of wages is fixed under this act, works overtime, the employer is bound to pay the money for the extra hours devoted by the employee.
2. In case an employee is involved in two or more classes of work, he shall be paid on the piece basis.
3. 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.

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.

Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by three conclusions. Give answer :

Statement : The State Government has unilaterally increased by five percent octroi on all commodities entering into the state without seeking approval of the Central Government.

Assumptions :
I. The State Government may be able to implement its decision.
II. The Central Government may agree to support the State Government's decision.
III. The State Government may be able to earn considerable amount through the additional octroi.